Re: pain killer helps with cough??

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Hey maybe thats why I dont have a cough at all? I take that pain

killer all day long for my RA, gosh isnt that funny how those thigns

work. Like I said I will be on my death bed when they finally figure

this thing out.

Sandie

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> Hi,

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> I just got off the phone with a woman who lives in Georgia and

her pulmonologist prescribed Ultram er for her cough -

http://www.ultram-er.com/ultram-er/index.html. She said since she's

been taking it....no cough. She missed one day and coughed a lot.

Don't shoot the messenger - I know it's a narcotic but I thought I

would pass it along anyway. It's normally used for chronic pain. Who

knows - maybe it could help someone.

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> Leanne uip 1/03 Illinois

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[Guest guest]

i take Vicadin for pain but...........it also stops my cough, I never cough anymore.

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[Guest guest]

Vicodin has pluses and minuses for your lungs and breathing as well. If

your breathing is being restricted by pain then it helps. A key is

maintaining the ability to reach an inspired volume on a spirometer

(the little plastic thing with the blue hose) over 1000 to avoid

pneumonia. However, I've also been warned that reliance on it too much

to breathe can cause the lungs to depend on it and not do their part as

much. I don't know if the latter is true. I do know that it required it

when I was in the hospital after my VATS as I could easily tolerate the

pain but my lung was holding back. Also, when I felt the lung pain on

Dec 30, i checked my inspiration and took vicodin to raise it, then

called the doctor the next day.

Many pain killers do have secondary effects. For instance, did you know

advil will also help control itching? Apparently it hits that receptor

as well. However, it requires larger doses than you would want to be on

for any extended time.

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> i take Vicadin for pain but...........it also stops my cough, I

never cough

> anymore.

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