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Chronic Bilateral Knee Pain, Stage Four Osteoarthritis, Degenerative Disc Disease, On Oxycodone, Xanax. Treatment ?

Posted on Thu, 7 Jun 2012

Question: i am a 32 year old male from west XXXXXXX and recently lost my healthcare insurance i have been on oxycodone 30 mg 2 day for chronic bilateral knee pain stage 4 osteoarthritis i have had 2 knee scopes and also have degeneritive disc disease also very bad anxiety which i have been taking xanax 2mg prn up to 3 times a day no doctor will accept self pay around here or accept me with the medication i am on con you help with my medications

Answered by Dr. Dr. Rakhi Tayal (3 hours later)

Hello,
Thanks for posting your query.
I presume that you have been taking these drugs for some time and you are comfortable in using these drugs.
The medicines you want me to prescribe are all prescription only drugs.

I am sorry I currently have no legal support to prescribe medicines online. The scripts that an online physician writes are not accepted at your local pharmacy. It is not yet recognised by the American Telemedicine association norms. This is because any pharmacy should enter the physician licence number before dispensing the drugs.
Since I haven’t physically examined you, it is inappropriate and unethical to
prescribe you scheduled drugs that you can order online. I am bound by the rules of law to not to give any online prescriptions. Hence you will have to see the physician for the medicines that you require.

Sorry for not being to be of assistance to you at this point of time.

Wishing you good health.
Regards.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Raju A.T

Follow up: Dr. Dr. Rakhi Tayal (42 minutes later)

i understand and respect your professionalism, can you advise me if it is legal to obtain these medications online from another site, and i am comfortable with these medications i have took them for several years legally and under close supervision of a doctor but with loseing my insurance i cannot get in to see a doctor that accepts self pay and the ones that do will not accept patients on pain medication its kind of a catch 22 and i fear the withdrawel effects when i run out im now trying to wing myself down every day but fear it wont work do you have any advice of how i should proceed i assure you i am not an addict allthough i am dependent there was a site i talked to based in england who said they could send me the medicine without a script and told me it was completly legal but im afraid of what the meds will accually be, any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Answered by Dr. Dr. Rakhi Tayal (37 minutes later)

Hello.
Thanks for writing again.
The drugs you are taking are strictly prescription only drugs. It is not reliable to order these through some unknown websites as you can never know what are they supplying you.
Till the time you get these prescriptions, you can try having over the counter available analgesics and do hot fomentation of the painful joints. Applying local analgesic gels will also be helpful.
Hope my answer is helpful. Write back if you have further queries.
Wishing you a trouble free speedy recovery.

Note: For further queries, consult a joint and bone specialist, an Orthopaedic surgeon. Book a Call now.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Raju A.T