I have severe pain EVERY DAY. I was put on pain medicine years ago and it helped so much. Then, last year all of a sudden the head doctor at my doctors office decided to cut me off. Then and there. I was always on time with refills, I never called for an early refill and passed every urine test. And I was cut off. Ever since I haven't lived. I just exist and go through the horrible pain. This is inhumane.

I love when Drs say oh thats tough im sorry, they dont give a F#@K how you feel.

The only way a GP or any doc or health and social care worker will truly understand what chronic pain is like to deal with 24/7 is step inside the human body of the other person and be able to truly relate. It is a true test of your soul and being to do things each day that other people take for granted Movement , sitting , standing chores errands..all huge milestones when your in chronic pain xx

I went to a pain management clinic (after a knee surgeon botched my surgery) and both drs tried to humiliate me. One wrote in his notes that I had psychological problems and the other stated I was lying bc I didn't make eye contact with him. After 2 1/2 yrs seeking help (saw 7 knee surgeons) a knee surgeon stated that I might have a pinched nerve, and he was right. The bad thing was the long term chronic pain, left me dealing with mental issues and depression. All bc not one of the 6 surgeons would help me. I can relate to why ppl in endless pain, take their own lives.

This doc hasn’t a clue😭. If he had terrible pain 24/7 he’d know what it feels like

there is no joy in life when your in pain all the time!!!

She's obviously lying, BUT for some people narcotic pain pills are the ONLY thing that work, and legit people are suffering PERIOD.

One wouldn't be depressed if they weren't in so much pain and they could "have a productive life" !!!!!!!

Chronic daily pain will make you depressed. For myself, I do feel better if I can get out of the house with a friend, go to Bible study, enjoy my husband and children, all these things do get my focus off the pain and/or depression.

You know, these appointments need to involve the immediate family members, of those of us that live w chronic pain experience! I’ve been divorced twice, & chronic pain has definitely played it’s part in both cases! Then there’s the kids, & siblings, that can attribute to the bs life, those of us in this situation, sadly experience! I have been considered ‘disabled” for the past thirty years for just this reason. I have a mother & sister also surviving migraine, to different degrees. The patronizing nature of some of these doctors, is beyond mind bending!…good luck to all of us, suffering the effects of opioid drug abuse!…🤯…✌🏼🇨🇦

Sadly, these "doctors" like this dismiss legit people every single day.

This Pain Management doctor needs to fix the problem send her to the right doctor. This guy is not a pain doctor with answers!

Lmao hahaha wish these dr knew 1% of what we go through its soooo sad it makes me physically ill

I had a bad injury 10 years ago. When I couldn't get out of bed my Dr. prescribed opioid pain medicine. I knew the risks and for the first year I kept a dosing log. I've never been put through the ringer. I openly discuss my concerns about dependence and my other methods to reduce pain and keep my activity up. I've managed my pain without increasing the dosage and I've never lost or had meds stolen. My prescription is refilled at each visit after a good discussion. Depression is a common comorbidity with pain and some patients try to dose themselves out of depression- it doesn't work.

I've never had a Dr. ask me to bring in unused meds. I would gladly comply but most Drs. would prefer that you have a small buffer just in case of unforseen problems such as Pharmacy low inventory, in-climate weather, natural disasters etc...

Ask the doctor to pay for yoga and other non conventional pain suggestions

The woman is a great actor. Should be in Hollywood. Thanks guys for the knowledge.

im disabled with i slipped vertebra and bulging disc ! yoga ? really ! smh

My Drs spend more time talking about my pain meds than my actual treatment of my diseases. No shit for real

Pushing every pill but the ones that work for pain control.

