re:back and new pains

[Guest guest]

i wonder if i jinxed myself by saying the tramadol works for me,no

narcotics.now it isnt working at all.i have been in pain since the

3rd but with all the family get togethers for the holiday i didnt

rest like i should,and i waited until everything was over on the 4th

before i took any tramadol.by then the pain was so bad i had a

feeling it wouldnt help,it didnt.i pretty much stayed home these last

2 days,not eating and only drinking water.my pancreas seems to have

calmed down so i ate a little earlier,now i am having pain under my

right rib cage,plus crampy lower abdomen pain.is this normal with cp?

the sUggestion of using a heating pad really helped,but i couldnt

sleep on my right side because my husband kept poking me in the

stomach with his elbow![ouch]also ,im ticked at my pcp right now.they

are the ones who made the diagnosis of cp,but sent me on my merry

little way with no enzymes or any thing for the pain.i had to call

and ask when he prescribed the tramadol.then ,they are the ones that

called friday after my ct,saying i need to be seen by a

g.i....A.S.A.P.BUT they dont set my appt.up until july26.so i have an

appt. to see my pcp tomorrow for a diffrent problem and i will ask

him to start me on enzymes and to give me something stronger for the

pain though i dont know of any thing non-narcotic he can give me.im

all new at this medical stuff and i fell kinda lost with it all.

thanks for listening and i hope everyone is well this evening.CINDY

[Guest guest]

Hi Cindy. I'm sorry that you have had sucha bad weekend. Tramadol

is a good drug but when your having a bad panc attack it pretty much

is useless. there are a lot of different meds you can discuss with

your doc. Vicodan worked for me for a while but it does have a good

bit of tylenol in it and taking too much of that is bad for ones

liver. Do you have any drug allergies? Dilaudid worked well for me

and I took it for years. When I became very very ill Demerol was

added to the mix but I had withdrawel from it when I stopped. A lot

of people take oxycodone (which I am taking now but not for cp) and

oxycontin, but but they can be addictive and the withdrawel can be

rather uncomfortable. I ran out over the weekend and even tho I have

only been on it for 6 weeks or so I had mild withdrawel, hate that. A

lot of people on here like the Fentanyl patches, Duragesic. I have

never used those so I really cant comment but from what I have heard

from others it is very successful in pain reduction.

Also I would strongly recommend that you get some GasX or other anti

gas med when you start on the panreatic enzymes. It will take your

body some time to get accustomed to it and gas can be horribly

painful. Most enzymes do cause a lot of gas. I take creon and it

works wonderfully. It will help a lot with your pain and the ability

to absorb the nutrients from food that you will need to maintain

strength and a healthy body.

If there is anything that I can help with, please dont hesitate for

one second. I do hope you feel better and good luck with your doc

tomorrow. Oh and by the way getting any appt with a good GI in just

a couple of weeks is not bad at all. I have known some that have a 2

month wait and a long waiting list.

Warmly,

(SC)