Can you get oxygen from Urgent Care?

[Chisox]

 I haven't had a regular doctor or neurologist for a decade and have treated my CH other ways. Now I really want to give oxygen a try, but it seems like it may take too long for this episode I'm currently in. I called several places and I just can't get an appointment within the next couple weeks.  I did an online appointment and they gave me imitrex (which i begrudgingly took), but he said I need a more legit doctor appointment for oxygen.... Anyone know if urgent care do the trick?  Cause I could get in there any time.

Good to be back on the forum after a few years... Well i suppose it kinda sucks lol, but it's always a big help. 

 

 

(Edited to get to the point!)

 

[CHfather]

There have been one or two reports of people getting O2 prescriptions from urgent care, but I think it's typically a no-go.  I think your chances are increased if you have some kind of written CH diagnosis that you can show them, so you clear the diagnostic hurdle and now it's just prescribing.  Every time I deal with any medical person, I ask them if they know what to prescribe for CH.  95 percent of the time they know that it's O2, which makes it all the more shocking that the actual rate of prescribing O2 is so much lower, so I don't know if they're not certain of the diagnosis when they see (or hear about) CH symptoms, or if they just chicken out about prescribing O2 and prefer to leave it to your physician.

What about welding O2?   https://clusterbusters.org/forums/topic/5627-notes-about-welding-o2/

And be sure to seriously consider splitting your trex if it's a 6mg injector.  https://clusterbusters.org/forums/topic/2446-extending-imitrex/

Edited July 10, 2021 by CHfather