Pain med question

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melissa takes voltaren 75mgs 2 times a day 2 tylenols 500mgs each up to 4

times a day flexaril 25mgs when needed the voltaren from what i heard has

the arthritis med in it along with a pain med the flexaril is a muscle

relaxant this helps alot

with pain the stressed muscle will cause pain she also takes zyrtec and

proventolin inhaler and albuterol solution but thats for her asthma

the doctor gave her tylenol #3 but that never helped her at all

Robbin

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, Have you tired Ultram? It works much like narcotic pain killers but

isn't supposed to be addictive. At least that's what the dr told me when he

gave me the script for it. I do know it is reccommended you do not take it if

you have a narctic addiction or have in the past. I'm not sure about the kidney

effect though. Arthrtis Inisght has a bit on it and link to other sources.

http://www.arthritisinsight.com/medical/meds/ultram.html--- Hendricks

wrote:> what meds do your kids take specificly for pain? > not treatment, just

pain. > i have tried several with no luck and have kidney> problems to work

around. > if you know of anything with really good results,> besides narcotic

pain > killers, please reply, brandy>

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I took Ultram once and My head felt so strange. I will never take it again.

One time a man came into the ER and he was complaining about the way his head

felt. He was taking Ultram. So if you try it and your head feel strange at or

confused STOP. Good Luck SHU

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> , Have you tired Ultram?

hi waynette, yes i have been rx'd ultram before but i cannot how well

it worked for me. i have been addicted to naroctic painkillers

before, but it was done on purpose by a surgeon. when my knees were

replaced, the pain was more than i could handle and i am not normally

wimpy, so they left me on percasette and tylenol #3 too long knowing

that it would cause an addiction, but there was no choice. is that

kind of addiction you are talking about? i didnt want to take them,

i had no choice, the pain of having both knees replaced at the same

time was not managable. thanks for your help, brandy

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> I took Ultram once and My head felt so strange. I will never take

it again.

> One time a man came into the ER and he was complaining about the

way his head

> felt. He was taking Ultram. So if you try it and your head feel

strange at or

> confused STOP. Good Luck SHU

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> thanks shu, relafen made me feel like that, brandy

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Hi Polly,

I do not blame you for being concerned about Neurontin. I am on it (but

it works well for me), at 900 mgs. per day and I do worry about what it is

going to do to me in the long run but I take so many other meds that they

probably are doing the same. If the Neurontin gives him too many brain fogs

there are other anti-seizure drugs which are effective for Neuropathic and

neurogenic pain. I've heard great things about Gabitril, Topamax, and Zonegran

all which are anti-seizure drugs but seem not to give as much brain fog as

Neurontin. Also tri-cyclic anti depressants help with this kind of pain

like Amitriptyline and NOritriptyline. I am on Amitriptyline, 25 mgs at

bedtime.

Sincerely

Ama

thepmfarm@... wrote:

My husband had asymptomatic spinal stenosis until

a bad construction accident/fall. Long story for another day. He was basically

losing his whole left side - foot to fingertips.

He is now 2 1/2 years post op. Rods and screws in C-3 through C-7. His

myelopathy is very bad - the burning sensation on one side of his body just

won't quit. The doctors now seem to have basically written him off. And

he has been treated at a world-class teaching hospital in Boston, Massachusetts.

The main "pain" medicine they have him on is Neurontin. At about 700 mg

per day he seems quite clear-headed, but the burning prevents sleep for up

to 48 hours until he collapses. At about 900 mg he gets a few hours of sleep

every night, but he is really foggy/confused/illogical. At one point he

was on approx. 3300 mg per day of the stuff. He is not supposed to drive

and I watch him like a hawk all the time.

I have SERIOUS concerns about Neurontin. I have had these concerns ever

since he went on the stuff. This nerve-pain use of it is "off label". And

the manufacturer of Neurontin was just fined $436 MILLION last week for pushing

the off-label uses. The only thing it is FDA approved for is seizures.

What advice can you give me? Any suggested medications or therapies for

the burning sensation?

