Re: Uncle! I gave in and took the oxycontin/Aase

[Guest guest]

Aase,

Thank you so much again for your detailed wonderful info, Thanks to

everyone else in the group too! It's made less fearful of this drug and more

comfortable in taking it! I've saved and put it all into a file.

Sincerely, S.

Re: Uncle! I gave in and took the oxycontin/Debbi

> Hi Debbi and ,

>

> I could not agree more with Debbi here... Here in Norway they decided

> a while ago that the GP's are the ones who should prescribe. When it

> comes to pain management, it is normally a pain doc who starts it

> off, but sometimes it can be an ortho.surgeon, neuro surgeon,

> rheumatologist etc. too. But after they have initiated the treatment

> and you are on a regimen that works, they send a letter to the GP and

> asks him/her to take over. The reason for that is that it is better

> that one doctor coordinates all treatment. There is some protection

> in that, in that one doc knows about all meds and can check for drug

> interactions and such. But there is also an element of control in it,

> since some people unfortunately did get prescriptions from their

> specialists, and then went to the GP and got prescriptions too... Not

> a good thing... You may go to regular follow-up consultations with

> your pain doc too, even if the GP writes the prescriptions, if the

> pain doc wants to change something, e.g. the dosage, he will just

> write the GP about it. If he wants to change the whole regimen, he

> may take over the prescribing until you are done with finding the

> right dosage etc. again. During this the pain doc will of course

> communicate with the GP by sending letters etc.

>

> Re. breakthrough pain. A lot of people can manage with OTC pain meds

> for breakthrough pain, e.g. many do well with Tylenol or another OTC

> med. But if that proves to not be enough, many also use a quick

> release version of the same pain med as they already use in a

> continuous release version, or a totally other type may be the right

> choice. I guess it may vary a lot from one person to another, but I

> guess that as with pain management in general, they often work their

> way up also with medication for breakthrough pain... I have chosen

> not to use other things for breakthrough pain than OTC meds in

> combination with Vioxx. I must admit that I do have some really bad

> days, but I ended up deciding that I would try to live with that as

> long as I can, because it is such a different thing to do it when you

> in general are doing so much better than you used to. Sometimes I do

> regret it, when it is just awful... But if I ended up having that

> more or less every day, I would have to do something about it...

>

>

> Aase Marit

>

>

> >Not to panic you. NOT AT ALL! Just to say that it is always better to

have

> >a general physician COORDINATE your care. One that is trained in pain is

the

> >best they are not paranoid of the feds.

>

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