Pain and MSA

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Dear List: I have been reading the digests rather sporadically, lately, but came across Bill Werre's post re: pain meds and MSA, and I would like to revisit this discussion on behalf of my mother. She is going in this week for her second in a series of 3 shots for pain. It is a pain management doctor, who was recommended by her neuro, who is administering the drug (sorry, I can't recall the name of it at the moment, but it's not botox--she had that already for her neck and it didn't help). She was taking percocet and other things for pain, but the pain is worsening and she no longer gets any relief from pain meds. The doctor is trying this series of shots (a total of 3, administered about 4 weeks apart)--after the 3rd she is supposed to experience noticeable relief that will last for several months. If this does not work, they have no other options but to give her a morphine drip. So my question is: what exactly, specifically is "bad" for MSA patients when pain is managed by drugs? In other words, what specific MSA conditions are exacerbated by what specific drugs? As you know from my other email messages re: my mother, I can't really do much for her except give her information to share with her doctor, if she chooses. I know she should be getting more physical therapy than she gets now; medicare does not pay for it unless it is situation specific--after a bad fall, for example. Right now, she has a little bit of home health care, and that's about it. The rest of the time she's in her wheelchair. The more specific information I can get for her, the better. Thank you. ~ Penner

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My pain meds are given to me by my pshychiatrist, he knows

me for many years now and our regular visits mean he can best monitor

whether or not my functioning and thought processes are adversely

affected. So far so good. In a pinch my GP will perscribe to

tide me over, these two doctors are on speaking terms. In that

regard I am well taken care of. My Buscopan and Neurontin scripts

were called in to the pharmacy today. It does bother me that people

are presumed guily of abuse before it happens. Granted there are

some who will, as there are doctors who can't be bothered to make proper

judgements. For myself I am happy to have one doctor in charge of

my quality of life, then the other is free to work on bodily

functions.

At 5/28/02 05:30 AM Tuesday, you wrote:

,

I don't know if I should tell you this or not but my neurologist also

referred me to a pain doctor and this is why I go to one. They like

to have one doctor give you pain medicines so that you are not going

from one doctor to another just getting pain medicines. This is

something that I believe has not been around that many years. I might

be wrong so please don't take anything I say written in stone. I was

told they are doing this to get rid of the abuse of pain medication.

I have also got the series of shots. They are called epidural shots.

They have helped me but I don't know if people with MSA should get

them.

God bless,

Belinda

> Dear List:

> I have been reading the digests rather sporadically, lately, but

came across Bill Werre's post re: pain meds and MSA, and I would like

to revisit this discussion on behalf of my mother. She is going in

this week for her second in a series of 3 shots for pain. It is a

pain management doctor, who was recommended by her neuro, who is

administering the drug (sorry, I can't recall the name of it at the

moment, but it's not botox--she had that already for her neck and it

didn't help). She was taking percocet and other things for pain, but

the pain is worsening and she no longer gets any relief from pain

meds. The doctor is trying this series of shots (a total of 3,

administered about 4 weeks apart)--after the 3rd she is supposed to

experience noticeable relief that will last for several months. If

this does not work, they have no other options but to give her a

morphine drip.

>

> So my question is: what exactly, specifically is " bad " for

MSA

patients when pain is managed by drugs? In other words, what specific

MSA conditions are exacerbated by what specific drugs? As you know

from my other email messages re: my mother, I can't really do much

for her except give her information to share with her doctor, if she

chooses.

>

> I know she should be getting more physical therapy than she gets

now; medicare does not pay for it unless it is situation specific--

after a bad fall, for example. Right now, she has a little bit of

home health care, and that's about it. The rest of the time she's

in

her wheelchair.

>

> The more specific information I can get for her, the better.

Thank

you.

> ~ Penner

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