Pain Meds - Need Help!

Chronic Pain
#21

oxycodone comes in 5mg,15mg and 30mg. yes it is stronger i think than vicodin becuz it comes in stronger strengths. also i found that methadone is a good pain reliever also but it makes u a little tired. i take both and after a while it doesnt work as well u need to get the dosage upped. also there is a pain patch…i think its called fentanyl. if u have pain clinics that prescribe narcotics get a referral and go to one. at least they will find something that works for you. good luck. living with unreleting pain has got to be the worse thing in the world to go thru. love and peace lorial

#22

well to stat with oxy is thr strongest u can get but as someone said medidone is the best. for [ain i know how u fill i want to jut die some time but then ithink god has a purpose for me so i have to learn how to deal with the pain. well u should go to a pain clin tell yopur doctor to send u there . if u have insueance that all they want any way so good luck bed head

#23

I had cervical injections several years ago. The doctors were trying to see if they would help and if they did then they were going to do what is called a cervical rhizotomy. It is a procedure where they sever the nerves in the facet joints to help relieve the pain. Unfortunately for me the injections did not help so the rhizotomy would not have worked. If your injections did help that should indicated you would benefit from a rhizotomy. So please do some checking with your doctor.

#24

First of all, BEDHEAD, please go to a pain management specialist and not just your primary care physician. PM spec are anesthesiologists with add’l training in pain management, and–important point–can prescribe better drugs than most primary care docs are willing to. They can also perform all of the injection protocols, many of which help tremendously.

Methadone worked best for me, but it made me stupid (bad short-term memory problems), so I had to quit. There’s a fairly new drug–Subutex–that worked really well for me (you can’t take an opiate with it, and since I had to have what turned out to be 3 major surgeries, I had to go off and back onto oxycodone).

Oxycodone is the non-timed release version of Oxycontin, which is a time-released opiate.

Duragesic patches also worked well. They start you at 25 mcgs, then 50s, and higher if you need it and can tolerate it. (50 was my limit after severe nausea set in trying 75s).

Often, taking something like Ativan can also help because it relaxes you, which always helps mitigate pain.

Good luck to you.

#25

I have been living with severe pain from Rheumatoid Arthritis for 4 years now. I started out on Darvocet, then when I was having to take 10+ a day just to get through, my Rheumatologist sent me to a Pain Clinic. The clinic immediately switched me to Oxycontin 2x daily, 10 MG with Vicoden for breakthrough. Gradually, my pain has worsened over the years, and now I’m on Oxycontin 40 mg 2X daily with Roxicodone 15 mg for breakthrough. (Oxycontin is a “step up” from Hydrocodone and Roxicodone is a “step up” from Percocet) I think getting into a GOOD pain clinic is the key to surviving AND ensures you get the right meds to keep you as comfortable as possible. It was really hard getting into the Pain Clinic, they required tons of records and doctor referrals - they have to in order to keep out the druggies - but once I got in, it has been like night and day.

#26

iam pinkrainbow, wrote a long reply, forgot to press reply..Gone with the wind or what?

pinkrainbow

#27

I live in Canada. i tried all the short-acting drugs in the first decade, it's now been 23 years. At the pain clinic, the first thing they do is take you off asa and tylenol(destroys the kidneys long-term). i was put on oxycontin, a long acting opiate, 21/2 times stronger than morphine! although i'm a nurse, it wasn't out when i went through, so i wasn't aware how terribly addictive it is, how quickly you can develop a tolerance, and how hard it is to get off.

In canada oxycontin was taken off the market march 2/2012..replaced with tamper-proof oxyneo(supposedly the same as oxyneo).

My experience is bad. i started at 20 mg, and 2-4 years went up, till i was on 80mg. three times a day. i have very high pain levels, now that i have a tolerance to it. i withdrew from oxycontin, because of opiate bowel syndrome(no bm in 2 mos), and the physical withdrawl was 2 weeks. But life, goes on..i had to go back on it.

Now this oxyneo is a mean drug. not as effective for pain, stops other meds from working, and just decreasing the dose to 60mg(from 80mg) tid..the most horrific, hell i could describe..and that ws just weaning down! it lasted 2 months, till the pain dr.(also an anaesthetist) insisted back to 80. then he announced he's retiring, admitted that noone had prescribed opiates in 3 years, and only now are they finding out how bad oxycontin were.

last week i went to see him again, i said "the only reason i came to see you, was i thought you'd keep me out of harms way! he was deeply sorry, but leaves in 10 months..i still have the opiate bowel, despite lactrolube, senekot, surfak, metamucil and magnesium..so it will be a choice btwn a colostomy(surgery where bowel is brought onto your abdomen and you wear a bag!(yeck!)..or withdrawl from oxyneo..i am terrified, and the addiction research hospital won't admit me due to my poor immune, endocrine and nervous system..so what to do?

