Re: Pain Meds

[Guest guest]

OK, now I'm getting scared! I've been on first

Vicodin then Lortab then vicoprophen for nearly 2

years. I take from 4-6 per day, depending on my pain

level. (I have MPS).

I don't get " high " from them at all but I know when I

don't take them - the pain is incredible.

So does this mean I'm addicted? I've never tried NOT

to take them.

My prognosis isn't great as respects getting better -

one reason I want to have the surgery is because I

really think the MPS will be better if I'm not so

darned heavy.

I'm getting really worried here!

dee

--- Theresa wrote:

> I was taking Dilauded for a month and just recently

> switched to

> roxicodone, a lower dosage of oxycodone without

> aspirin in it. Yes,

> its a three ply, California is a bugger about

> narcotics...I guess cuz

> we are such a " happy " state. Most doctors do not

> carry triplicates

> in their practices so getting good pain killers

> really requires a

> lot, depending on your health plan and insurance.

> My orthopedist

> prescribed endocet 10/650 1-2 pills 3 times a day.

> When I went to a

> pain specialist, he was really upset. The 650 is

> the dosage of

> acetaminophren and he said your liver can only

> process 1000mg at a

> time. Prolonged usage could have made me very ill.

> So, I'm off

> anything with aspirin, and just on more frequent,

> but lower doses of

> the oxycontin.

>

>

> > OK--I can't resist!

> >

> > Who's taking or has taken Dilaudid for moderate to

> severe pain of

> any

> > kind? What was your dosage? Do you live in a

> state with

> triplicate

> > prescription laws and was this drug hard to get?

> >

> > I'm thinking about " ordering " some for

> post-op--but just 7-10 days'

> > worth, so don't worry!

> >

> > Thanks,

> >

>

>

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[Guest guest]

Dee,

It sounds like you are taking your meds exactly as prescribed and

it's doing its job to block the pain. No, I don't think you are

addicted. Understand, that taking medicine for pain management is

critical. If you are trying to fill two prescriptions from two

different doctors, or if the medications are interfering with your

life, then you have a problem. We Americans are so hung up on drug

abuse, we don't prescribe or take medications as needed!

Don't worry, please.

Big hugs,

Theresa

> > > OK--I can't resist!

> > >

> > > Who's taking or has taken Dilaudid for moderate to

> > severe pain of

> > any

> > > kind? What was your dosage? Do you live in a

> > state with

> > triplicate

> > > prescription laws and was this drug hard to get?

> > >

> > > I'm thinking about " ordering " some for

> > post-op--but just 7-10 days'

> > > worth, so don't worry!

> > >

> > > Thanks,

> > >

> >

> >

> >

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[Guest guest]

Hi Liz,

I have always been the same way about taking meds.

Not that I was raised anti-pills....more that I

watched my mom and dad be put on more and more

medications, and it never seemed to help them. My mom

used to keep all her pills in a little overnight case

and I swore up and down that I would never, ever take

so many pills that I had to keep them in a case.

Well, guess who now keeps her meds in a little plastic

container???? Live and learn.

My doctor kids me about being such a devil with pain

medication. That's because I'll tell him I've been

taking a ton of pain medication....which turns out to

be one pill per day. He laughs at me! Anytime I use

pain meds for two or three days in a row, I tend to

think I'm overdoing it and if I just tried harder to

ignore the pain it would go away. So far that hasn't

worked. I am getting a bit easier on myself about

taking a pain pill when I need it.

Your letter was great! Hope your pain settles down

soon but in the meantime....keep poppin' those pain

pills.

Love, squeek

--- Cobb wrote:

> Marilyn et al, do please vent. I think we can all

> relate to this feeling. However, I have to admit

> that

> I have done much better since I " allowed " myself to

> give in to pain, and take painkillers. I was

> brought

> up (as I am sure many of you were) that " weak "

> people

> take pills, and " keep a stiff upper lip " and " be

> brave " . My mother would not let me take Panadol

> (Tylenol) for menstrual cramps - which were horrible

> when I was a teenager, accompanied by vomiting. She

> said this was something women have to put up with,

> WHY? I don't think it makes me a better person

> putting up with pain! In fact I know it makes me

> downright badtempered and unpleasant to be with!!!

> Also if you are coming down on pred you are ALREADY

> feeling like this! Lol. If I haven't get anything

> from the doc I take Aleve for pain, which although

> it

> may not get rid of the pain it takes the edge off

> it.

> (Plus something to protect the stomach!)

>

> I feel the same way about antidepressants. I was

> anti

> them for years. Now I think it is OK to take them

> when necessary. I have not turned into a drug

> addict

> or anything. (I don't think...)

>

> Having said all that I have to whinge a little - at

> my

> Pilates class the other day I pulled a muscle in my

> thigh. If I move my leg the wrong way I get this

> EXPLOSION of pain in my groin, shooting down to my

> knee. It really is agonising. I am icing it and

> heating it alternately (stuffing down the

> painkillers!) and trying to keep moving, i.e.

> walking

> or rather shuffling. No more pilates for a while. I

> am SOOOO cross.

>

> But seriously people, don't suffer too much

> uneccessarily. We do suffer from chronic pain, and

> it

> is OK to get relief some of the time. Hope everyone

> feels better. Love Liz

>

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