Matthew palermo

Review of Baltimore Washington Medical C...

I went to the clinic because I have severe tooth p...

I went to the clinic because I have severe tooth pain, and the dentist is closed and won't reopen until Monday. My eye is twitching, face throbbing, can't eat or sleep. I just need some relief, so I can go on with life until my scheduled dentist appointment on Monday. I have to work Monday before my appointment, and with the current pain, I do not know how I will manage. The doctor saw me for like 2 minutes, told me they would give me antibiotics and pain relievers. I received 600 mg ibuprofen, and amoxicillin. The pain reliever I went to the clinic and paid money for, was no different than just going to CVS and getting the ibuprofen for much less, without someone assuming I'm a junkie trying to score for a fix. I get that there is a serious opioid epidemic, but there are some people out there still that legitimately need these pain relievers for temporary releif. I could sleep to two nights, I haven't eaten in two days. My face feels like I've been shot. My dentist told me to go to patient first and ask what they can to to temporarily relieve the pain until Monday when he can see me. He said he is not allow d to call in pain medication because all that is going bob, but if they see me, they can prescribe me something stronger than OTC drugs to get me through. Even with the dentist referral, all I got was over priced ibuprofen.
Later that night, I could sleep and I was in so much pain, I couldn't handle it. I just wanted to pull my own tooth. I went to Baltimore Washington Hopstial to the emergency room. I waited in excruciating pain for over 3 hours until I was finally seen by a physician assistant and her student follower. I was in so much pain, I had tears. My legs were restless and my heart was racing. They said they cannot do anything to treat dental pain. I asked if they could at least numb me so I can go home and fall asleep and they said no. They said to just keep taking the previously prescribed medicines, and maybe go to CVS for some sort of topical cream or gel for my tooth. I explained that I have been through that, and it's not working. She said thats all she can do, which at the end of the day, was nothing. They sent me home with a doctors note for Monday. I am the director of my department. I work for a heath care and special education facility in the nutrition department. A doctors note does not help, since I would only be handing it to myself. I waited for hours for them to not treat me, and send me home with useless paperwork. And now I will have to pay for this visit. I will have to pay to sit in a waiting room for house, sit on a bed for a few minutes, and have them tell me they won't treat me.
So, excruciating pain, two medical facilities, no relief. I am not a drug addict. I don't like taking these things because it makes my head fuzzy, and I prefer to be sharp at work because my staff depends on me to make the difficult decisions and handle the stress of the day. I spent hundreds of dollars, and wasted half of a day to get a total of 7 minutes with a doctor, OTC medications, and they wished me the best of luck. The healthcare facilities nowadays are ridiculous. I spend thousands of dollars a year for medical insurance. I am generally in good health. I rarely get sick, I'm psycally fit, and I'm not a drug addict. I pay taxes, pay co-pays, I spend so much money towards this system that won't treat me when I'm in need. They should be ashamed of themselves. You sent home a person who would now rather perform oral surgery in the comforts of his own garage than ever see these people who call themselves doctors. Because of the horrible epidemic going on, the moment they hear pain, they assume people at there for a fix, not because they may actually be in terrible, unmanageable pain.
My suggestion is, if you are in pain for any reason, look on craigslist for a doctor, because they would be more helpful than these so called health care facilities and the so called doctors who work at them.