Re: Felicity

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Felicity,

I think you will find that the majority of people with CP do take pain meds

daily. I went to a pain management doc in November 02 - 4 months after the

return of my acute panc attacks. At that time, my diagnosis was recurrent

acute panc, not CP. The pain doc started me on 3 Lortab 10 each day as

needed. In January 03, I was diagnosed with autoimmune liver disease. They

didn't want me taking tylenol daily so they changed my pain med from Lortab

10 to oxycodone 5 mg. I was still taking only 3 per day. Around March or

April, my level of pain increased so the pain doc increased my pain med to

oxycodone 5 mg up to four daily as needed. The end of May 2003, I was

hospitalized with an acute attack. Spent 4 days in the hospital, home for

36 hours and then back for 7 more days. During that time a new GI doc was

called in. I was diagnosed with relapsing idiopathic chronic pancreatitis.

MS Contin 30 mg twice a day was added to my pain med. I also take oxycodone

5 mg for breakthrough pain (up to 4 per day). I have found my pain is much

better controlled by taking the MS contin regularly twice a day. My

internal med doc told me that the pain doc really should have had me on a

long acting pain med along with short acting pain med for breakthrough pain

from the beginning as that type of regimen seems to work much better for CP.

I am no longer working. I retired on a disability retirement in March 2003.

I think if you took a long acting pain medicine on a regular basis, you

might be able to handle working better.

W