Scot re: darvocet

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Scot,

I am glad you finally have pain meds. I have read each and every

post you have made and have been uncharecteristiclly silent (pardon

my laziness on spelling). I have been silent because I have a good

understanding of what you have been facing and although our stories

are naturally different, I have seen some of my story in you. And I

know that feeling of helplessness too well. However I find you in

the short time we have " known " you here to be a man of extraordinary

charecter. I believe you are well-equipped to handle this most

unfortunate burden.

I just wanted to be precautionary and remind you that Darvocet has

tylenol in it and as such can be dangerous to your liver. If your

pain grows beyond the level that a normal dose can handle please

call your doctor or visit the ER rather than self-medicate. If you

notice your urine getting dark or that you have itching stop the

medication and call your doctor.

I personally feel that oxycodone is the best breakthrough pain

mediciation for those in chronic pain because it is does not have

tylenol. Duragesic patches are extremely helpful if you find you

never have a pain free moment. The only caution about duragesic

patches I can give from personal experience is that tapering off of

them is uncomfortable. I worked my way up to 75 microgram patches

and the lowest dose is 25 micrograms release per hour. When I got

down to that dose and stopped using patches I had 3 days with only a

couple of hours sleep and constant pacing, mental racing, and leg

restlessness. Pardon my language but it was a bitch of a time. I

found myself using breakthrough medicine (oxycodone) not for pain

but for withdrawl symptoms and ended up getting myself nearly hooked

on those. I had an excellent surgeon who promised he would see me

through all of this and his staff took excellent care of me. The

nurse wrote a detailed taper schedule for the oxycodone and I broke

free.

Anyhow, I slipped off topic. Just be wary of tylenol poisoning and

let us know how the medication is working for you.

Energy for healing my friend...

Bert