Guest guest Posted March 10, 2002 Report Share Posted March 10, 2002 Hello, I am Sheryl Van Sipe and I live in Mid Michigan. I am married and have one Son and one Grandchild.....one cat and two birds. I have been diagnosed three years ago with having Fibromyalgia. For many years I was treated for Discoid Lupus.....that has been inactive since the Fibro has been present. The medicines I take for my Fibromyalgia is..... Fosamax weekly, Zanaflex 4mg daily, Zoloft 75mg morning and 50 mg nighttime, Celebrex 200mg twice a day, Prevacid 30mg in morning, Axid 150 mg bedtime, Singulair 10 mg daily, Claritin10mg daily and Ultram 50 mg every 4-6 hours...max 6 tabs/24hrs and alternate its substitute with Tylenol ES NMT. This is what I take and they won't give me any stronger pain medicine (Ultram) because they say everything else is addictive and you get used to it and have to keep going to stronger pain meds. So I live with it in pain and just suffer and try to keep going...I have to really push myself. Looking for ward to hearing from others medicine treatments. Sheryl VS in Michigan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 10, 2002 Report Share Posted March 10, 2002 I take Effexor XR 75 mg in AM, Effexor 150 mg in evening, Vioxx 25 mg, Toprol XL 50 mg. I have Vicodin to take prn that was given to me for other pains I was having, can't get any one to give me pain medicine specifically for fibromyalgia. Mostly I take Ibuprofen and now I am having Liver problems. --- Sheryl Van Sipe savansipe@...> wrote: > Hello, > I am Sheryl Van Sipe and I live in Mid Michigan. I > am married and have one > Son and one Grandchild.....one cat and two birds. > I have been diagnosed three years ago with having > Fibromyalgia. For many > years I was treated for Discoid Lupus.....that has > been inactive since the > Fibro has been present. > The medicines I take for my Fibromyalgia is..... > Fosamax weekly, Zanaflex > 4mg daily, Zoloft 75mg morning and 50 mg nighttime, > Celebrex 200mg twice a > day, Prevacid 30mg in morning, Axid 150 mg bedtime, > Singulair 10 mg daily, > Claritin10mg daily and Ultram 50 mg every 4-6 > hours...max 6 tabs/24hrs and > alternate its substitute with Tylenol ES NMT. > > This is what I take and they won't give me any > stronger pain medicine > (Ultram) because they say everything else is > addictive and you get used to > it and have to keep going to stronger pain meds. So > I live with it in pain > and just suffer and try to keep going...I have to > really push myself. > > Looking for ward to hearing from others medicine > treatments. > > Sheryl VS in Michigan > > __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 10, 2002 Report Share Posted March 10, 2002 I take Effexor XR 75 mg in AM, Effexor 150 mg in evening, Vioxx 25 mg, Toprol XL 50 mg. I have Vicodin to take prn that was given to me for other pains I was having, can't get any one to give me pain medicine specifically for fibromyalgia. Mostly I take Ibuprofen and now I am having Liver problems. --- Sheryl Van Sipe savansipe@...> wrote: > Hello, > I am Sheryl Van Sipe and I live in Mid Michigan. I > am married and have one > Son and one Grandchild.....one cat and two birds. > I have been diagnosed three years ago with having > Fibromyalgia. For many > years I was treated for Discoid Lupus.....that has > been inactive since the > Fibro has been present. > The medicines I take for my Fibromyalgia is..... > Fosamax weekly, Zanaflex > 4mg daily, Zoloft 75mg morning and 50 mg nighttime, > Celebrex 200mg twice a > day, Prevacid 30mg in morning, Axid 150 mg bedtime, > Singulair 10 mg daily, > Claritin10mg daily and Ultram 50 mg every 4-6 > hours...max 6 tabs/24hrs and > alternate its substitute with Tylenol ES NMT. > > This is what I take and they won't give me any > stronger pain medicine > (Ultram) because they say everything else is > addictive and you get used to > it and have to keep going to stronger pain meds. So > I live with it in pain > and just suffer and try to keep going...I have to > really push myself. > > Looking for ward to hearing from others medicine > treatments. > > Sheryl VS in Michigan > > __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 10, 2002 Report Share Posted March 10, 2002 I take Effexor XR 75 mg in AM, Effexor 150 mg in evening, Vioxx 25 mg, Toprol XL 50 mg. I have Vicodin to take prn that was given to me for other pains I was having, can't get any one to give me pain medicine specifically for fibromyalgia. Mostly I take Ibuprofen and now I am having Liver problems. --- Sheryl Van Sipe savansipe@...