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In a series of MyChart messages dated May 13, 2025, Dr. Molly Davis at UC Davis Health, told me she could not increase my monthly oxycodone prescription beyond 180 tablets because doing so would be a safety risk. She cited concerns about tolerance, dependence, and the long-term viability of pain management. However, just hours later, she offered to refer me to a pain specialist outside of UC Davis who might prescribe higher-dose opioid therapy.

“I am concerned that increasing beyond 180 tabs per month would be setting you up for further tolerance… [and] would ultimately become a safety risk.” — Dr. Davis, May 13, 12:45 PM.If you want to read the thread, you can view it here:

“I can refer you to an outside pain management specialist with experience managing higher doses of opioid therapy to take over your pain management prescriptions.” — Dr. Davis, May 13, 10:21 PM

This contradiction calls into question the basis for denying my care. If an increase was truly unsafe, then referring me to someone who might provide that same treatment is clinically inconsistent. It suggests her refusal wasn’t rooted in medical risk but in institutional policy, personal discomfort, or liability concerns. And it reinforces what I’ve experienced all along: I’m not being denied because it’s wrong for me — I’m being denied because it’s inconvenient for them.