Do I have a case for medical malpractice regarding being dropped by my pain management doctor?

Do I have a case for medical malpractice regarding being dropped by my pain management doctor?

I was seeing a pain management doctor for 12 years for injuries related to a spinal cord injury that I suffered 14 years ago. I was on very high doses of opiate medication, Fentanyl 100 micrograms, every 2 days and I was also prescribed Percocet 10 milligrams, a 180 tablets, a month. I had been on this medication regimen for over a decade. Then, almost 2 years ago, I received a certified letter stating that the doctor was discharging me from his practice due to a violation in the pain contract that I had signed with his office over 8 years ago. What happened was that I got sick with pneumonia and I was treated by my PCP. The PCP was aware that I was being treated by a pain management doctor because I had to get a referral from her a few months prior for insurance purposes. However, she wrote me a prescription for Promethazine/Codeine for treatment of a horrible cough that I was having. I was completely unaware that this was a violation of my pain contract since I only signed one contract with the pain doctor 8 years prior. I brought the bottle with me to my appointment with my pain doctor and I gave it to the staff so that they could document it in my chart for when I had to submit a urine sample. As expected, my urine came back to have metabolites of the cough medication in my system and because of this I was discharged with a 1 month supply of my medication and told to find another doctor. Needless to say, I have been unable to find another doctor who will even agree to see me as a patien, and almost 2 years has gone by. I have suffered immensely from this and I see no end in sight. I endured horrible effects from withdrawals from the high doses of opiates that I had been taking for 12 years. I lost over 50 pounds and was severely underweight an malnourished. No one could help me. I am living in pain every day of my life and have had to resort to attending a methadone clinic for administration of medication for pain because I can’t even be seen by another pain management doctor. I have contacted no less than 15-20 doctors and been turned down. This kind of treatment is barbaric to me and I feel like someone should be held accountable for my drastic decline in health and the poor living conditions that I am forced to deal with on a daily basis. I need to have surgery in relation to my condition but without the ability to be treated for pain, I simply cannot do it. However, if I do not have surgery I am risking more permanent paralysis than I already have and possibly even a worse outcome. Do I have a case here?

Asked on May 21, 2019 under Malpractice Law, Texas

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