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Hi everyone! Thought I'd pass on my good experience with my doctor today. I do'nt remember if I posted about it here, but last weekend (the 12th and 13th) I was in withdrawal. My doctor was on vacation, due back on the 14th, and my Oxycontin ran out on the 11th. His partner absolutely refused to give me even 4 pills to make it through until my doctor got back. Wouldn't even give me OxyIr, or Percocet. Told me that if I went into withdrawal to go to the ER. Needless to say, I ended up going to the ER three times that weekend. Obviously, I was livid. My doc came back on the 14th, filled my scrips, and all's been normal since. Mind you, I've been taking Oxycontin every month for 18 months now. I wasn't asking for a new medication, or an increase in dosage, and it was the right time for the office to give me my new scrips. He just refused, period and wouldn't give any reason. Also, I made a very specific appointment last year to discuss only meds, what policy the office should follow if my doctor was not available and how everything should be handled. The partner doctor swore there was nothing in my chart, even though my doctor and I wrote it in there last year. Got to my appointment this morning, and told my doc what happened. He called in his partner, showed him my chart, pointed out the directions he had written down LAST year and said "I'm writing it again, right here, and I'm highlighting it in green. Do you think you'll be able to find it the next time?" He then proceeded to chew the guy a new a**hole, while I sat there. Talk about having your faith in your doctor reaffirmed! I am not, by nature, a vindictive person, but honestly, I felt GREAT sitting there while this doctor got chewed up! He ended up by telling the partner that if he EVER heard of one of his patients being treated like this again, he might as well find somewhere else to practice. (The guy's only been there for about 4 months) My migraines have been pretty much out of control for the last two months or so. Part of it is, I'm sure, the weather. Normally, I can keep the pain down to a reasonable level, but for the last couple of months, no way. Anyway, my doc doubled all of my meds (so it's 40mg Oxycontin 4 times a day now, with OxyIR 20mg as needed), ordered a new MRI/MRA series of the brain, head and neck. He told me to take whatever meds I need and see what it takes to get the pain back under control, and not to worry about running out my meds early, he'd take care of it. I'm to try this dose, or whatever dose it takes for a month, and we'll increase again next month, if necessary. He also okayed my going to the ER, as needed for more serious pain medications, and even wrote a prescription for me to carry that states what I take on a daily basis, and that the ER should give me either morphine or demerol if I find it necessary to go there. So, no more 8 hour ER visits, waiting for the compazine to work (!), it should just be a matter of giving them the scrip so they can copy it, and they should give me the meds that work, without me having to try everything else under the sun first. No more being accused of being a drug addict, or faking or dealing with doctors who "don't believe in pain medications". I'm hoping that the increase in the pain is weather, or just migraine pattern change, as I really don't want to find that the brain lesion has expanded, or is interfering more. I know this is long, but I thought you guys might enjoy hearing about a good doctor, since they seem to be so few and far between. Karen in Florida There are many intelligent species in the world - They are all owned by cats.