Md laws or just rights, to be prescribed opiodes for chronic pain patients

You might think of hiring an attorney to help you get what you need. Good luck.

I am so sorry this is happening to you; the medical community can be awfully inhumane.  First, I would write a letter with as much detail as you can include to the MD State Board of Medical Examiners specifying your complaint(s) with the physician who fired you.  They must investigate--particularly if you use your name and not go the "anonymous" option.

Second, I am unclear as to your diagnosis.  Could you articulate it further or provide more details of symptoms?  You are right that most doctors don't like to have patients they can't "heal" within a few months or so.  And, more and more, are getting freaked out by the State and Federal governments monitoring how many opiate scrips they are writing.  Too many and the doctors are investigated.  That doesn't excuse what's happening to you whatsoever but I know it's a huge concern and the documentation required is extensive.  Please take care and, again, if you could provide more information about your condition perhaps I could help further. 

Here’s my answer straight up without pulling any punches. Frankly, NO, there is nothing on any books in Maryland or any other state that says if someone asks a doctor for opioids, or any other medication, a doctor has to comply.  As for writing to MD State Board of Medical Examiners as someone suggested would be an exercise in futility on your part. The only thing that will get you is more frustrated and aggravated than you already are.

Reality check; in this case you have no creditability. Try looking at this from another view. Here is a person who is poor (as in no money), can’t afford to hire a lawyer nor doctor shop. No professional degree’s and no notoriety of any kind. Writes a letter to a medical board (another doctor) complaining about another doctor who doesn’t want to prescribe a controlled substance to them (we’re not talking about vitamins here). So who would you believe? From your post you come across as a whiner, and a drug addict. All a doctor has to do is say that in their professional opinion you pose a high risk for addiction, overdosing, and are unable to take medication as prescribed. GAME OVER!

I think what you need to do is check into a inpatient drug treatment program before it’s too late and you find yourself on the street looking for heroin, and doing whatever it takes to get the money to get yourself off of sick that day. Or perhaps find someone who will sell you what you want from their prescription, until they decide, they don’t want or can’t do it any more.  I don’t mean to sound harsh but one no ever said life is easy, and I speak to you from personal experience. Best Of Luck…

Unfortunately, no, there are no laws on your side except that you have a legal right to your medical records. They absolutely cannot be withheld from you.

No doctor has to treat you other than in an actual emergency. You might be able to find a "pill mill" that gives opiates to everyone, if and only if you have absolutely no history of substance abuse or anything in your medical records that might throw up red flags with the FDA, including abnormally high doses of medications. If you are on the high end of normal dosages, or you don't have a referral from another physician, it's unlikely that even they will take you, because they are the last practices that can stand any scrutiny at all.

It is, however, possible for people with chronic pain to find treatment. You say that you have a pain management physician, so obviously you have some treatment. I have chronic pain issues, and while I'm not entirely happy with the treatment I've found, I haven't had a problem with finding doctors who will accept me as a patient. (Caveat: I live in Atlanta, Georgia, where there are many, many physicians of every imaginable specialty!)

Have you ever read Full Catastrophe Living by Jon Kabat-Zinn? I recommend it (it's also available as a good audiobook). It's available from most libraries, too. Kabat-Zinn's approach is used in many multi-disciplinary pain treatment centers to help people learn to cope with pain.

Have you applied for disability? While it may be difficult to get a lawyer otherwise, it isn't usually difficult to find a lawyer willing to take a disability case, and they would then help you get your medical records.