Re: Re Darvocet Replacement

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Hi ...I totally agree about the darvocet. I remember one dr didn't

want to prescribe to my mother in law because he didn't want her to become

" hooked " on it. She was 83. Geesh..and that was the med that helped her

the most with her pain.

thank you for your info...every little bit I receive makes me closer to

knowing what I will suggest to my rheumy. so glad you found something that

worked for you.

Have a blessed 2011.

Hugs..a

In a message dated 1/3/2011 9:44:47 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,

sekrauss123@... writes:

My rheumy sent me to a pain management doctor. I'm allergic to codeine

and

had been previously told I shouldn't take Percocet or Vicodin but the pain

md said that they're chemically different and there probably wouldn't be a

problem. So I tried 3 days of each (starting with half-doses) and decided

I

liked the Percocet more (effective and fewer side effects.) But I was

still

waking up in the middle of the night with hip pain (probably not RA-related

- psoas (sp?) muscle) so he added tramadol ER to take at night. I can take

1 or 2 or 3 bills. The idea is to keep a low level of pain relief going at

all times and then use the Percocet on top of it. I had taken the tramadol

in the past and it wasn't strong enough. I have found that it's helped

some

with the hip pain - though some nights it's more effective than others.

Interesting item from the pain doc – he said pain docs never really liked

darvocet – they didn’t think it was really effective for most people. But

we can see from this list that many of us found it to be the most useful

pain med we’ve used.

in Alameda (CA)

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