It isn't easy.
You are meeting resistance to filling prescriptions because Florida became steeped in fraud regarding "Pain Management Clinics" which were actually pill mills.
A few years ago, prior to my spine surgery, I was referred by my primary care doctor to a pain management clinic. The clinic, which was legitimate, attempted to relieve my pain with a series of injections into my spine. When that didn't work I was given prescriptions for very powerful medications.
At first my Walgreen's pharmacist wouldn't fill the prescription because my address on my driver's license was Tampa. I finally convinced him I was living long term in The Villages in order to have physical therapy and to be cared for by a friend.
It would seem to me that your husband will have to go through treatment by a local pain management doctor in order to get the needed prescriptions, and even then you may have difficulty getting them filled.
My daughter is on Social Security Disability and is a long term user of powerful medications. Even now, her pharmacist tells her that she needs to get her pain management doctor to reduce the power of her meds. That's not his business, but he can withhold filling her prescriptions any time he wants to.
Having gone through a long period of using powerful meds, I understand your problem. Fortunately, I am at the point that Tylenol generally handles my pain. Of course, too much of that can ruin your liver.
Good luck.
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