Re: Re: ultram / imprimine facet injections?

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In a message dated 10/15/2001 8:12:59 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

chericv@... writes:

> switched me

> to oxycontin which helped, but never fully took away the pain. We

> are trying to wean off it now, but the pai is so awful. I find that

> 800 mg of advil helps in conjunction with the oxycontin, or 2

> aspirin. When the headaches are so severe that none of the above

> help, I add fierenol. Sometimes there isn't enough meds to make it

> all go away! How do you cope?

>

Oxycontin is not a very long acting pain med. The doctor needs to prescribe a

break through pain pill for in those times you take the Oxycontin.

And I was like you headaches every single day. I was also prescribed Florinol

and found that you can get bounce back headaches from taking it.

I was going through two Maxalt every day. So I called the pain clinic and

told them I needed more than meds and asked for facet injections in my neck

under light sedation. One week that did the right side more dominate pain.

And went back the next week and had the left side done. That has been 3 weeks

ago and I have not had a headache since.

Love ine, Miyagi F & Teka '

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