Just a quick note about pain meds/and rambling--lol

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Hey guys, I am having some thoughts I need to share...or as my family says, ramblings....... Just wanted to ask a quick question about what you take for pain. My Rheumy has me on Ibuprofen 800mg three times daily around the clock. And, Tylenol #3 for breakthrough pain three times a day as needed. I weaned myself down to ibuprofen just as needed, but my Rheumy said do not do this, stay on the ibuprofen constantly. Does your docs have you do the ibuprofen thing? I am concerned about long term liver damage and stomach ulcers from ibuprofen and don't want to be on it forever, but again, i am afraid of having the pain come back. I take the Tylenol #3's sparingly, but am also concerned that in the near future, these will not work for my breakthrough pain. Another thing I am concerned about is that my Rheumy is very conservative when it comes to pain medicine. Which I do appreciate, because since I am a nurse, i see alot of people get addicted to pain medications. Have any of you had to switch MD's because of not adequate pain control? Thanks for your feedback, and hope all is pain or nearly pain free..... in WVa

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