> wrote: > Hello, > I am Sheryl Van Sipe and I live in Mid Michigan. I > am married and have one > Son and one Grandchild.....one cat and two birds. > I have been diagnosed three years ago with having > Fibromyalgia. For many > years I was treated for Discoid Lupus.....that has > been inactive since the > Fibro has been present. > The medicines I take for my Fibromyalgia is..... > Fosamax weekly, Zanaflex > 4mg daily, Zoloft 75mg morning and 50 mg nighttime, > Celebrex 200mg twice a > day, Prevacid 30mg in morning, Axid 150 mg bedtime, > Singulair 10 mg daily, > Claritin10mg daily and Ultram 50 mg every 4-6 > hours...max 6 tabs/24hrs and > alternate its substitute with Tylenol ES NMT. > > This is what I take and they won't give me any > stronger pain medicine > (Ultram) because they say everything else is > addictive and you get used to > it and have to keep going to stronger pain meds. So > I live with it in pain > and just suffer and try to keep going...I have to > really push myself. > > Looking for ward to hearing from others medicine > treatments. > > Sheryl VS in Michigan > > __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 10, 2002 Report Share Posted March 10, 2002 I wish I could say the same! The more I take the meds, the less they seem to be effective. I guess it all depends on how your body reacts to meds. Missy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 10, 2002 Report Share Posted March 10, 2002 I wish I could say the same! The more I take the meds, the less they seem to be effective. I guess it all depends on how your body reacts to meds. Missy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 10, 2002 Report Share Posted March 10, 2002 I wish I could say the same! The more I take the meds, the less they seem to be effective. I guess it all depends on how your body reacts to meds. Missy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 12, 2002 Report Share Posted March 12, 2002 Hi Everyone, My family doctor prescribed Darvocet for my fibro pain and won't prescribe anything stronger. I see very little to no help unless I take at least 2 pills at a time. I was curious if anyone else is on this med and if it helps them at all... thank you all in advance Terri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 12, 2002 Report Share Posted March 12, 2002 Hi Everyone, My family doctor prescribed Darvocet for my fibro pain and won't prescribe anything stronger. I see very little to no help unless I take at least 2 pills at a time. I was curious if anyone else is on this med and if it helps them at all... thank you all in advance Terri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 12, 2002 Report Share Posted March 12, 2002 Hi Everyone, My family doctor prescribed Darvocet for my fibro pain and won't prescribe anything stronger. I see very little to no help unless I take at least 2 pills at a time. I was curious if anyone else is on this med and if it helps them at all... thank you all in advance Terri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 12, 2002 Report Share Posted March 12, 2002 Terri writes, > My family doctor prescribed Darvocet for my fibro pain and won't prescribe > anything stronger. I see very little to no help unless I take at least 2 > pills at a time. I was curious if anyone else is on this med and if it > helps > them at all... thank you all in advance > > Before I changed insurance companies, I too saw a rheumatologist who would > not prescribe anything stronger than Darvocet. That just did nothing for > my pain. My husband even tried to tell him how bad my pain was and the > Darvocet was not helping. He sat there with a smug expression and said " I > will not prescribe anything stronger than Darvocet for fibromyalgia. " > > I was getting ready to change doctors when the insurance changed and I was > able to go back to my original doctor who prescribed MS Contin and Vicodon. Take care, Irene Books may well be the only true magic Alice Hoffman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 12, 2002 Report Share Posted March 12, 2002 Terri, I was started on Darvocet. That was all that my Primary Care Doctor would prescribe for the pain. I asked for a referral to a Rhematologist who took me off the Darvocet and started me on Vicodin with Ibuprofen. It is much better at dealing with the