oxycontin and valium

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I am currently taking oxycontin 20 mg 2x a day and I have been

prescribed valium 5mg for an MRI scan due to anxiety. The pharmacist told me

it would not be a good idea to take these two together. However, my

orthopedic surgeon's PA said it would be ok. I continue to read information

on the internet that Valium mixed with narcotics (especially oxycontin) can

be very dangerous. I left a message with my pain doc that I had been

prescribed valium but he has not left me a message if this is ok to take or

not.

The MRI is being done in a hospital so that's good in case I were to

have a reaction. I am afraid I am going to have to be wheelchaired in and out

of there and the sedation effect could be quite large for me. Thank you to

all who have already responded to my concerns! Margaret

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oxycontin and valium

> I am currently taking oxycontin 20 mg 2x a day and I have been

> prescribed valium 5mg for an MRI scan due to anxiety. The pharmacist told

me

> it would not be a good idea to take these two together.

I currently take Xanax and Oxycontin twice each day and have had no ill

effects from it. Xanax is pretty close to Valium.

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In a message dated 12/29/02 1:10:37 AM Eastern Standard Time,

shadoseer@... writes:

> Hi Margaret,

> I am not a Dr, but Have taken this combination before for an MRI and other

> procedures while taking a higher dose of oxycontin. Everyone is different,

> but that was my experience.

>

Ditto for me Margaret. Then again I am not a Doctor either!

See Ya

y

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I have been on Klonopin, in the same class as Valium, but with less side

effects. I took oxycontin for a year along with the Klonopin, until the

Klonopin was discontinued recently, without any significant problems. Of

course, there is an adjustment period when you are taking such medications in

combination. Most people will quickly adjust and then encounter no problems.

For me it was cyclobenzaprine (Flexeril) taken with Klonopin that was the

problem. But space them apart by two hours and no problem.

I'd been taking Klonopin for the last six years but my Internist would not

continue prescribing it because he felt it was part of the pain clinic doctor's

responsibility. However, the pain clinic doctor would not continue the

prescription, and stopped it without discussing his decision with me. I

attribute that to the sudden increase in anxiety and panic attacks to high pain

levels. Previously if I felt unable to accomodate the pain I'd take a Klonopin

and it would quickly control the anxiety and eliminate the panic attack. I

cannot continue with the anxiety and panic so this week I see a psychiatrist.

In two weeks I see the rheumatologist for reports on xrays to update my

arthritic condition. I will have to eventually switch pain clinic doctors due

to my doctor's lack of knowledge for treating Fibro and arthritic pain

effectively.

The bottom line on all this is that getting your doctors to work together to

help you is almost an impossibility. First they won't cooperate, and next

they're arguing about each one's opinion on what is best. I've had it. I will

have to drive two hours to the rheumatologist's clinic, but they do have a pain

clinic in the same building, under the same administration, and have exprience

on working together with each other. The psychiatrist is between my home and

the rheumatologist. I'll increase my driving time for seeing doctors from 5

minutest (barely two miles away) to round trips of 4 hours not counting

appointment time. I haven't minded waiting before since I went locally, but

when you drive two hours and have to face a two hour drive home, you don't want

to be held in a waiting room for 4 and a half hours like my last visit to the

rheumatologist.

Those of you who live in metropolitan areas with many choices nearby, count your

luck. Living in rural areas may put you in touch with nature, but it sure is a

great complication when it comes to getting good medical care.

Ray