Guest guest Posted March 3, 2008 Report Share Posted March 3, 2008 --- Caitlin Kennedy wrote: > > Please remind me again what was causing your gastroparesis? Was it the oxycontin and then you switched to another med and it cleared up? Yep, Caitlin, that was it. After 14 months of hell, including an unnecessary surgery to take out a completely healthy gall bladder, and more than one doctor telling me it was all in my head or I was just hysterical/depressed, and every doctor telling me it couldn't possibly be my meds, I diagnosed it myself. What made me think it had to be the meds, despite what the doctors claimed, was the fact that I developed Tardive Dyskenisia after several months on an anti-nausea med being used to treat the symptoms. One day that drug just turned on me and caused major neurological problems, even though it wasn't listed on the documentation's list of potential side effects. (It has been clearly shown, however, that anti-nausea meds are the #2 cause of TD, right behind anti-psychotics, because anti-nausea meds are derivatives of anti-psychotics! They don't tell you that little tidbit when dosing you up on this crap.) The onset of the TD caused me to start thinking that if one med could suddenly cause neurological problems after months of taking it with no problems, why couldn't another med? So I stopped taking my oxycontin (didn't quit opiates cold turkey after several years - that would have been insane! - just switched to nothing but my hydrocodone breakthrough at the same dose) and was immediately " cured. " Tried taking one oxycontin a week later, and was sick as a dog for the next twelve hours. I've been clear of the problems for six months now. My pain doc switched me over to Kadian, and so far so good. It may turn on me one day too - I'd been on the oxycontin for several years with no problems until suddenly one day it made me sick - but for right now I'm healthy and my pain is under relatively good control. I've even managed to put about 15 pounds back on! Which I never thought before would be considered a good thing. Oxycodone is now on my list of " allergic " meds that cannot be taken under any circumstances. They tried to give it to me in the hospital last fall when I was paralyzed, and actually tried to argue with me about it when I explained why, saying that couldn't be true, but I just refused to take it and they just had to deal. Cheryl in AZ Moderator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 3, 2008 Report Share Posted March 3, 2008 --- Caitlin Kennedy wrote: > > Please remind me again what was causing your gastroparesis? Was it the oxycontin and then you switched to another med and it cleared up? Yep, Caitlin, that was it. After 14 months of hell, including an unnecessary surgery to take out a completely healthy gall bladder, and more than one doctor telling me it was all in my head or I was just hysterical/depressed, and every doctor telling me it couldn't possibly be my meds, I diagnosed it myself. What made me think it had to be the meds, despite what the doctors claimed, was the fact that I developed Tardive Dyskenisia after several months on an anti-nausea med being used to treat the symptoms. One day that drug just turned on me and caused major neurological problems, even though it wasn't listed on the documentation's list of potential side effects. (It has been clearly shown, however, that anti-nausea meds are the #2 cause of TD, right behind anti-psychotics, because anti-nausea meds are derivatives of anti-psychotics! They don't tell you that little tidbit when dosing you up on this crap.) The onset of the TD caused me to start thinking that if one med could suddenly cause neurological problems after months of taking it with no problems, why couldn't another med? So I stopped taking my oxycontin (didn't quit opiates cold turkey after several years - that would have been insane! - just switched to nothing but my hydrocodone breakthrough at the same dose) and was immediately " cured. " Tried taking one oxycontin a week later, and was sick as a dog for the next twelve hours. I've been clear of the problems for six months now. My pain doc switched me over to Kadian, and so far so good. It may turn on me one day too - I'd been on the oxycontin for several years with no problems until suddenly one day it made me sick - but for right now I'm healthy and my pain is under relatively good control. I've even managed to put about 15 pounds back on! Which I never thought before would be considered a good thing. Oxycodone is now on my list of " allergic " meds that cannot be taken under any circumstances. They tried to give it to me in the hospital last fall when I was paralyzed, and actually tried to argue with me about it when I explained why, saying that couldn't be true, but I just refused to take it and they just had to deal. Cheryl in AZ Moderator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 5, 2008 Report Share Posted March 5, 2008 -I tried a fentynal patch and was sick to my stomach for 8 hours. I had to take it off. 30 minutes later the nauseousness was gone. I take compazine for nausea. I hope that isn't the med that you took for yours. Cheryl V Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 5, 2008 Report Share Posted March 5, 2008 --- " lncvoss " wrote: > > -I tried a fentynal patch and was sick to my stomach for 8 hours. Hi Cheryl V - Nausea is a pretty common side effect to opiates. Lots of people experience that. Gastroparesis is actually a neurological problem, however - the stomach must contract to move food through it, and in gastroparesis the stomach actually becomes paralyzed so nothing moves through. The food either sits in the stomach and becomes toxic or has to come back up again. Obviously, terrible nausea and vomiting is a hallmark of gastroparesis, but the problem is really the paralysis. Gastroparesis is often a result of nerve damage from diabetes. However, about 50 percent of cases are " iatrogenic, " meaning they don't know the cause. The doctors kept telling me gastroparesis couldn't be caused by opiates, but I now know differently. Cheryl in AZ Moderator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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