I cannot believe this guy is pushing antidepressants on her over pain medication. I guess that drug company must have promised him a free vacation

my pain doctor never doubts my pain based on what my MRI's show. I am quite glad i requested to have the tests because I felt nobody had been taking me serious since im really young

And THIS is why they call it PRACTICING medicine. They're always practicing! On YOU! LOL!

hey all,i am the lady in this video. good news! i still see this doc and he still gives me the low dose of lortab.. but, i also see 3 other doctors now! i have a couple of prescriptions from each, life is great i went to yoga havent been back since but i did meet a really cool weed dealer there.chronicpains is hard yall

I’ve lived this and it’s killing me. So much shit and lack of empathy and understanding

Give the poor lady her medication please. This is killin me

I've been dismissed a few times over pill counts there is a lot of stress going to pain clinics

what drives me crazy is because all these addicts that came out of the woodwork with opiates! so now instead of treating the pain they try do anything but give you what you need to get rid of the pain i mean they get ridiculous they treat everybody like their an addict!!!

Well that was a thorough review and evaluation of the pain meds. He asked what her pain was from one to ten. It was nine. Case closed. No review of the medication, side effects, type of pain, duration and onset of pain, consideration of adjunct medication such as NSAIDs, though she said it was abdominal pain, so maybe not necessary, no physical examination but plenty of questions about depression, that is probably caused by uncontrolled pain but hey, she is going to do yoga, so job well done.

The acting in this video is delightful. This was made right about the time the pendulum on pain treatment had swung afield to overcompensate for the so-called "war on opioids." I had an open bladder surgery a few years ago which was the most severe pain I have ever experieced (70 years old). The surgeon gave me a prescription for Tylenol because "opioids can be addictive." I'm not too sure how my suffering helped in this war.

wow girl, you are lucky,,, going to work would be nice about now,,, I can't get out of bed.

Your nearest pharmacy can count your meds too and they will call and tell your doc how many is there. This is a typical step if you take an opiod.

They ask these questions to allow u to paint ur self in a corner.

that pain scale needs to be tossed out. As does these scripted conversations.

I hope that doctor never suffers chronic pain and gets treated the way he has treated this patient.

If she had 6-8 left she’d have none by the next week! How condescending the “ Doctors” can be, but with the sugar sweet tone. ( Gag )

I wish to God one of these doctors would actually have something wrong with them like the doctor that cut me off would have something wrong with him and put him in chronic pain 24/7 so he could see what we go through everyday of our damn life or even have a family member get chronic pain and let him see what else we go through everything changes. I used to have a life now I have nothing but pain that's all they left me took all my life away and left nothing but pain in its place

This is actually a very compassionate and effective exchange between doctor and patient. Many people misunderstand addiction and drug dependence. It seems that a staggering number of pain patients (both acute and chronic) are paying the price. One danger that occurs to me is the disconnect patients may have because of personal bias. Nobody wants to hear their trusted physician use the word “addiction” when discussing their medication history. It can feel inappropriately judgmental and invalidating. A great deal of shame and moral failing is attached to that word. Education about the physiology of addiction should be required before opioids are prescribed. It is not enough to tell a patient that they need to be careful because the prescription opioid is addictive. I believe that most people think it “won’t happen” to them. People hear the word “addiction” and think of the worst anti-social drug user they know about; a person who they perceive as socially and morally inferior who has nothing in common with them. The reality is that a staggering number of people who become “addicts” began their journey with an injury or disease and well-intentioned (if sometimes misinformed) prescription by a doctor.

Ir blows my mind that these people, the patients, come to their appointments looking so well put together. Hair done, makeup on.......................same with the men, shaved, hair looking nice. Kind of suspicious to me. Chronic pain causes folks to give up on these efforts and makes it very difficult to do these things when getting ready for a DR appointment.....................I know damn well that I could not do it nor do I care about my hair or makeup when I have to force myself to leave the house and go to an appointment. Too much pain and I am too tired to do so.

Pain doctor and Washington are putting shut ins to death.

Her acting is sooo realistic lol

Here I wont give you any more pain medications but I will give you another addictive drug in the antidepressant ...pppfffftttttt

Get real Doctor. off course she's out of hear pills.The last week was always so hard. Your used to taking 30 to 40 pills a day then your screwed for the rest of the month.

they need to make a pill that makes you feel good all day !!

