WHAT WE DO
Home Pain Management
New York House Call Physicians are
pleased to address pain management needs
for our patients. Our family physicians
and internal medicine physicians can
manage acute or chronic pain that falls
within our specialty or expertise. Pain
management requiring controlled medications
and strong opiates (narcotics) are best
managed by a pain management specialist
in a medical office.
New York House Call Physicians work
with our patients to find the best pain
management options to keep our patients
pain free. These options include but
are not limited to alternative and complimentary
medicines and treatments, over the counter
pain medicines, prescription non-controlled
pain medicines, and certain controlled
pain medicines.
New York House Call Physicians agree
with the DEA: "pain treatment specialists"
assertions that many general practitioners
have not received adequate training
to address complex chronic pain syndromes.
These specialists emphasize that Schedule
II opiates are best used as the treatment
of last resort for chronic pain; and
that when they are used, they should
be part of a multi-disciplinary approach
to pain management, including physical
and psychological therapy. DEA has strongly
supported the establishment of "Model
Guidelines for the Use of Controlled
Substances in Pain Management"
by the Federation of State Medical Boards.
These guidelines reflect currently accepted
standards that may be used by both medical
professionals and regulators in determining
the appropriateness of opioid prescribing."
source: http://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov
New York House Call Physicians are pleased
to address the medical needs of our
chronic pain and home bound patients
who carry diagnoses such as cancer resulting
in chronic pain and/or hospice patients
with chronic pain and/or patients immediately
postoperative and/or homebound patients
with chronic pain whose immobility limits
them from traveling to a pain management
doctor's office. Treatment of chronic
pain requiring schedule II and III opiates
are generally reserved for these patients.
If you suffer from chronic pain and
feel you need a schedule II or III opioid
such as Oxycontin, oxycodone, or hydrocodone,
we strongly suggest you contact and
follow-up with a board-certified pain
management specialist as well as following
up with appropriate therapists such
as psychiatry and psychology as chronic
pain often brings emotional and psychological
issues and concerns.
Please contact
New York House Call Physicians with
questions
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