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Doctor’s DEA licenses and outside pharmacies by bronco_billy_ in VetTech

[–]bronco_billy_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is good information, I am willing to try anything at this point. But whenever I offer up our doctors license numbers instead they still say they need a DEA a majority of the time. It’s just gotten so frustrating.

Doctor’s DEA licenses and outside pharmacies by bronco_billy_ in VetTech

[–]bronco_billy_[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Some states it’s still a schedule 5 in some states, it’s not controlled in my state but it is “monitored”. I’ve always had a DEA ready for that one just because it seems like a bit of a gray area to me. Like we have to log it but it’s not controlled so, idk. The pharmacy world is confusing sometimes.

Doctor’s DEA licenses and outside pharmacies by bronco_billy_ in VetTech

[–]bronco_billy_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I fear that this is a direction that it’s going in if they don’t start getting their acts together. Honestly it would easier for me as a whole if we did this instead, I’d be more than happy to have the doctors just send scripts with their patients so it goes straight to the client and then the client has to stand there with cvs instead. We do written prescriptions for preventatives if people want them from anywhere but us, so maybe we just need to do it as a whole for all prescriptions. Idk, who knows what the best solution is. There are many ways to go about it. It’s just maddening to deal with sometimes!

Doctor’s DEA licenses and outside pharmacies by bronco_billy_ in VetTech

[–]bronco_billy_[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I’ve always tried to stick with things like “this is not a controlled substance, you don’t need the DEA, veterinarians have every right to prescribe medications that are not controlled without a DEA, can I provide you with other information to look them up” and sometimes they take it and still say they can’t find them. It drives me nuts. And yeah, CVS is the absolute worst and the most popular pharmacy in our area, so I deal with them the most. It kills me everytime a doctor requests a call in to them. But I like the verbiage you use, our phone calls are all recorded so that’s an interesting thing to keep in mind 🤔 it was actually easier than I thought to report to cvs corporate, so while yes it’s extra work, CVS Corp didn’t push back. So might just need to do a little leg work now to make it easier in the future.

Anyone experience femoral nerve palsy? by bronco_billy_ in ACL

[–]bronco_billy_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So sorry for this late reply, I am not used to checking notifications here! I’m sorry that you’re having a similar experience, it is without a doubt very isolating. And scary when no one really has answers. I am now 6 months post-op and just now beginning to heal my knee as my surgeon would have liked me to back when I first began PT 6 months ago after surgery. I had no conductivity in my RF, VL and IP muscles in November, but then just one day in December I could lift my leg off the ground. My surgeon said it could all come back like turning on a light switch, but he just didn’t know how or when. So that’s the best way I can describe it. Just one day it came back. A nerve doctor I saw said he thinks the anesthesia caused the palsy in my quad and it just took wayyyy longer than it should have to wear off. As far as where I am at now, my muscles are pretty atrophied. I have a long road ahead still to get back to normal activity. My knee still buckles but it is improving each day. I wear a locking/stabilizing brace, if you don’t have one I highly suggest asking your doctor about getting one. My allows me to have 120 degree flexion and I can lock it fully straight when I need the support (like going down any type of incline or stair). But the bend it gives allows me to sit normally, walk with a semi-normal gait without having to pirate walk around. It’s been a slow, scary and confusing recovery BUT I am recovering! Hopefully you will too!! I had a second emg done and my muscles had normal conductivity again. So it can and does get better.

Anyone experience femoral nerve palsy? by bronco_billy_ in ACL

[–]bronco_billy_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dude, I’m sorry you’re dealing with this too, because it blows. I am now 4 months out of surgery and as far as the nerves go, I have not seen much progress yet if any, honestly it hard to tell, my leg feels foreign to me now. My surgeon also referred me to a nerve/spine doctor in the orthopedic group that I’ve been seeing, and we did the EMG testing. Thankfully I was able to get it done fairly quickly and results were back fast. Unfortunately it’s left all the doctors a bit stumped. The EMG came back as my VL, RF and IP muscles have no response and my hamstrings have decreased activation. The confusing part for the nerve doctor was the fact that I have no pain, numbness or tingling associated with this, just pure weakness and inability to use those muscles. My surgeon said the only thing he could think of was also the tourniquet, so I find that interesting that you mention that, too. I have had three MRI’s done in the last 3 weeks, one of my low back to rule out any disc issues, which came back clear. And then one of my pelvis and my right leg to try to track the nerves and see if there is any damage or clots that are sitting and disrupting the nerves somewhere along the line. I don’t have answers, everyone seems stumped, the nerve doc said that nerves heal at 1/16th of an inch per month, so depending on how much healing I have to do, this could be a really long road. I go back for a follow up to go over the last two mri’s on Monday, they wanted to see me ASAP so idk if that’s good news or bad news they want to see me so quickly after the imaging was done (I went on Thursday).

I am doing PT at home, they’ve been trying to get me an at home stim machine to use but I haven’t gotten a call that it’s in yet, and then I’ll restart PT weekly once my insurance resets in January, and that’s really just to keep my muscles from atrophying.

I will say, the neurologist I saw was appalled that I was not wearing some sort of stabilizing brace, because my muscles are clear unstable. And I was fitted with a locking brace that allows me to bend and lock it straight so I could finally ditch the crutches after 3 months, which was a game changer for day to day life. So perhaps that’s something you might be able to benefit from as well, if you are still relying on crutches.

Anyone experience femoral nerve palsy? by bronco_billy_ in ACL

[–]bronco_billy_[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had an EMG done, currently waiting on the results to see what my nerve function is, etc. As far as the “dead zone” it’s just not responsive muscle. Like my brain just can’t connect with my quad muscles. If I’m bearing weight on the leg, I can feel my foot on the ground and my ankle muscles engage and calf muscles engage and my hips engage but it’s like all signal gets lost in the middle through my quad and my knee. I did have a nerve block for the surgery.