V51707

Hello, I too have recently had to start taking narcotics for a back injury. I do not take more than prescribed and ONLY take them when needed. Nurses that need to be reported to the board of nursing are those taking street drugs/narcs at work or elsewhere, appearing "high" at work. I would recommend carrying a letter with you from you physician stating you have a medical reason requiring that you take the medication as needed while not at work and perhaps mention what you take at work for pain (such as ibuprofen, toradol, naprosyn, diclofenec or other anti-inflammatory) If you don't have a prescription for anything else they may believe you are taking the medication at work. They also now have diclofenec in the patch (just released) my doctor was one of the first in the US to get them. I'm not sure what your pain issue is (back etc.) but I know I feel guilty about having to take Vicodin for my pain as well. But its the only thing that helps when the pain gets really severe. You do not need to report this to the board of nursing. There are millions of people/nurses that take prescribed medications for pain and should not be harrassed for it. I would just make sure you have adequate documentation. Just for curious reasons, How did they find out that you were on this medication? My injury occured at work (lifting a pt that stopped breating) Workers comp was denied because I did not stop right then and there and tell everyone my back hurt. Its been a mess! I recently joined this forum in hopes to get some support. What type of work do you do and what type of injury do you have? Maybe you should consider a different type of nursing to help with your pain. Just a thought:nuke:....trying to help! You are doing nothing wrong. The person telling you to do this obviously has never had pain before.