pain. It's been over 2 years and he still gives me new prescriptions each month. Some doctors don't give much pain medicine. I'm sure if it was themselves that was hurting it would be different. lol Hope this helps. Sparky --- yitzie4u@... wrote: > Hi Everyone, > My family doctor prescribed Darvocet for my fibro > pain and won't prescribe > anything stronger. I see very little to no help > unless I take at least 2 > pills at a time. I was curious if anyone else is on > this med and if it helps > them at all... thank you all in advance > Terri > ===== God Bless, Sparky aka Larry __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 12, 2002 Report Share Posted March 12, 2002 Terri, I was started on Darvocet. That was all that my Primary Care Doctor would prescribe for the pain. I asked for a referral to a Rhematologist who took me off the Darvocet and started me on Vicodin with Ibuprofen. It is much better at dealing with the pain. It's been over 2 years and he still gives me new prescriptions each month. Some doctors don't give much pain medicine. I'm sure if it was themselves that was hurting it would be different. lol Hope this helps. Sparky --- yitzie4u@... wrote: > Hi Everyone, > My family doctor prescribed Darvocet for my fibro > pain and won't prescribe > anything stronger. I see very little to no help > unless I take at least 2 > pills at a time. I was curious if anyone else is on > this med and if it helps > them at all... thank you all in advance > Terri > ===== God Bless, Sparky aka Larry __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 12, 2002 Report Share Posted March 12, 2002 Terri, I was started on Darvocet. That was all that my Primary Care Doctor would prescribe for the pain. I asked for a referral to a Rhematologist who took me off the Darvocet and started me on Vicodin with Ibuprofen. It is much better at dealing with the pain. It's been over 2 years and he still gives me new prescriptions each month. Some doctors don't give much pain medicine. I'm sure if it was themselves that was hurting it would be different. lol Hope this helps. Sparky --- yitzie4u@... wrote: > Hi Everyone, > My family doctor prescribed Darvocet for my fibro > pain and won't prescribe > anything stronger. I see very little to no help > unless I take at least 2 > pills at a time. I was curious if anyone else is on > this med and if it helps > them at all... thank you all in advance > Terri > ===== God Bless, Sparky aka Larry __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 12, 2002 Report Share Posted March 12, 2002 I was on darvocet for awhile; it didn't make a dent on my migraines or muscle pain. Lorcet and vicodin worked much better. I secretly suspected darvocet was a placebo until I had an abscessed tooth and darvocet knocked out pain that lorcet didn't touch. So, at least for me, darvocet is a fine medication--just not for FM or migraine. Margaret >Hi Everyone, >My family doctor prescribed Darvocet for my fibro pain and won't prescribe >anything stronger. I see very little to no help unless I take at least 2 >pills at a time. I was curious if anyone else is on this med and if it helps >them at all... thank you all in advance >Terri > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 13, 2002 Report Share Posted March 13, 2002 -i take darvocetN with a Soma. together it takes the edge off. i need more pain control, i have very little life to claim of my own, the rest is controlled by pain. good luck to us all xoxooxox Melody, so.calif. - In @y..., yitzie4u@a... wrote: > Hi Everyone, > My family doctor prescribed Darvocet for my fibro pain and won't prescribe > anything stronger. I see very little to no help unless I take at least 2 > pills at a time. I was curious if anyone else is on this med and if it helps > them at all... thank you all in advance > Terri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 13, 2002 Report Share Posted March 13, 2002 -i take darvocetN with a Soma. together it takes the edge off. i need more pain control, i have very little life to claim of my own, the rest is controlled by pain. good luck to us all xoxooxox Melody, so.calif. - In @y..., yitzie4u@a... wrote: > Hi Everyone, > My family doctor prescribed Darvocet for my fibro pain and won't prescribe > anything stronger. I see very little to no help unless I take at least 2 > pills at a time. I was curious if anyone else is on this med and if it helps > them at all... thank you all in