Since the doctor cannot write me a refill for it I was wondering if anyone knew of some non narcotic substitutes that I could get my doctor to give me to get me by for 30 days. I take the valium and klonopin for menieres disease but as we all know they are both for treatment of anxiety, which is basically what you are trying to accomplish in my case, slow the signals to the brain down and calm the nervous system.
I got my Valium and Klonopin stolen from me at the store Saturday?
Question posted by papasam on 16 April 2013
Last updated on 28 July 2017 by Jakeman
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9 Answers
Jakeman
28 July 2017
I recently lost my clonazepam script for the month, and I am scared to death. Hoping Dr will work with me but if not hate to say it but I will turn to whiskey I not going through that.
papasam
17 April 2013
I would like to thank all of my friends on here for supporting me. I have been able through the help of a lot of prayer to get my meds back. Had it not been for the the helpful prayers and thoughts of my friends on here I know that this would not have happened as everything seemed to be against me. I want to thank all of you. That is why I love this website, because of the wonderful friends I have here.
Dumpster Diver
17 April 2013
Dear Papasam:) Amen, My friend..Great news for you! I am so thankful you do not have to go 'thru torture... All of our prayers were heard!~~D-Squared~~
papasam
18 April 2013
Thank you so much
bestpup
17 April 2013
To papasam. From bestpup
Papasam the same thing happen to me approx 10 yrs ago. I was working in a convenience store and I turned my head the other way for a second and someone stole my bag. I had all my schedule two drugs in my bag.
Anyway, I called my rheumatologist at the time explained the circumstances to her and she said, because this has never happened to me before she would call my pharmacy and explain what happened to me and my pills.
Finally, both my doctor and my pharmacist recommended I make out a Police report in case the drugs or my bag were to show up. It's know different than if you were traveling and left your meds on a plane or in the hotel?
Now, if this happened more than once your doctor may get suspicious? If this is your first mishap I know the doctor can help you unless the rules have changed?
Best of luck, bestpup
papasam
17 April 2013
He says he can't, now I know that the controlled substance laws are tough these days, especially here in this state where drug abuse is so rampant. I plan to visit the doctor tomorrow and see what the possibilities are. No, it has never happened to me before, it scares me and I will be taking precautions.
Dumpster Diver
17 April 2013
Dear Papasam; This is just teriable! I thought a police report filed immediately
before you left Wal-Mart would suffice for your Dr., especially since you
haven't had it happen before. Also, I can't believe Wal-Mart won't let you see that film. Also, can't your primary care write a one time script for Xanax or
Valium so you won't have to face the horrors of Benzo withdrawal? Unbelievable
these "medical profesionals" don't KNOW the dangers of being without pose...
You will end up in the ER room where they should help you.sincerely,~DD~
DzooBaby
17 April 2013
I may have suggested this for you before but have you tried Antivert or Meclizine for your Menieres? Meclizine is sold OTC for motion sickness. They used to prescribe it for Menieres. It really sucks that some low life steals someones medication! That is really low. Did you make a police report? My docs have said with controlled drugs that they CAN replace them but only if you fill out a police report and they get a copy. This covers their butt because it is "proof" that there really was a theft and was reported to the police. They do reserve the right to refuse to refill if someone "overuses" this theft option to refill early too often but in this case, your Dr knows you are truthful.
DzooBaby
17 April 2013
You truly have to guard your meds at all times! People can steal them anywhere! Even from your own home. I tell my patients who are on controlled drugs to never store them in the bathroom medicine cabinet. For one thing it is too hot and moist in the bathroom but another is that people come into that room and close and lock the door and many who look for drugs know this is a good place to score! I no longer keep mine in my purse because they have been stolen out of my purse too. I keep them in undisclosed locations not easily found by others. Had you just picked them up from the pharmacy and they were still in the bag? The store should be able to view security tapes.
papasam
17 April 2013
Dzoo- Yes I have tried both, meclizine and antivert in the early stages of my bout with this disease, both did me no good so the doctor resorted to valium and klonopin to get control of the signals to my brain. It has helped alleviate the symptoms. We have made a report but the doctor still says his hands are tied. I live in a county in TN where drug abuse is rampant, unfortunately that makes it unfair to me. I become the victim because of some low life. Thank you much though.
