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Have you searched for free or low-cost clinics in your area? In some areas there are even free or low-cost pain management clinics. IMHO, your boyfriend needs some type of medical attention asap even if it is a general practitioner for now. Eventually he should see a spine specialist.
Many states have affordable health insurance programs. He may also be eligible for medicaid.
Do some research and see what assistance you can find for his (and your) medical needs.
I pray you can find answers and relief soon.
-DaveView Thread
It's grace again!I also was wondering ,what else besides meicatios have you tried??
Do you have a good Pain Dr.??
I know another thing that seems to make my hedaches worse is if I take too much Imitrex or any headache drug!Then ,I thin I end up eith ebound headaches !!!I'm not sure that's what it is happening ,just a guess cause I hear it so much!!
Good luch.stay in touch ,Please let me know how your doing! 77graceView Thread
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I hope that you do not fear addiction, because the rate of addiction among chronic pain patients without a history of addiction disorder is under 2% (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20091598?itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum&ordinalpos=1 ) and http://updates.pain-topics.org/2011/01/study-finds-low-risk-of-rx-opioid-use.html ).View Thread
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Wondering why they giving you methadone vs morphine sustained release?
Also (this is a wonderful drug for chronic pain/neuropathy----Gabapentin 100mg 1 3x day
80% of my pain from leg injuries, chronic pain in general, and achyness is down to a level 2 on a 1 to 10 scale.Normally I live at the 6 to 7 pain level without pain meds, these 2 together seem to be the magic.View Thread
I just tried answering you but it did not go through!So this time I'll make it short and hopefully you wil get back to me and I can be of some help!!!
Did dhe just get the morphine pump??It may just need to e stronger or placed differently!
I too have terrible back pain so I know!!!
Let me know
77graceView Thread
Can you discuss this with your doctor and maybe use nicotene gum or lozenges when you need them?
The nicotene replacements don't cause lung cancer because they don't get breathed in through your lungs.
I don't smoke anymore, but when my pain was worse before fusion, I actually smoked more from pain than from Percocet.
If you've been taking Percocet for 3 years and still get a buzz, that's pretty weird. Maybe taking the percocet 1 at a time instead of 2 would give you pain relief and decrese the urge to smoke.View Thread
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I know that swimming is very good but I too hate cold wateer,I am trying to froce myself to go to the ymca and at least try it out!!!!I am close to 60 yrs'young and I need to get into better shape!My illness causes alot of pain so unfortunatly I have lost alot of muscel and I want some back !
I noticed that you mentioned weioght ggain,I found a really great weight loss way to eat !Don't like calling this a diet because it is positive and teaches us to eat right !!
Let me know if your interested!
Blkessings,77graceView Thread
There is also a medication called Suboxone which is a sublingual tablet( under the tongue n dissolves) which takes away ALL SYMPTOMS! It is a miracle medication for some people (like me) and it also has narcan in it which makes it so u CANNOT use opiates because if u do, u will get extremely sick. You also cannot shoo it up or it will make u very very ill and u cannot swallow it ( u must dissolve it for 15 min under tongue to get ANY effects) or it simply WONT work. So that makes it better for addicts because those are generallly all the ways we use to get hig so dissolving it takes away other ways which were part of our addiction and can trigger us to useso there are MANY benefits to this medication, however if u odnt have it or when u stop taking it, you WILL have withdrawls. They arent as bad as herion or pain pills some people say , but to me the withdrawls are basically thesame but they arent as long as some other "kicks" that ive gone thru....There is also Methadone and Methadone Clinics for treating opiate addiction, however, this IS a narcotic, one of the strongest, but if u choose this route, just know that when you stop, it is the HARDEST STRONGEST AND MOST SEVERE withdrawl known to man for most people. It is a 6months -1 YEAR kick!! It also can very easily bwe misused, abused and u can get high off of it. It has a very LOW success rate in the clinic with alot of the patients still using other drugs ie. meth, cocaine ,alcohol, marijuana. It does , however have a "fail-safe/safeguard" in it ( generally after 60 - 80mgs, that makes it so you edo not have the ability (allegedly) to gethigh off of other opiates. I have found that you can, but u have to tkae extremely high quantities, but as with anything, if an addict wants to get high, they will get high. Give us a rule n we will try nwont stop til we find a way to break it....(very sad, i know but I am just giving this information to HELP people, not teach them ways to get high. If they want to get high, they will find a way to do it. I promote health and SAFETY ONLY!!!!!) I AM a registered nurse, and an opiate addict who has learned all of this the hard way unfortunately, from experience, and from other patients i work with. I work with ALOT of fellow opiate addicts.I hope all this information I provided helps!!!
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Take care, AnnetteView Thread
Is he taking something else now?
Take care, AnnetteView Thread
I found that a combination of menopause and gabapentin really helped my migraines. I use various combinations of rescue meds for when I do get a headache. All are non-narcotic meds, things like reglan and aspirin, compazine, or a triptan.
Atenolol is a calcium channel blocker, most often used for high blood pressure. It works sometimes, and will not drop your blood pressure down if it is normal, so don't worry about that.
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I don't know how far away you are from the Cleveland Clinic but if it's not too far, maybe you could try there???? Maybe your local hospital could refer you to a good dr. that will take your insurance???
There has to be a dr. somewhere that you can go to....you can't be the only person needing a pain mgt. dr.
I completely understand your frustration with the "loss" of your prior life! I also understand you thinking about trying medicinal mj. I wish that were legal in my state of NC. I know it would help me.
I'm glad you have the incentive to be the best for your child.
Don't give up! Never give up! I will be praying for you!
Keep me up to date.View Thread
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This means that there is more than one group and that the people in the different groups get treated differently.
If the patients in pain are one of the groups, who are the other groups who get different treatment?
I also want to know what she means by President Obama's mother.View Thread
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Thanks for the reply!!!
You will proballly notice that a few days after this post(I asked the same thing)Sorry guess I did not see this!!!
All these meds have my brain lkie muss sometimes!!!
Take care,77graceView Thread
I see its been 2 yr ago since your Accurascope procedure. How are you currently doing? Please let me know as I have a friend who is suffering with terrible back pain and has had fusion, all sorts of injections, etc and nothing helped. Hope you are well. A lot of us need to know how you are doing so that we may follow.
Thanks a lot.View Thread
My husband was also on methadone for awhile, he was very touchy with his breathing as he increased his dose of methadone. I called his doctor and explained to him that he was only breathing 6 times a minute. He was fine with decreasing his dose.
Take care of yourself.
AnnetteView Thread
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