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Morphine Makes Me Too Sleepy

Here's the problem. I'm on Oxycodone for break through pain, and MSContin for long term pain relief. The...

Posted by An_223008

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Chronic Right side pain

Over the last year, I have had issues with right side pain. I have a history of kidney stones and have...

Posted by spldkds

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Drug Utilization Reviews from Insurances - More ha...

Hello All, I recently had some dental issues which required some prescriptions for pain meds. I recently found...

Posted by J999

Hello All,

I recently had some dental issues which required some prescriptions for pain meds. I recently found out that my insurance company sends quarterly reports of Prescriptions issued to all providers who prescribed the meds. They indicated to me that they like to do this to keep the practitioners on the same page and it was for patient safety. Anyone else have a problem with this? The reports are so vague they don't explain to the prescribers the reasons for the prescriptions. Therefore it just makes you look like a doctor shopper and then you lose all your providers when they get the reports.

For example, if you are going to a pain clinic, they are not going to prescribe medication for oral surgeries or other surgeries for that matter. My dentist recently refused to ever prescribe me a pain med because she got this report that showed I get pain meds from a pain clinic. As I said, the report is vague and doesn't explain the whole picture. All these reports do is arouse suspicion and make your providers not trust you.

Has anyone else had this problem? I think the insurance company needs to revamp these reports so that the providers can see what EXACTLY is going on. Even if you visit an urgent care just once, they will recieve a report of all the prescriptions you have recieved in the past 3 months. Then they make notes in their computer disallowing you to recieve any prescriptions for pain meds or other controlled substances. The pain clinic is not going to help you when you go to an ER after an accident. The pain clinic even told me (because I am under contract) that you can recieve RX's for pain meds outside our clinic for Surgeries, Dental problems, or colds that can be managed by your primary care. The pain clinic really doesn't care but all your outside providers get these unclear reports and then kick you to the curb. All the reports show is what was prescribed, the quantity, the pharmacy it was filled at and the doctor who prescribed it. I really don't think it is fair for insurance companies to do this without being more clear. It almost makes patients want to fill their prescriptions without insurance.

Please let me know if this makes sense to anyone or if you have had a similar experience.View Thread

Posted by J999

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Hi, everyone

I am sorry, I stuck it out as long as I could hoping that the email digests would make navigating this board...

Posted by annette030

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Good Morning/ nerve damage

I am sorry I have had others asking about me and I have been away for so long. I did go through a regiment...

Posted by Charl1942

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finding help

I have several diseases. Lupus,RA,connective tissue disease and fibromyalgia. I have a problem with lots of...

Posted by An_223007

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Pain managment regulations accross state lines

My wife had an outpatient procedure a couple of weeks ago. Her pain doctor referred her to this...

Posted by An_223006

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Diagnosing Painful Swallowing

I've read a host of information regarding painful swallowing, the symptoms and possible causes. However I need...

Posted by toliviac

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Prolotherapy treatments

I'm going this friday for my second round of prolotherapy and i'm quite anxious. The last treatment was very...

Posted by bren_bren

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Glial Cells: A New Target for Chronic Pain Treatme...

Glial cells are promising targets for the treatment of chronic neuropathic pain, according to Linda R. Watkins,...

Posted by cweinbl

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Athletic Pain (trigger)

Over the last 5 years I have had 7 surgeries on my knees shoulders and hand and face. Now during this time I...

Posted by athlete20

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Charl is in my thoughts...

...I just wanted to post and offer support to our fellow board member, Charl (Charlotte), who is about to...

Posted by bren_bren

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Pain between rt elbow and hand swelling of hand

Hello, just here recently I have experienced swelling in area just below elbow and swelling in rt...

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My Journey into Prolotherapy...

I find it fascinating to find in recent reading that the possibility of NSAID's and steroids can actually be...

Posted by bren_bren

I find it fascinating to find in recent reading that the possibility of NSAID's and steroids can actually be of great defecit in the body's healing process. Then why does every doctor prescribe these types of med's to every patient they see? They "suspect" inflammation is the source for pain and want to target that. These steroid injections also pushed on so many of us (I've had 15) are of great compromise to our body's ability to heal. What if there is a solution to repairing damaged connective tissue without the overuse of medications and the dreaded steroid injections?? And why don't many docotors find connective tissues (eg. ligaments and tendons) as the root cause of many back pain ailments?? Because it is not visible in the standard imaging (MRI and CAT scans)...and they are trained to take pictures and evaluate/treat according to those images.

