Partial Success - and more hope -

So I was successful in getting my neuro to prescribe a different preventative today!  Yeah!!  Maybe an end to cycle in the near future... got Verap & Pred till we get that preventative dosage going ok...

I asked him for a prescription of O2 for aborting - Imitrex had some nasty jaw side effects... besides I got so many people telling me O2 is the Best!!!

He told me two things - O2 is "dangerous" and - it's not effective for long.  Well, after reading up, I told him about the Many people that O2 works for - for Years!    He said well, yes - It Can be.  I then asked him how it was dangerous.  He told me that having it by fire or by my toaster could be hazardous   WELL I told him that was true - but I am a responsible adult, have an upstairs area with no fires/ electrical devices with potentially fire-starting elements, and don't smoke.  I told him that companies come out to homes and inspect areas before providing O2.    

I told him that I would like to try it.  Then I got down to the real reason he didn't want to prescribe it...

NOW the important question I need help with from all of you educated people out there    He didn't know How!!    He told me he would have to research how to go about it - who he would have to prescribe it through, etc.  He said he would have to look into it.  I told him I believe he simply writes a normal prescription and I take care of the provider... is this accurate?  Does a MD actually have to have some pre-arranged agreement with an O2 provider in order to write a prescription for it?  what would a prescription look like for O2 if not?  Saw this a few mins ago on the O2 page that I missed before - this is ALL he has to write?

Oxygen @ flow rate of 12-15 liters/minute with a non-rebreather mask, as required.
"AS NEEDED FOR CLUSTER HEADACHES."

SO I left him with a print-out of the O2 info page from this site and a plea to look into it - and will see him next week (hopefully equipped with more info for him!)

SO - no O2 - yet.  He Did Not flat out say no, and I think it was because I read up and had answers for his "concerns" about my toaster  

Thanks for any assistance here?  

Val

Your prescription is spot on! That's all APRIA, PMS, or any of the other big 02 places should need.

Joe

You may want to check with your insurance to see if they have certain O2 suppliers they cover. Mine is that way. Just in case your Doctor doesn't find time to look into it.

Also don't request it demand it. It's the safest treatment we use. Quoting from my Oxygen Patient Instuctions Handbook, "Oxygen will not explode or burn, but it will increase the flammability of objects near the concentrated Oxygen. It will also cause anything that is burning to burn hotter and faster." So it's not a bomb.

Best of Luck, Don