I'm glad I don't live in America and get urine tests or pills counted! It's ridiculous. She sounds like she has no pills left.

i have a slipped disc at my L5-S1 and a chiropractor and Pyschical therapy only made my pain worst.

Why don’t you talk more about the horrible side effects antidepressants can cause? 🤭 Because we ( physicians ) are paranoid about opiates, so we are constantly eluding to accusing a patient of something, but we don’t actually want to say it, because we know the consequences. We are so damned concerned about mental health, yet we won’t bat an eye leaving a patient in severe pain for long periods of time. Because, after all, that’s better! 🤬

Let me make more money for my Lamborghini by giving you a USELESS SSRI depression pill... 💊

So basically the doctor doesn't actually listen.

I can't work with chronic pain, all I can do is sit or lie down.

None of my docs ever asked about my pain or quality of life! YOGA will increase her pain due to the demons coming in through all that Chakra Eastern religion nonsense.....hey doc? If antidepressants help with pain, then pain killers help with depression! Try increasing her dose so her thyoid levels go up so she will have more energy and better mood!

They are there showing us the shit they see everyday in practice, I'm finally getting saved hopefully I have neck/lumbar fusion coming up in a week then I can get off these opioids finally thank god I hate being on fentanyl and oxycodone, these sound like the docs I dealt with in TN depression is a symptom of pain I wish docs understood that antidepressants only help if you have the actual chemical imbalance in your brain, all pain docs do pill counts

She says he pain is worse than b4 and he gives her the same script. And then expects it to last all month

Patient: Doc im in a great deal of back pain from prior surgery. Doc: Here's a script for pain meds. Patient after 1yr: Doc this has beem working for me. I feel so much better and life is tolerable. Doc: I can't prescribe any more pain meds due to the new guidelines (Sorry your fucked but thanks for the money)

he should try out for general hospital day time

LOL. I said to myself put that bottle by the door.

I had a Dr I never met b4, the first thing came out of her mouth was " ur a drug addict & I'm cutting u off of ur pills" it felt like an intervention! it got 2 the point where I was taking the security guard with me b4 they called him!

Maybe I can tear all the MedEvac equipment out of the helicopter and just place some yoga mats in the back. That way whenever someone has to be cut out of a crushed car to be taken to the trauma 1 we can let them do yoga on the way to help them survive.

Very well said these r scripted and well acting. It's hurting the people that really need there pain meds and moching them.

Her life would be more enjoyable if you'd stop treating her like a drug addicted criminal and give her her damn meds. Doctors like this are more worried about themselves than the quality of life of their patients. People that legitimately need these pain meds to function are the ones in crisis.

For someone whose on mmt and going thru this with no pain just addiction .. is it any different ..Why don't we have any strength over this

Doctors arent that easy going!!