Food for thought: if you take time to read about prolotherapy, you may discover an entire realm of possibilites that aid your body's natural healing response, and throw out your anti-inflammatory med's...I'm on board with this and truly want to share with all of you.

I am currently undergoing a round of treatment and will keep updating on my progress. I will state the facts as it pertains to my benefits (and drawbacks if any) so that maybe others can find hope!!

I have lived with chronic pain for 4.5 yrs and NO DOCTOR can pinpoint my pain...I've suffered misdiagnosis, no diagnosis, family rejection of what appears to be a condition that is "in my head". All the thousands of $$ I have spent on imaging and therapies and meeting 20 + doctors has me FED UP!!! I am even more sympathetic to those I see on this board who suffer needlessly at the mercy of physicians who cannot seem to take the time to "think outside the box".

I'm not "selling" anything, I just want to offer my experience to maybe open y'alls eyes to an alternative treatment. I hope at least one chronic pain sufferer will read this paper found on this website: www.prolotherapynashville.com
There is a plethera of info there, or you can just "Google" prolotherapy.

The following is an abstract:
Many joint and connective tissue pains defy clear and
precise diagnosis. Often patients with various diagnoses
for joint, back and neck pain are not cured by traditional
treatment regimes appropriate for their "diagnosis".
Based on observations gleaned from treatment
responses to Prolotherapy, the author describes and
characterizes the Connective Tissue Damage Syndrome.
When properly understood, the CTDS explains not
only many body pains, undiagnosed conditions, and
treatment failures, but also many muscular
malfunctions (spasms, weakness, trigger points, etc.),
and referred symptoms such as pain, numbness,
tingling, and headaches. The results of Prolotherapy
treatment in patients with these disorders suggest
that pathological change in ligaments (CTDS) is the
underlying cause of these disorders. Prolotherapy is
the most rational and effective treatment for both the
underlying cause (ligament damage), and secondary
degenerative effects.
The body is capable of healing damaged connective
tissue structures, but certain hormone deficiencies
and medical treatments such as anti-inflammatories
prevent this. Once connective tissue damage syndrome
is correctly diagnosed, then treatment is rightly focused
on initiating and optimizing connective tissue healing.
Since incomplete connective tissue healing can be
principally due to either a trauma mechanism, or due
to impairment of the body's connective tissue healing
system, the integrity of the healing system must be
evaluated, and factors that impair connective tissue
healing must be identified and addressed. These
factors explain why many people with CTDS see their
disease worsen over time, while under medical care.
Patients who present with significant impairment of
the connective tissue healing system are described,
varying from "multisite connective tissue pain without
trauma history" to full-blown fibromyalgia.
Peace, Bren
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Posted by bren_bren

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effets of RSD

is it possible that RSD in the foot and ankle may also cause sudden and temporary loss of motor function in the...

Posted by mrrehab

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Research Update for Neuropathic Pain Treatments

The combination of anti-depressant and narcotic might be the best treatment option for neuropathic pain....

Posted by cweinbl

Take the Poll

Which of the following options represents the best treatment for neuropathic pain?

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what's my name?

I don't know why it doesn't show but the post titled "hello" is from me. I'm using the screen name...

Posted by littlelocomotive

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hello.

I'm becoming a member of this group because I feel very alone and confused by the effect of pain in my life....

