How Scripts Are Written....the Same For All??? - Pain Management Message Board

IZZY'SMOM · 04-11-2008, 10:01 PM

This peeves me to no end...
All scripts are written pretty generic for everyone...
1 tab x times daily, 1 tab every 6-8 hrs...ect.
***??? Are we not all different sizes, weights, ect? My hubby and I can have the same med prescribed, the same way. He is 6'6 and Im 5'9. Not even pain meds, but any med.

AND especially a med, such as a pain med...it does make a huge difference!

Is this the way its going to be forever??? How fair is it to dispense meds to a whole range of ppl the same way? We all have different needs and wants.

Does your doc take in to effect that you have different needs?
I know my doc tries to accomodate me, but they have their "guidelines."

THE PROBLEM IS THEY HAVE THE SAME GUIDELINES FOR EVERYONE...

Something needs to be done, I feel...so many ppl suffer from the same "cookie cutter" and "generic" dispensing instructions.
Does this bother any one else but me???

Please feel free to share your thoughts...Sorry, I just got home from a long flight...Hope this makes sense.
xoxoxox,
IZZY'SMOM

rich1022 · 04-11-2008, 10:34 PM

I feel your frustration! My wife is a whopping 98lbs and the doc gave her 5mg percs for a little side pain while he has me on a 5mg hydro for severe and chronic back and head pain!? What the heck? Doesn't make any sense to me. Sorry I had to vent about that. I just don't understand the logic in that!

trowftd3 · 04-12-2008, 04:35 AM

Scary....and what about kids taking all of these medications that have never been tested in children...because who wants to test drugs on children....but it is all quite frightening when you think about it.

morgyporgy · 04-12-2008, 06:30 AM

I agree with the generic script thing but i gotta tell ya'.....My niece who is 14 and weighs about 100 pds.had 1 wisdom tooth pulled about a week ago. They gave her 7.5 mg hydro 2 tabs every 4 hrs. Same thing they gave my hubby who is 6'3" and weighs 240 pds. when he had his last 4!!!! teeth pulled for his dentures. I get 10 mg hydro every 6 hrs. for DDD, fibro, severe osteoarthritis throughtout my body, and CMP. It's really messed up. I think they hold back on chronic pain patients for fear of them getting addicted. I do not want to dispute that my niece and hubby needed those meds because they did but what about us who live in PAIN everyday? God Bless, morgyporgy

cmpgirl · 04-12-2008, 08:53 AM

I actually had a chat with my PM about this a few years ago, when my daughter had her wisdom teeth pulled. She was prescribed 10mg. hydro every 4-6 hours. At the time, I was taking 5mg hydro as my BT med.

He explained to me that when a person is Rx'd narc pain meds for something acute, it's looked at as just that...acute. In these cases, usage is not expected to last more than a few days or weeks, so there isn't as much concern about abusing or addiction. In chronic cases, there has to be some wiggle room, especially in the beginning, because usage is expected to be long term or permenant. This way dosages can be changed or increased as time goes on and conditions worsen, etc.

I do agree, though, that when 2 people are chronic, and have equal pain, but not equal size, this doesn't make sense. I didn't discuss this with my PM, because I was referring specifically to my daughter's situation. Very good question Izz. Do the 2 of you have the same PM? Do the meds you and he take give different results for each of you? Maybe it's a tolerance thing. I really don't know. If you talk to your doc about it, I'd be interested in what he/she says.

Take care and I hope you are resting up after your flight. cmpgirl