I had a tumor in my spine and after they took it out they had to wrap my spine in a metal cage all around my spine all the way up and then they screwed a metal plate into my back to attach it to the cage around my spine to keep it from collapsing and I've had nothing but chronic pain since most days it's a 9 and a 10 everyday. My doctor of 20 years had me on opioids and I did great with them no issues I had a life back then. Then my doctor retired and the first doctor I saw that I was sent to afterwards took away my pain meds I'm tried to give me antidepressant meds in their place which of course did not work. I have been in hell since I have no life I no longer see my grandchildren are my kids or my friend I live in complete isolation and I have nothing and no-one to live for anymore. I feel like I'm already in hell so I might as well in the pain since I have nothing else to lose all they left me with the pain and my whole life is about pain I live in pain 24 hours a day I get no sleep now my heart stops every three months almost its stop four times now. First time 19 days after he took away my meds I was in such bad pain and my heart stopped at night and I just got lucky enough to call the ambulance before I died I died on the way to the hospital and they got my heart going again and that's happened three times where they got my heart started again in the fourth time they couldn't get it started again so I was on life support for a few weeks. There are no doctors anymore around here who will prescribe pain meds I had to go 3 hours to Seattle then they started arresting the doctors in Seattle and now there are no doctors that have any want it all to prescribe anymore because they keep arresting all the damn doctors. In the meantime I think about getting a pistol and blowing my head off because the pain is so intense and I have no life anyway so why I live for pain and that's all I live with her staying 24 hours a day no sleep heart-stopping what's the point I should just end it all except I made a promise to my kids that I wouldn't because my mom did and they saw how much that destroyed me so now I'm stuck between hell and he'll have to live with the pain and I can't hurt myself because of a promise I made to my babies and I have no life nothing to live for anymore I can't go anywhere I can't get out I can't see anyone in this shape and I can't enjoy anything anymore. I'm lucky if I get a shower once a week because it's so painful to do anything and of course that makes it harder for me to involve myself in anyone or talk to anyone because I don't want them to see how bad I've gotten and how miserable I am and how bad I look and of course they wait game because I can't go anywhere do anything I've gained a bunch of weight and that makes it worse my self-esteem and my confidence is completely wiped out and all I live for is pain and more pain 24 hours a day and I can't find a doctor at all who is willing to help me. I never had any issues with my meds when I went to my doctor I always took the same amount always just the correct amount I took them for 15 years and never had an issue then the first thing that doctor did was tell a 65-year old woman me a foster parent a grandma a volunteer at the hospital a volunteer at the nursing home in a Bollinger at my church adopted two children and live for my babies and my grandchildren everyday I took them on an adventure and had a life and love life and I had a husband and now I'm getting divorced and I can't play with my babies anymore I don't see them who wants to come over and stare at some old person who can't do anything and that's all I can do that I can't play with him or anything so I blocked them and I lost my husband and I lost my family and I lost my life all because of a stupid Doctor Who treated me like a drug addict the first day before he even knew who I was. He said he hated the new 2016 ruling by CDC and I thought he hated it because he couldn't read his patients but no he corrected me and said no because now I have to start seeing all the drug addicts drug Seekers and liars and criminals insinuating that I agree, and a volunteer at my church and nursing home and a parent foster parents who adopted two children and I've been through every criminal background check you could ever imagine this doctor was implying that I was a drug seeker or drug addict or criminal or liar. When I left the appointment that day I thawed out in the parking lot for at least 30 to 40 minutes lot crying my eyes out because I had never been treated so cruelly and so badly and then so judge by someone in my life. You did not even know me and yet he crushed me I couldn't drive because I was crying so hard so I had to sit out there until I could stop crying and drive. I cried all the way home and I cried for a couple hours after I got home I am one bullet away from ending it all but I can't because the promise I made to my children so I have to live in this existence of nothing but pain 24 hours a day excruciating pain and I can't get any help but they are willing to dish out the psychiatric meds because they think the pain is in your head which is a bunch of nonsense and cruel if you ask me so yeah it's a joke when they try to give you a psychiatric meds for a metal spine and excruciating pain and a heart that no longer works because the pain is too much for in the stress is wearing it out so it keeps stopping. My daughter made me rip up my DNR that I had because of a situation with her grandma where to get and get to the hospital in time to see her and it destroyed her and broke her heart so she made me rip that up so I keep getting brought back to life even though I want them to leave me alone. This is how bad my life is imagine that the saddest day of my life was when I woke up from being on life support and realized I was alive I woke up and it felt like I was hit by a freight train coming at me and hitting me full force that's the first thing that happened to me when I woke up with the pain came at me like a freight train and then the realization that I was still alive and I started crying and I couldn't stop crying I cried for about 2 or 3 weeks because I was live till it was the happiest day when I died But the saddest day when I woke up alive so the happiest day of my life was when I died. How bad do your life have to be to be so sad about being alive? Bad does your life have to be to have the saddest day of your life to wake up and realize that you are alive. That is chronic pain

Update from me. I called and canceled my last appt. with my pain dr. and, guess what, they had made it with the wrong dr. someone I had not heard of. Surprise, surprise. I now no longer go and I feel better off of those drugs. I weaned myself off very slowly and I am a new person. I realize not everyone can do this, and you have to be very careful with narcotics, but in my case, it was the right thing to do. When I get too much pain, I sit down and relax and take an OTC med. No more pain management for me!!!!!!!!!!! No more torture, no more belittling, no more side effects. Yay!! My pain doctors have NOT been nice and gentle like the dr. in this video.

