I'm having a horrible attack.

[Guest guest]

I'm having a horrible attack and I've felt it coming on all day. I

doubled up on my Oxycodone w/ APAP 5/325 TA. I don't understand all

this mumbojumbo.....I can't tell by all these numbers and

abbreviations how strong this really is. My GI doc has pretty much

left me out in the cold...he never even returned Dr.Cotton's or my

calls. My local doc (the one who prescribed the Oxy.) is very

helpful, but she can only do so much. I can't go to the ER here

because the last time I went they didn't even run labs...just gave

me a shot of pain medicine and told me to go home. I don't know

what to do. The doubling up hasn't helped at all. I also have some

Tramadol 50 mg tabs, but haven't taken any of them today. Does

anyone know if it works better than the Oxy? MUSC is a week away,

and I'm not sure I'm going to make it that long. Kim

[Guest guest]

Kim,

I am sorry that you are having a horrible attack. For your question about

tramadol 50 - I take the equivalent of tramadol + aspirin (Ultracet) for my

regular pain. Tramadol is definitly weaker then the other drugs that you

are taking. The good thing about it is that it is not a naocotic. But if

you do want to tryo the tramadol I suggest that you take it with tylenol

because it is much more effective that way.

I hope you feel better,

a Goldstein

[Guest guest]

Kim,

I hope you are feeling better today. I am thinking of you!

Angie in SC

" The happiest of people don't necessarily have the

best of everything; they just make the best of everything that comes along

their way. "