Re: Cronic pian info

[Guest guest]

Three epidurals and twenty-two trigger point injections later over a

13 year period I know how you feel. I have been on every pain med

there is and now none of them are very effective. Presently I mainly

take Hydrocodone 20/Acetaminophen 500. It does take the edge off but

that is about it. I have been on oxy and methadone and all the rest

but they work poorly since I have been on pain meds so long.

All the synthetic morphines I have taken worked for a while then I have to

change due to my high tolerance of them. I had either one or the

other side effects from them. Insomnia but less pain or I slept then

hung over and zombied the next day. Again the Catch 22 Syndrome.

What works best when the pain is just unbearable is illegal but my

doctors approve as long as it is done only when the pain is

unbearable. I just roll my own pain relief. About half of a roll

your own is all I need and I get relief from pain and a good sleep.

No insomnia or hung over and droggy. I only do this as a last resort

but it does work. I do what I gotta do to get relief.

[Guest guest]

<<< All the synthetic morphines I have taken worked for a while then I have

to change due to my high tolerance of them. >>>

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Have you considered a morphine pump? That is what I'm thinking about right

now because I'm on the high end of my pain meds and the pump is the next

logical step. You use a minute amount of meds in the pump that tolerance is

not a problem.

Just a thought.

Ann

[Guest guest]

Hi Kathleen,

In Texas we voted not long ago to leagalize it for medical use. Of

course it will take years to finalize. Beauracacy, I mean

government, in action. Pardon the spelling. The biggest lobbyist on

the state and national level against it being legal are the

pharmacutical companies. If made legal they would loose billions and

billions of dollars in sales for medicines that don't work and are

more habit forming. These lobbyist give million upon millions of

dollars to crooked politians to do their battle for them. Every

doctor that I have talked and dealt with over these past 13 years

agree that it should be legal for medical use. I have talked with

DEA agents, local sheriff and policemen and they even agree. Until

it is I will still use it for medical reasons the law be danged.

FREE HUEY!!

Kathleen wrote:

>

> I have a number of friends who are treated for chronic pain in the

same way. They use less medication and without the groggy feeling

the next day. As far as I'm concerned if this works for you and

your doctors are aware of it, good! I wish it didn't have the

stigma attached to it, because I think it would help a lot of people.

>

> Kathleen in Calif.

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

Nope no p-n-cup for me. LOL I go to the VA for medical treatment. I

do get regular blod work and every three months do the cup thing. Of

course you have to realize that the VA does have it's short comings

as far as medical treatment goes. They are not the best but better

than no treatment at all. The VA I go to is pretty good and trying

to improve. I will let them do everything except cut on me. I won't

let anyone cut on me anymore. Looking forward to the leagalization

of it so others can benifit from it. Legal or no I am gonna keep

using it for med reasons. FREE HUEY!! lol

Brunswick wrote:

> Is your pain management doctor doing urine tests on you all. My

doc says that he needs 4 tests or more depending on what shows up in

it, they are doing it to see if patients are taking there medications

right and the levels are where they should be for the dosage you are

on. From my understanding the FDA brought this into being to see if

people are abusing mainly Oxycontin, Morphine, pretty much all

schedule 1 narcotics. Let me know Thanks

[Guest guest]

<<< Is your pain management doctor doing urine tests on you all. My doc says

that he needs 4 tests or more depending on what shows up in it, they are

doing it to see if patients are taking there medications right and the

levels are where they should be for the dosage you are on. From my

understanding the FDA brought this into being to see if people are abusing

mainly Oxycontin, Morphine, pretty much all schedule 1 narcotics.>>>

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If your doctor is doing urine test it is all his practice and has nothing to

do with the FDA. I just checked the FDA web site http://www.fda.com/ and I

can't find anything there about urine testing. If my doctor ask for urine

test, I'd find another doctor. I figure if he can't trust me then I can't

trust him' JMHO

Ann