Posted by An_223005

I'm becoming a member of this group because I feel very alone and confused by the effect of pain in my life. I try to stay positive, try to stay productive but feel myself losing "a little bit" every day - a little bit of joy, a little bit of hope, a little bit of beauty (not an abundance to begin with but I used to look so much better!), a little bit of confidence. My husband is a wonderful partner, my daughter deals with chronic pain,too but it seems that I'm disconnected from others who have just gotten tired of changing plans or hearing my answer to "How are you doing today?" If I tell them the truth, they push it away (well-meaning , sometimes) and if I say "Just fine", it comes out later that I was lying. I read the post from BJ1208 -my history is similar right up to the 4 month post-op crash. That's where I've been since 2004. I've had the injections and blocks:finally had a dorsal cord stimulator implanted almost exactly 1 year ago. It initially worked well, then the lead shifted and I needed a revision in January. I've never attained the pain management that I experienced right after the implant even though I've had numerous adjustments. My PM doc doesn't seem to understand (or just doesn't want to hear) that the stimulator isn't working. My meds have been reduced in accordance with the expected improvement but, since my pain isn't relieved by the stimulator, all I have is more pain, less relief and a growing reputation as a problem patient. ARRRGGHH. Now Florida is finally cracking down on bogus pain clinics -hooray -making it difficult to obtain some prescription drugs and anyone using them look suspicious. A recent traffic stop for failure to signal (the blinker bulb was burned out) turned into a 45 minute interrogation when the officer saw that my prescription bottle had fallen out of my purse. I understand how chronic pain patients get angry, depressed, isolated and feeling helpless. I'm there now myself and never wanted to be this person. Having been treated for depression in the past, I know that I don't have the energy to keep up the happy face and deal with the pain so I need a psych provider who understands pain and will help me resolve some of the communication issues with my PM doc. Does anyone have suggestions on how to find such a professional? My PM doc referred me to the Dr. who did my psych eval for the stimulator, a distracted, detached man with a cold office staff who charges $120 an hour! I sound whiny but I just don't have a lot of internal or financial resources left to go on a "doc hunt". I just feel so overwhelmed right now and I never saw myself getting this way. Any suggestions and/or enlightenment will be appreciated.View Thread

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thanks guys...

thanks for the words of encouragagement folks! its great to know we have an outlet and folks to talk to that...

Posted by louellacan

thanks for the words of encouragagement folks! its great to know we have an outlet and folks to talk to that "get it". i'm doing well and just trying to stay cool, lol! hot here in north louisianna...hot everywhere i know! yes bren, it was that patch and i had problems with them sticking as well. i guess they just weren't ment for me. got some good news the other day, i normally have a liver biopsy every 5 yrs but doc tells me that my liver numbers are so good that we may not have to do one this go round. going in for blood work and if thats good, we can for-go it. hoping the results are good...those things hurt, lol!!! only other problem these days is my pain dr. has stopped doing the injections for a while and finding another dr. to do them is not easy. they really help me mostly more so in the summer when i tend to be more active, but its getting to the point that i am getting desperate for one because of the pain and tingling, ect. they are working on it. also the scoliosis is really causing me some major problems. have had several spells lately. dr. said it will get worse as i get older...really enjoyed hearing that! i guess when i see him next time we will have to do ssome talking about this and what he can do to help medication wise. i really don't want to take any more than i have to, but i guess its time to find something for break through pain that is fast acting. the oxy just takes too long to kick in. i am able to take one every 8 hrs as needed, but these spells come without much warning. i feel sure doc will find what i need. as long as i stretch and try to move around when they start, i'm learning how to keep it from geting as bad as it got the other day. that was as bad as bad could be and really scared me! it also helped to get in my air-tub in really warm water. love that thing!!! hubbie is home now, its so nice to have my best friend around for a while! he works 28 on 14 off as a tug boat capt. in the gulf, not river tug. he's gone a lot, but its worth it in the long run. in a way its easier for me. not that i don't want him home, but i don't have to act like i feel better than i do or worry about him worrying about me! we have a wonderful time while he's home and go and do as much as we can cram in...then i rest for a week when he leaves!!! he is wonderful and very understanding when i just can't keep up sometimes. and we make sure we take care of each others needs. he doesn't make me feel "less than" by any means. i am very blessed. got lots going on this time...working on the house and putting up some fresh veggies! i hope every one is well and having a good summer. remember, life is what we make it, so make each day count! take care and hope to visit with you again soon...prayers to all...louView Thread

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louella

hi all...this is the first time for me at this site. i am so happy about it being here and thanks to...

