Is a mophine pump implant the best thing to do?

Unfortunately, you probably will continue to have trouble finding a doctor to fill it.  When you find one, treat him/her like gold!

The problem, as I understand it, starts with Medicare.  They don't pay to fill them.  That means that private insurance doesn't pay to fill them.  Most doctors won't do procedures that insurance won't cover, since they're not as likely to get paid for their work.

I was about to get a pump back in April of last year when the hospital that I was going through closed their pain management clinic.  I'm pretty sure this had a lot to do with the clinic's closing.  I finally got a spinal cord stimulator instead, just last week.

Maybe your dose needs to be changed?  Or a different medication used?  They told me that there are more/different medications that can be used, although since I'm not a doctor, I don't know if that applies to your situation.

hello terry Iam a new user and not sure how to use all this but i see you are also asking about the pain pump well I dont know myself but I can say I had a trial and it worked very well. Iam thinking about having it trying to read all and learn about it you can call this number and they will send you a free dvd to watch and a booklet as well toll free 1-800-328-0810 please if you can call its worth it! also if you can get back to me that would be nice angeloo7 good luck!

ok terry I see you already have had one sorry like I said this is all new to me maybe you can give me some feedback I would appreciate thank you

Hi,

I already posted this to another enquiry but I had a pump implanted 9 months ago and now that it is removed I still think it was the worst decision of my entire 77 years.

I was unable to tolerate even the smallest dose of the approved meds so had no pain relief at all.  In addition I was allergic to most of the meds they gave.

Search the Internet for Pain Clinics ,Florida is particularly badly off in this respect but there are lots of others.  I'm considering going to Cleveand Clinic but don't know if I can stand the journey as sitting for more than a few minutes causes me great problems.

Medicare DOES pay, they paid for all mine.

Mag1.