papasam
17 April 2013
Yes I have decided to invest in a special lock box for our medications, I will be more careful and I will be swapping my medications to another pharmacy where we won't be shopping for groceries too. I will be making some needed changes to safe guard myself from now on.
happybrandee
16 April 2013
I am so sorry that your medication was stolen from you! :) Some people just don't care about what their actions can do to others! They don't care that without your medications , your condition is not under control and that you can also have some serious withdrawal from not having your meds. I don't know of anything that you can take to get you through till your next presctiption as I am not a medical professional, but if you don't mind I would like to give you a little advice to keep this from hapening again.
First off if you can, please try not to carry all of your medication with you that way if someone does steal it, they don't get all of it, and I would invest in a good lock box too, and if you do have to take your meds with you for some reason lock them in the trunk of your car and if you can't do that keep them on your person at all times.
I hope everything works out for you!!
Take care!!
~~happybrandee~~
jk13
16 April 2013
If you have any withdrawal symtoms contact your doc asap. You may want to ask about having another doctor write a prescription for you, but make sure that you run this by the doc who normally prescribes the meds. as the last thing that you want is to be accused of doctor shopping. Lyrica hits on the gabba sp? like do the benzos. Valarien is also an otc herb sold at any pharmacy and also hits on the gabba as well.
If you take these meds on a regular basis for some time now withdrawals can put your life at risk. You may want to be ready to go to the er if things get out of hand. If your doctor is a general family doctor I would think about seeing a psychietrist sp? as his reluctance and obvious underestimating of these meds seems very irresponsible. There must be a better solution than what is currently being offered. There are many many varieties of benzos on the market that could be utilized.
You may want to volunteer yourself to drug testing as well to prove that you are in fact telling the truth. Just a thought. Even though he says that he believes you it seems that his actions or rather lack of says otherwise. I recently stopped taking my klonopin at a regular dose of 5 or 6 mg per day. It took me months to taper off that drug. A person simply can not just stop without inflicting a great deal of harm to oneself.
My heart goes out to you and I pray that you find a better solution than what has been presented so far. Who knows, maybe the person who stole your meds had their meds stolen as well. Doubtful. You might want to make a report to the police too.
Once again you will be in my prayers!
Sincerely,
Jeff K
Delila
16 April 2013
Hi, i'm sorry to hear what happened! Will your doctor not be willing to refill your prescriptions considering the circumstances? Surely they must understand that stopping these medications suddenly with have an adverse effect on your physical and mental health. I would push them to be considerate to your cause and repeat the prescription just this one time...
papasam
16 April 2013
The doctor called me yesterday, he said that he was sorry but that the medications are watched carefully by the state and that even though he knows that I am telling him the truth the state would not allow it. He has offered to look at some alternative to get by or even give me a note to miss work, but if I miss work I will have problems there, I don't need that. It is pitiful what kind of world we have to live in. The thief got away with my drugs, WalMart won't tell me anything about the film,I will be changing stores. The thief now has my address and knows that I have these drugs around and I get scrutinized by the state. Unbvelievable.
Delila
16 April 2013
That is crazy! The store has an obligation to give any CCTV footage to the police in the hope they can find this guy. I too would be worried about all of your details being in the hands of a thief. Let's hope he doesn't take interest in your address and discards the packaging. I am so lucky to live in England with the NHS here, i get my med's paid for because of my condition, and it is the doctors choice to re-issue prescriptions, and they usually do if something was to happen as has to you. I hope your doctor comes up with some good alternatives and that you don't suffer too badly.
kaismama
16 April 2013
Hydralazine might be helpful. Don't you wish people would keep their hands to themselves. You'd probably benefit from using a small pill box and only having a few on you.
papasam
16 April 2013
Unfortunately I had my whole presription in the shopping cart, it was on my wife's purse. I do carry a small pill box for the drugs I use. They 3 prescriptions off of me, Valium, Klonopin and Ambien, imagine that. Now they Know my address too and the state won't let me have a new prescription for 1 month. Something not fair about that.
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