Hi. I'm sorry you are in such pain. Pain management clinics are difficult to find. I suffer from constant 24-7 migraines and the secondary damage caused by having to sleep in odd positions. My legs no longer bend, my back is twisted and I've been through more than a dozen surgical proceedures trying to get a peripheral nerve stimulator placed correctly.

You are right. When you go to an ER, most will mark you as a drug seeker if you have had to go more than once. Before I found a pain management clinic, I knew the only thing that would stop the pain was an injectable narcotic. When I would tell the attending that, they immediately marked me and would give me anything but. Once they used something IV that nearly cost me my hand.

If you haven't looked online yet, that is a place to start. You might have to drive a bit to get to a pain clinic, but many of them can perscribe meds a month's worth at a time. The one I go to requires blood or urine screens every three months to make sure I'm taking only what I should, in the amounts I should and not selling them. I also have to sign a contract every year that says I can't accept any pain medication from any other Dr. without consulting my pain Dr. first. The PM clinics are really getting hit by the DEA which you already know, so the precautions aren't because they don't trust you, they are just protecting themselves and you.

If you can't find a PM clinic online, start calling Dr.s offices and asking for the number of a PM clinic in your area. You shouldn't have to face that sort of pain without any relief. Where I am, there really isn't any advertizing of the PM clinic. I met my Dr. while I was hospitalized for the migraines. Chances are that one of the Dr.s offices knows where you can find a PM clinic. I hope you are able to find something soon.

Sam2