I want my husband back!!!!!

Thanks.

Polly

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Hi I am new here but had to reply to this post

my husband was put on this Neurontin back in May 2004

he was taking 300 mg 3 times a day and 600 at bedtime

he ended up in the hospital in June 2003 due to memory loss he could

not find his way home from work

it is very scarey thing to go threw

Diane

> My husband had asymptomatic spinal stenosis until a bad

construction

> accident/fall. Long story for another day. He was basically

losing his whole left

> side - foot to fingertips.

>

> He is now 2 1/2 years post op. Rods and screws in C-3 through C-

7. His

> myelopathy is very bad - the burning sensation on one side of his

body just won't

> quit. The doctors now seem to have basically written him off.

And he has

> been treated at a world-class teaching hospital in Boston,

Massachusetts.

>

> The main " pain " medicine they have him on is Neurontin. At about

700 mg per

> day he seems quite clear-headed, but the burning prevents sleep

for up to 48

> hours until he collapses. At about 900 mg he gets a few hours of

sleep every

> night, but he is really foggy/confused/illogical. At one point he

was on

> approx. 3300 mg per day of the stuff. He is not supposed to drive

and I watch him

> like a hawk all the time.

>

> I have SERIOUS concerns about Neurontin. I have had these

concerns ever

> since he went on the stuff. This nerve-pain use of it is " off

label " . And the

> manufacturer of Neurontin was just fined $436 MILLION last week

for pushing the

> off-label uses. The only thing it is FDA approved for is seizures.

>

> What advice can you give me? Any suggested medications or

therapies for the

> burning sensation?

>

> I want my husband back!!!!!

>

> Thanks.

>

> Polly

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Hello,

I wanted to see what the average range of pain medications are. I am

currently on Talwin NX every 6 hours and its not cutting it... I'm

alternating 4 ibuprofin every 3 hours. I have been on vicodin, vicodin es,

percocet, and now the talwin. I am in a ton of pain and dont know what to

ask for next. At what point did your docs say " ok its time for pain med mgt

docs " and your gp be done with it? and what's the strongest meds your gp

gave you? Thanks

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During the worst of my last flare, I was taking 2 Tramadol every 4

hours, with 2 Bufferin every 4 hours halfway in between. I'm down to 1

Tramadol at night only and no aspirin.

Tramadol worked very well for me.

regards,

sherry z

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> Hello,

>

> I wanted to see what the average range of pain medications are. I am

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In response to

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> Hello

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> I just wanted to say, I know that nothing I was on in way of pain

meds helped at all until I got it under control with the Humira and

Methotrexate, no matter what I took it didn't work until I was on the

Humira and Methotrexate for about two weeks, and suddenly I was able to

cope because the amount of pain I was in was much less than without

those drugs, so now the vicadin works. Sincerely, Audrey

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> In response to

> <mommytojared@>

> I wanted to thank you all for you considerate and caring responses

to my post about life after narcotics. I was able to print off all

those replies and take them to my Dr. because they said exactly what

I have ben trying to say but didn't know how. I am happy to report I

am now taking the Duragesic Patch for continuous round the clock pain

relief. No more ups and downs from the unsteady levels of vicodin in

my sysytem. I have only been on it for 3 days and the differance is

so signifigant I can hardly believe it. I am actually sleeping thru

the night and able to function much better than I have for years. I

am not thinking about pain constantly anymore. I was started on the

lowest strength of 25mcg. I change my patch once evry three days so

it's really nice not having to think about controlling constant pain!

I hope this post helps somebody who might be stuck in the same

vicious cycle I was in. I am now able to stay much more mobile and

that also helps slow down the progression of this disease. I feel

like I am getting my life back and thinking more clearly. I wonder if

some of our brain fog and fatigue comes from constantly fighting and

being in pain? It is hard to get your mind on anything when your are

so aware of the pain. Again thank you all so much. I don't know if I

would have had the courage to talk with my Dr without your support. I

feel I was sent to this group for a reason and I hope others can have

this same result...Thank you, Shaw