Nathan, I wish I could.. problem is that NONE of the pain doctors within a reasonable travel distance will write narcotics.
Julia and I were on vacation last week. All of the patients on chronic pain medications had over five weeks notice about getting their refills before we left, and we still had five people badgering my office staff and the doc covering for us for narcotics. All of them wanted "special treatment" in our absence. One even insisted that the girls print their narcotic refill and forge my signature as she was "out".
We got back today. It's a holiday weekend and one of them HAD to meet me at the office for her narcotics refills. She got her refills, and her 30 day notice that she's dismissed from our practice. She started calling WEDNESDAY demanding narcotics - her due date on max dose was today, not last Wednesday, and she couldn't understand why she was dismissed. She got two days from the doctor covering for us, and is still "out"
Got another few that are going this week. I'm damn tired of being the "vicodin valet" for drug addicts.
V.
