The Bodies response to medicine

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Alison wrote:

> That is why some get some side effects when others don't.

> Seeing as Nerve pain is not really helped by Opiates anyway other

> than to really make you tired so you sleep through the pain it was

> decided that I should come off it.

Alison,

Isn't weird how our bodies react. The drug insert on oxycontin says

nothing about weight gain and it only says increased appetite and

edema. It also says:

Opioid analgesics, including OxyContin®, may enhance the neuromuscular

blocking action of skeletal muscle relaxants and produce an increased

degree of respiratory depression.

So in fact, it does help some nuero problems and does help my problems

in nerve pain. I also forget that many of our problems cause an

inflammatory reaction and I sometimes take Motrin with my meds under my

doctors care. It also carries its own set of problems but help when I

over do it.

The generic for Neurotin was so much cheaper for me and I called around

and Sams club does have it cheap. It has the generic neurotin as part

of their four dollar prescription program. You can go online and see

the drugs that are listed. The prescription Motrin is actually cheaper

than buying it over the counter and they expand the list often.

CVS has also initiated a program but it is just a discounted one. I check

these out often because my co-pay for some of my meds can be 22.00 but

are normally a three dollar co-pay. This is the military program and

if I go by mail in, I can get a 90 supply for 9.00. I consider myself

fortunate with this program.

As for weight gain in Lyrica, it doesn't just drop right off and I am

concerned about that. The Lyrica weight can is a cross between edema

and actually fat accumulation. I think the chemical composition does

something with the metabolism process of the gastrointestial or

endocrine system. I have to read that part of the inserts of the

chemical composition and delivery several times.

Well, I hope you find a cheaper way. Are there Walmarts in Australia

and do they have this program I am sorry that may sound like a

stupid question, but I don't know.

Our body is a strange machine and it is amazing how so many things

effect it. I research extensively and sometimes it gets so confusing

of what works and what does not. I am now trying to get my nutritional

support figured out because I have vitamin defiiciencies and just

taking my vitamins does not work.

I had thyroid surgery and had Hashimotos, and autoimmune disorder, and

it reeked havoc on my pain management. Taking enough Vitamin D does

effect pain control and there are many research articles out there that

prove it. The doctors told me that hashimotos is an immune response

where it attacks the thyroid and when we take the thyroid out, it will

get better. My question is, when we take it out, won't the immune

response just move some where else and attack something else. I

beleive that is what has happened and the next time I go to my

endocrinologist, I will demand an answer. I have a poor

endocrinologist, I have never seen her but I see the PA of the day and

they all are young and all have a different opinion so this is a new

challenge to find a good endocrinologist or internal medicine doctor.

Well, hope everyones medicine treats them well. If I could only find a

medication that causes you lose weight while you take it.

No, Topamax didn't even cause me to lose weight. Bennie