Re: Pain meds...Pam...

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, I've been on the Duragesic (Fentanyl) patches before. They

started me on 25mg and then after 2 weeks increased it to 50. I was

wearing one and it broke open and leaked. It was brand new! So, I

called the manufacturer and they told me they would replace the patch

for me but that I needed to get a note from my doctor. When I told

her office manager what happened, she told the doctor and came back

to the phone and told me basically it was too bad and that I would

have to wait until my prescription could be written again which was 3

more days and that I wouldn't have withdrawal! I called the

manufacturer again and they told me the withdrawal could be so bad

that it could be fatal! They said you absolutely have to wean down

first to the 25mg then take pain pills once the 25's come off. I

called my doctor back very upset and that's when it got ugly and my

doctor dumped me. But that's also how I found this group. I was so

upset yet so determined to find the cause of my illness and help for

it especially after being treated that way by a doctor. Since then

I've been on Hydrocodone 10, OR Percocet 5's, and then the

Methadone. I'm really scared of the patches because of what happened

but you are right, they work great!

Take care!

Pam

, I think you've had experience

with oxycontin, right? I was

> on 5mg Methadone 2xday. 2 weeks ago I went to the pain management

dr

> and he told me that since my implants were out, my pain should go

> away, therefore I should start weaning off the Methadone. I

thought

> he was right but within a couple of days the pain started coming

back

> and I couldn't sleep and had to keep taking percocet throughout the

> day. I know that the pain will go away eventually, but it's just

too

> early to stop the pain meds. Anyway, I'm not going back to the

pain

> mgmt dr because he told me I would need a shrink if the pain came

> back!!! See, we're still being told we're crazy. IT MAKES ME SO

> MAD!!! $@ & %*#(@*@#)* That's me cussing! Sorry. Where was I?

Oh,

> back to the pain meds. I've also been having stomach pain for a

few

> months now - I'm sure it was caused by the meds I've been on - so I

> went to a gastroenterologist (boy that's a long word...) and he's

> going to do an endoscopy on the 19th. I told him about the pain

meds

> and that I weaned down but that I still need something until I can

> get to a new rheummy (since my other one dumped me!). He gave me

> 10mg oxycontin. I know it's the lowest dose possible but I was

> hoping it would help. Do you think it's comparable to the

> Methadone? I'm miserable and hurting so much. I can't sleep again

> and that just starts the pain cycle over and over again. I hate

this

> feeling. My brain fog and fatigue are coming back too. I know

that

> if I get the pain under control again my sleep will be better and

> thus the fatigue and thus the pain, right?!!

>

> I'm so embarassed and totally humiliated to even admit this, but

> today I had my grandson with me when I went to pick up one of my

> daughter's friends. She lost her keys at a hotel party and had no

> shoes...long story...anyway I took one of her other friends with me

> to get the friend that lost her keys. When I got there I got out

of

> the car and locked it. I went inside and helped her look for her

> keys and DID NOT REMEMBER MY GRANDBABY WAS EVEN IN THE CAR WITH

> ME!!!!!! Thank God he was ok. I was only gone 6 minutes, but this

> is the kind of stuff that scares me with the brainfog. I've been

> terrified ever since he was born that I would do something like

> that. I have 3 kids and was 20 when I had my daughter. I drank

> heavily and smoked a little...yes I inhaled! But not once did I

ever

> leave her in a car or forget that I had her with me. GOD I HATE

THIS

> BRAIN FOG!!! Sorry, I didn't mean to say all that. I just can't

> believe it happened. It gets so much worse when I'm over fatigued

> and in pain. I'm so jealous to hear that yours is totally gone. I

> know mine will get better in time.

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