Re: when to change Med's

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> Oxycontin is a good drug. I would not know which Med would be a good

> chose. And some Docs get a little pissed off. Not all but a lot of

them.

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Aloha Dave and Everyone!

I do feel I should apologize for not being here and posting as much as

I'd like, however as another member stated, I find it amazing that I'm

home-bound 24/7 outside of doctor appointments and I can't find time to

post?!? What I think we don't realize when that kind of thing happens is

that during the times we think should be " free time " , we are actually

forced to spend that time to take care of ourselves for one or more

reasons. Either we need to take our meds and wait for them to " kick in "

and/or we need to simply rest our bodies because they tend to tire more

easily than they used to pre-surgery/injury or any number of reasons

related to our pain. As of this month, I've just completed my first

year as a " homebody " due to my 3 failed spine surgeries and also due to

my mental capacity and change caused by all the changes that have

happened in my life in the past (almost) 11 years of living in chronic

pain.

That said, I wanted to mention something to Dave and anyone else who is

looking for someone to give them advice on what medication to switch to

when changing from Oxycontin.

I was literally FORCED to stop taking Oxycontin because my insurance

company changed their policy so my prescription coverage would only

cover 1 tablet every 12 hours. Unfortunately, I was taking 6 80mg

tablets every 6 hours at the time! So taking 1 every 12 hours wasn't a

possibility that existed. I have been extremely fortunate to have my

prayers answered when it comes to finding and having a very, very good

pain management doctor for all but the first 18 months of the past 11

years and when my pain doc got his copy of this notice, he knew exactly

what to change me to.

He switched me to KADIAN 100mg capsules. Instead of 6 very 6 hours, I

am able to take 5 every 6 hours since the Kadian are 100mg capsules but

are just about the equivalent or just slightly stronger than the 80mg

Oxycontin tablets. Kadian is the SAME medication as Oxycontin except it

doesn't have the " bad press " or " bad rap " that seems to follow Oxycontin

around. In fact, a LOT of people have never even heard of it. It too is

another of those " 12 hour " extended release meds but as most of us know,

there really IS NO such thing as a 12 hour pain medication. The most

I've ever had either a Oxycontin OR a Kadian last for was 8 hours. My

pain doc also prescribes the 15mg Oxycodone (fast release) for any

" breakthrough pain " that I may have.

So Dave, you can feel comfy knowing that Kadian will work against pain

just as well, if not better than, Oxycontin. Feel free to look it up in

any one of the drug resources on the Internet. I personally find that

www.drugs.com <http://www.drugs.com> is an extremely reliable site for

finding out just about anything you want about a medication. Feel free

to click on that link I typed to take you right there.

My advice, for what it's worth. Good luck with the doctor. I know what

you mean about us telling THEM about meds. Some really do take offence

at patients suggesting meds to take and they really shouldn't. Maybe if

you brought a print out of Kadian with you, that would help in case the

doc isn't familiar with it! It can't hurt, can it?

On your post about this, at the end, you started a sentence and it

didn't look like it was finished...or was it? LOL!

Aloha Just For Now,

Hawaiian Wayne

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I Know we are all different, I need to

change from Oxycontin.Oxycontin is a good drug. I would not know which Med would

be a good chose. And some Docs get a little pissed off. Not all but a lot of

them.

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Dave,

Do you keep a pain diary? I have found that if I bring

something in writing and it describes my pain levels and the medication

and other avenues I have tried (heat, topical ointments, stretches

etc). My pain doctor requires his patients to keep a pain diary and

functional assessment form of how I am doing. This helps titer my medicines

and how they are helping or not helping.

If you do not keep one, you can retrieve one from the internet

by typing in pain diary. I am sure if you take one in with your

results, your doctor would be more open to changing.

Bennie