Too bad doctors don't spend this much time with their patients

CYA -- quack quack

This seems kinda fake, but it is what doctors are doing with all their patients. My pain doctor that I had before this crazy war against opioids would start you off with a dose that was more than adequate but then encouraged you to work your dose down over time. It actually worked because you are able to get yourself physically and mentally fit and build up your natural endorphins over a period of time, therefore reducing the amount of your dose over time. These days though they give you a dose that is too small for a lot of people especially when you are active and metabolizing the meds quicker.

I hate pain management. I have been dealing with pain since 2004. Things have gotten worse and pain management staff can't help themselves but be judgemental. Now that they are crunching down on narcotics for pain management they seem to be focusing any snake oil they can suggest. Yoga is great but it is just stretching balance and breathing. It is not going to take away chronic pain. When you feel like you have no control in your life, it is something to give you a little bit of control back.

Dot you do realize I have a job a home in bills to pay I can't keep running backup to this f****** Office 2 count peels

I have had this conversation exactly

I really wish some of these drs would understand what it was like to deal with extreme spinal pain me personally had a failed spinal surgery and i have a couple other areas where its a maj problem got switched from pcp handling to a pain management for whatever reeason took me off what was working well and had a descent life and switched me to something tgat caused blindness she will not even listen or take care of the problem she created on top of going blind have been unable to move outta bed or sleep and its pretty much full on torture atm p.s srry bout ramblin

If she is saying she had 6 or 8 pills left and she is taking 3 a day...he is telling her to bring her bottle back next week to count them? What in the hell is she supposed to do if she only has less than 3 days worth left and he is wanting to count them...is she supposed to not take anything because he's not going to prescribe her any more until he counts them? That's ridiculous

The reason I had to make the promise to my kids is because I made a statement on my chronic pain support group and one of his friends saw and told him and he called his brother and sisters and they all came over and made me promise them that I would not hurt myself otherwise I wouldn't be here saying this now it's their friend hadn't saw that statement I made in my support group which I thought was anonymous but apparently it isn't

I’m in this position with Lupus SLE, Fibromyalgia and a herniated disc

lmfao my pain doctor literally walks in says hi and hands me a script for 270 30s

This Video is so old. Things have changed so much with the Guidelines. You need up to date Video's Please.

I think your on another planet, never has my Doctor done this not at all. I guess it all depends on the rapport you have with your Doctor and their office.

just because they don’t have a solution, they want to jump into yoga meditation antidepressant etc.... I usually suffer alone .... and don’t go to doctors ... because I know they don’t help and they look at a patient as a customer who should leave their office ASAP ... which is pretty understandable..... it comes back to what I said. Suffer alone

The missing piece of the puzzle is the way the drug is/was prescribed. For argument's sake, let's assume the half life ( the time from when you take a drug to when the amount in your blood is 1/2 that of when you took it) of Hydrocodone is 4 hours. The way it is prescribed is 1-2 every 4 hours "as needed". If you wake up hurting and take 2 pills, then 4 hours later you take another 2 pills, because of the half-life of the drug, it is the same as taking 3 pills initially. Four hours later, the patient takes another 2 pills when there is 1-1/2 in the blood. This is the same as taking 3-1/2 pills initially. This key is the unmentioned contributor to addiction. The correct Rx for Hydrocodone should be1-2 for the initial dose, then 1 and only 1 every four hours as "needed". This would drop the maximum daily dose from 8 to 6. I recently worked out a regimen to get off Hydrocodone with my doctor. Because I have degenerative disc disease, such the doctors wont operate, I know, like my mother, (thanks Mom) I will be back on it eventually. Getting off it for now will help insure it will be effective later when I needed it. I am afraid of regressing back to Hydrocodone as my mother's life was over when she started Oxycontin. The key with Hydrocodone is to get down from 80mg/day to 40mg/day and bite the bullet. Take a week off. By day 2, you will have diarrhea - use Imodium to control. In my case, I had severe restless leg syndrome - carbidopa / levodopra will control this. If you are a physician, the mathematically correct prescription would be: for Hydrocodone 10/325 1-2 as needed first thing then 1 every 3.6 hours as needed - maximum daily dose of 6 instead of the 8 currently prescribed. The misprescribing is not taking the drug half-life into account.

