Re: Meds for pain

[Guest guest]

Kat...I have been taking Doxepin at night for years and I love it. I get so

nice and sleepy in the evening and go right to sleep. With the fibro, I never

slept right through the night and Doxepin was the answer. Good luck, Judy

[Guest guest]

Kat,

Wow! That's a lot of strong meds. But if you need them, you need them. I'm

glad you were able to get something to help. Just remember to drink lots of

water - not fluids, but water. Those meds can do a number on your kidneys and

liver, and drinking lots of water helps keep them healthy.

I've found that drinking water from sports bottles is the easiest way to

drink lots of it. In a glass, you sip and sip and sip. But with a sports

bottle, you put your head back, and can drink lots more easily.

Glug, glug, glug!!!

Dix

[ ] Meds for pain

I just started taking two meds for pain. I was on Vicodin for a year

to a year and half. Guess the doctor thought I needed to change. Plus

I told her how depressed I still was even though I am on medicine for

that. I told her how I sometimes have a hard time sleeping and my

legs are restless and of course all the other things about pain that

goes along with the RA and other stuff one might have. I have OA and

DDD so sometimes my back just hurts so bad. I can't stand more than

about 5 or 10 minutes or I am about in tears. And going shopping at

the mall just to be shopping. FORGET IT!!!! I can't do it anymore. I

have to go in for what I am there for and leave. Thank God they do

have seats there so that does help on my way in and out. Cause I do

have to do that to keep going. At Walmart leaning on the buggy helps

a little but if I have to stand long in line. Man am I in pain if it

is too long. I went the other night close after I had taken one of my

new pain medicines and it wasn't as bad but still hurt some.

Anyway, my GP doctor took me off Vicodin and put me on Morphine every

12 hours as needed and on Oxycotin every 6 hours as needed. The

Oxycotin she called it breakthrough medicine to take in between the

Morphine when I may have pain in between. They both are the lowest

doses they have as far as I know. So far I haven't had any side

effects. I don't know what everyone else is on but so far these two

meds are helping me. I take Doxepin at night to help me sleep and

with that and the pain meds I seem to be sleeping a little better and

for longer periods of time. I pray everyone here in this group can be

on some kind of medicine for pain to help through those rough times.

May everyone have a Wonderful weekend.

God Bless,

Kat