advance > Terri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 13, 2002 Report Share Posted March 13, 2002 -i take darvocetN with a Soma. together it takes the edge off. i need more pain control, i have very little life to claim of my own, the rest is controlled by pain. good luck to us all xoxooxox Melody, so.calif. - In @y..., yitzie4u@a... wrote: > Hi Everyone, > My family doctor prescribed Darvocet for my fibro pain and won't prescribe > anything stronger. I see very little to no help unless I take at least 2 > pills at a time. I was curious if anyone else is on this med and if it helps > them at all... thank you all in advance > Terri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 14, 2002 Report Share Posted March 14, 2002 HI Sparky and thank you for your response,.. did you find the darvocet helpful at all.. I have to take 2 at a time to get very little help for the pain.. I don't understand these doctors sometimes.. Vicodin can be called in and I am assumming not as " risky " for doctors and the threat of the dea on their tales... I wish doctors will start trying to understand what we go thru hour by hour.. Don't get me wrong, some of them do but others don't even want to educate themselves of fibro at all nor do they believe it exists... thanks again Terri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 14, 2002 Report Share Posted March 14, 2002 HI Sparky and thank you for your response,.. did you find the darvocet helpful at all.. I have to take 2 at a time to get very little help for the pain.. I don't understand these doctors sometimes.. Vicodin can be called in and I am assumming not as " risky " for doctors and the threat of the dea on their tales... I wish doctors will start trying to understand what we go thru hour by hour.. Don't get me wrong, some of them do but others don't even want to educate themselves of fibro at all nor do they believe it exists... thanks again Terri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 14, 2002 Report Share Posted March 14, 2002 HI Sparky and thank you for your response,.. did you find the darvocet helpful at all.. I have to take 2 at a time to get very little help for the pain.. I don't understand these doctors sometimes.. Vicodin can be called in and I am assumming not as " risky " for doctors and the threat of the dea on their tales... I wish doctors will start trying to understand what we go thru hour by hour.. Don't get me wrong, some of them do but others don't even want to educate themselves of fibro at all nor do they believe it exists... thanks again Terri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 14, 2002 Report Share Posted March 14, 2002 My experience with Darvacet is the same as yours. I had to take 2 at a time. Vicodin is much better! Hope your pursuit of pain helpers is fruitful. --- yitzie4u@... wrote: > HI Sparky and thank you for your response,.. did you > find the darvocet > helpful at all.. I have to take 2 at a time to get > very little help for the > pain.. I don't understand these doctors sometimes.. > Vicodin can be called in > and I am assumming not as " risky " for doctors and > the threat of the dea on > their tales... I wish doctors will start trying to > understand what we go thru > hour by hour.. Don't get me wrong, some of them do > but others don't even want > to educate themselves of fibro at all nor do they > believe it exists... thanks > again > Terri > ===== God Bless, Sparky aka Larry __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 14, 2002 Report Share Posted March 14, 2002 My experience with Darvacet is the same as yours. I had to take 2 at a time. Vicodin is much better! Hope your pursuit of pain helpers is fruitful. --- yitzie4u@... wrote: > HI Sparky and thank you for your response,.. did you > find the darvocet > helpful at all.. I have to take 2 at a time to get > very little help for the > pain.. I don't understand these doctors sometimes.. > Vicodin can be called in > and I am assumming not as " risky " for doctors and > the threat of the dea on > their tales... I wish doctors will start trying to > understand what we go thru > hour by hour.. Don't get me wrong, some of them do > but others don't even want > to educate themselves of fibro at all nor do they > believe it exists... thanks > again > Terri > ===== God Bless, Sparky aka Larry __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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