“Does pain management prescribe opioids?”

It will depend on your medical condition. The doctor needs to evaluate your condition and decide what is the best treatment to treat your pain. 

Dr. Linda Li 

Hello,

Pain management does have the ability to prescribe opioids however, doctors typically require patients undergo interventional treatments, sign a contract restricting them from receiving opioids from anyone else, require urine screens monthly and various other things in order for a patient to receive medication consistently.

Regards,

Yes, opiate pain medications are one of many options to control pain that pain management physicians utilize. Normally, use of these medications is tightly monitored and reserved for pain that is severe and does not respond to other treatments. Opiate medications do have the potential to be abused, but at the same time are a critical tool in controlling debilitating pain.

Yes, if it is deemed medically appropriate.

Most pain management offices are doing interventional pain management, that means treating patients with fluoroscopic guided injections and, yes, sometimes prescribing small doses of opioids if need be. Everything depends on which state you live in. It is very hard to find an office that will prescribe you only opioids. Again, everything depends on your diagnostic. There is guidance for prescribing only opioids such as with cancer, sickle cell, and chronic, painful disorders...

You need to make sure that when you make the appointment you ask these questions. Finally, the answer is YES, pain management does prescribe opioids, but it depends on the patient diagnostic.

It depends. I do not. But you can call the doctor’s office and ask. There still are a few places