I sympathize with the person who was suicidal, but my biggest fear besides death, is frying in hell, and my very born-again parents, coach me on it every phone call. The trick is believing, and i come up short in that department, despite being 'born again' at 13.

But i do believe my father is right, it is not only against the law, that you will be judged for that.

I was 36 when illness hit me, engaged, happy, etc. now i will be 59 october 23!..then 60! i have red hair, and don't think old, but i am old. teeth removed(caves your face in), i was once attractive, but life today is walking 2 blocks with a walker, then being exhausted, severe insomnia, no friends(can't commit to things), and also ashamed(preacher kid's problem?!)

so i keep praying to Jesus to be patient with me, give me faith, and i am like a rat on a ?spinning wheel..good Christian..no Christian. mom and dad are 90 and compete in badminton and tennis! when they go, i fear i'm dead, as unhealthy as it is, they are my only support. i reached out to this forum, asi don't even know any sick people, feel alone and isolated and un-fixable. thanks for all your comments..it helps(feeling connected to you!)

To the first person asking the question, definetely get to a pain clinic..and switch gp's if they don't refer you..it seems there's always something they can do for forever-unrelenting pain! good luck

love

pinkrainbow

thanks

pinkrainbow

#28

If it is a pain stimulator that you are talking about
that isn’t an option for me. I know that it has been
great in helping many others though so I wish you
luck. My problems are a bit complicated. I was born
with Ehlers Danlos Syndrome. All of my connective
tissue is weak, which in turn makes all of my joints
loose. I can dislocate a joint just by rolling over in
the middle of the night. Those of us with EDS that
have tried the pain stimulator haven’t had luck
because the wires don’t stay in place like they would
in a non EDS patient. I knew one lady that had her
wires move out of place before she even left the
hospital the day they were implanted. How sad is that?
At least she tried and was willing to do what ever the
doctor suggested, right?
Your in my thoughts. It must be hard living with the
pain that you do now.
Beth
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I feel for you, I know the feeling, I have had
chronic pain in my neck & surgery on my lower back,
that didnt help, they started me on 15 mg of
morphine, & vicodin’s 4x a day, that didnt help,
they switch me to 30 mg of morphine, & vicatin’s,
that didnt help, next they had me getting injections
coristson in the neck & back, those didnt work, they
did that for 2 years. Now I am on 60 mg’s of
morphine, 3x a day
and its not working, I found this pain management
clinic, you might want to look at its at
www.ans-medical.com , they are going to implant some
kind of lead wires all the from the lower spine to
the neck, will let you know how it goes, I am going
to add you to my address book, & I will let you
know, how it goes, that’s if you dont mind, okay, BJ

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#29

I feel for you, I know the feeling, I have had chronic pain in my neck & surgery on my lower back, that didnt help, they started me on 15 mg of morphine, & vicodin’s 4x a day, that didnt help, they switch me to 30 mg of morphine, & vicatin’s, that didnt help, next they had me getting injections coristson in the neck & back, those didnt work, they did that for 2 years. Now I am on 60 mg’s of morphine, 3x a day and its not working, I found this pain management clinic, you might want to look at its at www.ans-medical.com , they are going to implant some kind of lead wires all the from the lower spine to the neck, will let you know how it goes, I am going to add you to my address book, & I will let you know, how it goes, that’s if you dont mind, okay, BJ

BJ Mayorga Jr.

#30

Gone fishing til September 23rd.

~Debby

#31

Hi Bedhead,
I wanted to talk about the problems you had with your physical therapy. I happened to a great PT who is well educated in Polio/Post Polio, which is the main source of my chronic pain.

What I have learned over the years is that if you are that much pain for that long after your PT session there is something wrong. My advice to anyone that experiences this is that they get on the phone to the PT and tell her/him that there is something terribly wrong and that you must me seen again that very day. Because what probably happened is that whatever was done to you was too much. Either the PT was using too much strength or if you were asked to resist the PT had you resisting too much.

I would encourage you not to give up. Work the problem out with your current PT or find another one that will work with you.

Now about meds for chronic pain all I can do is tell you what I am on and how it works for me. In the morning I take 1 300mg Ultram ER, and a muscle relaxer (up to 5 a day.) About an hour and a half later I start my rounds of Loritab. I take that 3 times a day and am allowed a 4th if needed. At bedtime I wear 3 - 5% Lidoderm patches. Those are used 12 hours on 12 off. It is also very important that we keep the inflammation down. If you are unable to take Motrin or the other anti-inflammation meds then alfalfa is an excellent natural choice.

God Bless,
Linda

#32

you hve any knowledge of anyone with polio? thanks Don> Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 11:52:34 -0400> To: silentman74007@hotmail.com> From: chronicpain-cpt2665@lists.careplace.com> Subject: Re: [chronicpain] Pain Meds - Need Help!> >