oh my God I can't stop laughing when he said let me see your pill container and shes like that's just like that's what I wanted to talk to you about she fucking swallowed them the first day she got them hahahhahahhahahahhahahahahhahahahajhahahahahahhahahahhahahahahhahahahahhahahha

I wish i had help

The best days I've had my pain level is an ate the rest of the time it is 9 and 10 mostly 10 all the time

I am 75 not pleasure seeking anything, certainly not heroin. That masks the constant pain enough to let me function. I can't afford it ...I only use it, by nose, when the pain is real.,it varies, so I am on the edge of withdrawal symptoms during those times. There is no pleasure in this, I am just dependent .

Hope is not a plan Doc. and Hope is not a pain med.

I like this guy...you should see my PM Doc

Proud of her

What about the $30.00 Doc. Hope is not a plan Doc. Are you a Doctor of a Cop? Yes they treat everybody like a junkie ma'am.

My pain clinic doc not once counted my pills. If they had, I wouldn't have developed a problem. I also showed up so stoned I didn't even know where I was. My husband told me the whole thing and I didn't believe him. They drug tested me and I had vicodin and percocet in my system. I had a knee injury and the pain was so bad I'd have taken ten bottles of whatever to make the pain stop. Still, they sent me home with more percocets. I could have died and their dosing me up more! I became addicted and got tired of withdrawal every month days prior to my next visit. I had to take things into my own hands because this drug was killing me and the pain doc was willing to sign my death certificate if it meant extra cash for him. I used kratom and went off the percs. It's been five months now and I'm finally feeling free of this horrible drug. I'm still in ungodly pain but honestly those pills made me a zombie. An addict knows how to work the system, I did and take full responsibility. Now I'm scared to death another surgery will creep up and I'll have to use the drugs again. Guess I'll cross that bridge if it happens. This chick is addicted for sure, she just doesn't understand that her body is addicted. You can even hear it in her speech, something only another addict might be able to hear as well as a trained physician.

The real world is nothing like this.

The day of her Dr appointment she should’ve any pills left. Pain Mgm Drs only prescribe enough medication until your next visit. I doubt the way this Dr handles his practice that if he’s prescribing three pills per day (90) month he’s NOT writing 120 for four pills per day..

The abusers of the meds make it difficult for people with real pain. No yoga and meditation doesn't help with real pain. Come up with something that will work and I would get off the opioids right now.

I have never been asked to show my pill bottle, but my new insurance asked us to use a different, mail order pharmacy, and I did. This, I now realize, is breaking the rules. This is a horrible video. He is making this woman feel like a criminal. I have been made to feel this way, and I take LESS than I am supposed to. I am NOT going back.

Same Dr, Trick questions this time, horse's arse.

She forgot her pills. He probably won’t write up her prescription

What if she said 'my life is wonderful, even with severe pain.' Doctor's diagnosis: Delusional. 'This pain is really exhausting, and causes me to miss things I want to do.' Doctor's diagnosis: Depressed. I think you actually like spending more time playing mind games.

I can see counting them----but I would feel like a baby---no pills for me--if that would happen to me...please your not my daddy your my doctor---but again can see that. Pill count.lol

Yep pain keeps you from doing much i know it the shits you dont want to do anything thats why i had the surgery so that changes!!! Arthititis in the knees is a real bitch fixed that problem!!!

Absolutely great acting though.

Doctors don't want to help with pain...I believe that seniors should be able to take strong pain meds...I don't work anymore..I have a lot of pain if I walk too much...so indont walk

Pain management is a joke and bilking insurance out of millions