Posted by ShelliR on January 25, 2003, at 19:25:40
In reply to Re: opiates and major depression, posted by Blah on January 25, 2003, at 17:32:02
>When you say pain doctor what kind of doctor do you mean, an orthopiedist? I probably spelled that wrong. What I'm asking is what would
I look under in the yellow pages?<My doctor is listed under physical medicine. I was referred to him years ago for a misdiagnosed stomach spasm years ago and more recently for the chest pain. Many of the doctors in the pain field also have a background in anesthesiology.
I just did a yahoo yellow pages search, put in physicians and pain and most specialists were listed either under pain and rehabilitation or pain management. I think I'd go for pain management out of the two, or else get a referral from your internist or primary physician.
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