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In reply to the discussion: This Couple Died by Suicide After the DEA Shut Down Their Pain Doctor [View all]LudwigPastorius
(9,155 posts)11. I too have been dealing with post-shingles neuralgia of the trigeminal nerve for the past 3 years.
I'm on Cymbalta now, and its effectiveness is wearing off...just like all the other medications they have tried so far.
I (only half) jokingly tell my friends that the antidepressive I'm on doesn't really stop the pain, it just keeps me from killing myself.
So yes, any other folks reading this. Get that shingles vaccine! You don't want this.
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This Couple Died by Suicide After the DEA Shut Down Their Pain Doctor [View all]
Jilly_in_VA
Nov 2022
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The DEA can find these small practices actually serving patients but couldn't find podunk ...
marble falls
Nov 2022
#1
The DEA is very good at finding possible irregularities and totally walking past 5 alarm fires.
marble falls
Dec 2022
#36
I too believe the DEA is overreaching. Pain is counterproductive and inhibits healing.
Raster
Nov 2022
#2
I too have been dealing with post-shingles neuralgia of the trigeminal nerve for the past 3 years.
LudwigPastorius
Nov 2022
#11
I get a 30 day supply of Vicodin in FL. And he used to give me paper copy along with calling
Maraya1969
Nov 2022
#24
We shouldn't need pain clinics but we do. Primary care Drs got screwed by surgeons
flying_wahini
Nov 2022
#5
we need a constitutional ammendment giving us an uninfringed right to medicine
Blues Heron
Nov 2022
#6
My husband has chronic pain in his elbows, lower arms, and hands. He is 76 years old.
ratchiweenie
Nov 2022
#12
Yes and no. He has arthritis but it's caused by years of remodel work that damaged
ratchiweenie
Nov 2022
#19