Guest guest Posted May 3, 2005 Report Share Posted May 3, 2005 Hiya, So I had this interesting thing happen changing pain medications. I started substituting the new pain med on Friday afternoon, then starting Saturday morning had really nasty, gripping spasms in my lower gut, diarrhea...think the worst IBS day you've ever had. So I am trying to figure out what's happening, because the level of pain relief has stayed pretty constant, the new medication is doing what it was supposed to, keep me initially at the same place pain-wise until we determine for certain that I can tolerate it. I came to the conclusion that I was having localized opiate withdrawl in my lower gut (where I have long suspected my last medication spent the better part of its very undistinguished career). Today the problem was still bad so I called my pain specialist, laid it out, and gave him my theory. He thinks I got it exactly right! Has given me steps to relieve the problem. Of course, it was pretty much a no-brainer. Pain relif more or less constant, gut in an uproar, only change a shift from a poorly absorbed to a much better absorbed opiate pain medication. So not to worry, my gaargantuan ego is temporarily mollified with being made Pope and has no plans to add an MD after my name. scha, Da Pooped and Poopy Pope Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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