to April re: functioning on meds and Antioxidants

September 30, 2004

April wrote:

> I am interested to hear about antioxidants. What can you tell me about

them? (snip) Can you actually function on the pain meds you take?

April,

HA! It depends upon your interpretation of function. I don't take the

Oxycodone every day, just periodically for breakthrough pain, which may

happen two or three times a week. Usually one dose of Oxycodone is all I

need. I don't drive if I've had to take the Oxycodone.

The meds do make me very sleepy, specifically the Neurontin. It effects me

most in the late afternoon and about 9:00 pm at night. My PM doctor wanted

to increase my dosage to another 300 mgs. at lunchtime, but I told him if I did

that I'd spend all my days half awake, so I refused. If I know that I have to

drive to an appointment during the day, I don't take my morning dose of

Neurontin, and then have no problems with drowsiness. Otherwise, I'm able

to function quite well. I've been on the duragesic patch nearly two years now

and seem to have built up a resistance to the drowsiness that it caused

initially.

The website for the antioxidant program is posted below:

How did your doctor's appointment go? I hope you were able to ward off your

attack, or if you did have one, the doctor was able to observe your pain and

treat you accordingly. Having the doctor personally witness one of those bad

episodes does help to reinforce your credibility......LOL! It's hard to deny

the

patient's pain when they can't even stand upright without a grimace and

they're grabbing their belly with pain. Please update us.

With love, hope and prayers,

Heidi

Heidi H. Griffeth

South Carolina

SC & SE Regional Rep., PAI

Note: All comments or advice are based on personal experience or opinion

only, and should not be substituted for consultation with a medical

professional.

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