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chloes1 · 12-25-2008, 12:52 PM

Thanks Mike. I hate not being able to trust myself in this situation. Normally I'm much more confident of my judgement.

Now to answer your questions: He has the license for suboxone and the Feds limit Dr's to only 100 patients for that. I didn't ask how many, but I will when I go back. *great question*!

I had the first appt of the day so no one else was there when I got there. When I checked out there 2 people in line and 1 person in the waiting room. I don't know what is "normal' though. I know my Rhuematologist generally has 1 person in each exam room and possibly one in the waiting area. So person 5 patients in an hour + the 7 hour work day, that ads up to what? 35 people a day x 4 days? (He only works 4 days a week) that's what roughly 140 patients a week?? The pain Doc doesn't appear to do any where near that. But I'd hate to guess based on what I saw that one time though...

arrgghhh! in terms of the postage, that's exactly what I thought! Hmmm details matter, a lot! At least to me.

And yeah about the receipe that is very true. I also believe in "drug holidays". Where you stop taking a med for a time to see if you still to take it. I've been surprised at how many meds I've been able to stop taking by doing that. You know there was a time when mega - doses of aspirin was the just about the only treatment for RA. I've tried that too and all I got was ringing in my ears and lot of nose bleeds. Needless to say I don't take aspirin anymore.

Got to post this and help cook our dinner.

Happy Christmas to all of you! ((((pain group)))

12-25-2008, 12:52 PM	#27 (permalink)
chloes1 Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Oregon Posts: 45	Thanks Mike. I hate not being able to trust myself in this situation. Normally I'm much more confident of my judgement. Now to answer your questions: He has the license for suboxone and the Feds limit Dr's to only 100 patients for that. I didn't ask how many, but I will when I go back. great question! I had the first appt of the day so no one else was there when I got there. When I checked out there 2 people in line and 1 person in the waiting room. I don't know what is "normal' though. I know my Rhuematologist generally has 1 person in each exam room and possibly one in the waiting area. So person 5 patients in an hour + the 7 hour work day, that ads up to what? 35 people a day x 4 days? (He only works 4 days a week) that's what roughly 140 patients a week?? The pain Doc doesn't appear to do any where near that. But I'd hate to guess based on what I saw that one time though... arrgghhh! in terms of the postage, that's exactly what I thought! Hmmm details matter, a lot! At least to me. And yeah about the receipe that is very true. I also believe in "drug holidays". Where you stop taking a med for a time to see if you still to take it. I've been surprised at how many meds I've been able to stop taking by doing that. You know there was a time when mega - doses of aspirin was the just about the only treatment for RA. I've tried that too and all I got was ringing in my ears and lot of nose bleeds. Needless to say I don't take aspirin anymore. Got to post this and help cook our dinner. Happy Christmas to all of you! ((((pain group)))