Johns Creek Vickery Village | Patient Pain Management

It is our goal to manage our patient’s pain in the healthiest manner. Dr. Steenlage’s policy regarding pain medicine is as follows: • Non surgical patients will be given narcotics for 2 to 3 weeks after the onset of the acute phase of their injury or illness. Then non-narcotic measures will be implemented for pain control • Patients will be given strong pain medication when scheduling their surgery. This prescription will be for their use immediately following their surgery. This allows patients the convenience of having their pain medication filled, and readily available to them when returning home after surgery. It will be the patient’s responsibility no to use this prescription before surgery. No exceptions will be made if this prescription is lost or use this prescription before surgery. No exceptions will be made if the prescription is lost or used, for writing an additional prescription. • If Pain continues, a lesser strength pain medication will be prescribed. The types of pain medications will be given for 2 to 6 weeks depending on the severity of the surgery. • Following these 6 weeks, no other narcotic medication will be given. Measures used to decrease pain will be included: Physical Therapy, icing, rest, NSAIDs, and muscle relaxants. • I pain persists following the above; patients will be referred to a pain management specialist. • If we determine our patient is obtaining narcotics elsewhere, the patient will not receive any future pain prescriptions. • No Narcotics will be called in by this practice. NARCOTIC PRESCRIPTIONS MUST BE OBTAINED AT THE TIME YOU ARE SEEING DR.STEENLAGE. Dr. Steenlage believes the above policy is only in the best interest of all our patients. Each patient’s request will be evaluated individually and professionally. It is our wish that patients not become addicted to narcotic pain medication. I acknowledge the above policy and understand it in full.
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