Posted by louellacan

hi all...this is the first time for me at this site. i am so happy about it being here and thanks to bren-bren for starting it. (hope i got the name right!) i have read a lot of interesting and heartbreaking stories. i really could relate to the posts reguarding the patch! what a nightmare they were for me...couldn't stand them and had some big-time problems while using them. the worst was the sores they left and the problems with over-heating. they made me feel really bad all the time and got little if any relief from them. tried several but none worked. i had been put on them because i was having issues keeping anything down while going through cemo due to hep-c. we found out about it because my pain mngmt. dr thought ra was kicking in. it wasn't but because the symptoms are a lot alike, he runs a complete hep work-up as a normal procedure when the ra tests are negitive. as it turned out, i had had it for so long, my viral load was close to the level for liver failure. the treatment was new due to 9-11, and had an enormous amt. of side effects. i had to stop after only 4 months because it was killing me. the problems i had that lead me to a pain dr. were small in comparison to some i have read about, but significant enough. deg. disk, scoliosis, nerve damage due to breaking my tail bone, a cyst in the spinal canal that had grown and was sitting on nerves, oa, and a few other things just for good measure i guess! then came the treatment and things went south from there. it left me with a much more pronounced amount of nerve damage due to the cemo and caused an adrinal gland growth that kept me in the hospital more than out. i would get so sick that i would start vomiting and not be able to stop for days and terrible kidney infections. i would stay in the hospital 6-10 days at a time on several antibiotics and pain meds untill it would just go away. they couldn't figure out what was the problem and because by that time i was on oxycontin and actique as well as nurontin and some other things from time to time, they just decided it was due to the drugs! we didn't find out it was the growth untill we moved back to la. and a urologist found it. when they removed it, it looked like the surface of the moon! it had been abcessing, causing the infections and sickness...for 2 yrs. it had been doing this. when they put me on the antibiotics, it went away and would slowly start again. it was such a tramatic time for me because i knew something was wrong...they were just not looking, and it was easier for them to call me a drug addict. that alone caused more problems than i care to count...family, friends, drs, husband, you name it. there is nothing like having a screaming match with your mother in the e.r. while waiting on a room, listening to the medical staff talking about you, while you are puking up your toenails in a garbage can let me tell you! at least life wasn't dull! i thank god for the dr here that fixed the problem and gave me back some part of my life and a certain amount of vendication. because of the damage from so much vomiting done to my system and the acid reflux that was an added bonus, they put me on the pain patch. i asked my dr to put me back on the oxicontin. i am doing much better and have gained back a good deal of the weight i lost...from 140 to 103 being my low point. i am now after 5 yrs back up to 130! it was a hard ride, but i learned a lot about myself. good and bad, but life is good now. there are good days and bad, but i am greatful to just be here. i take each day as it comes and live it to its fullist. my family has changed and my husband is a wonderful, understanding man. there are bumps in the road ahead, i know and am prepared for them as best i can be. the one thing i don't do is live in a state of fear anymore. i can take whatever comes, god is with me and prayer is a wonderful thing. you also have to laugh sometimes! thanks and my prayers are with you all.View Thread

Posted by louellacan

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Hello, Everyone

I have not posted on this exchange for a while but see that activity is picking up here again. That is a...

Posted by davedsel57

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Happy 4th of July

An early Happy 4th of July to all. I hope all of you will have a wonderful time with friends and family on...

Posted by Charl1942

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Annette

Annette, Did you find the info you were looking for as far as the internal therapy? I hope you are...

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Good Morning

Things are no better on this end. I keep plugging along. Last week I had my ailing 90+ year old aunt from...

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Hello Bren, Joy, and all

Things have been about the same on my end. Maybe worse. Since I found out the point of my pain was not...

Posted by Charl1942

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Hey All Thought I Would GIve An Update

hi everyone! with Memorial Weekend coming up I wanted to wish everyone a happy and safe Memorial Weekend - And...

Posted by bj1208

hi everyone! with Memorial Weekend coming up I wanted to wish everyone a happy and safe Memorial Weekend - And special prayers for those Serving And Protecting Us -
well it's been a wild roller coaster for me for the last couple of months - on 4/14 my mom went into the hospital (just for the night) to get her last stent implanted (we hope!!) - everything went very well.
The my father-n-law (we have a 5 bedroom house) woke up one night having bad chest pains and took a nitro tab - well we didn't find out about it until the 5/1 (Saturday) so on Monday I called his heart doc and told him what happened - we get him in the next day for tests and the doc said he needed to go in for angioplasty (SP) so that was scheduled for Thursday and he came home Friday afternoon - then the following Monday he started coughing up blood - so I rushed him to the hospital (at 6:30am - running stop signs and red lights when no traffic) I did have my emergency flashers on and it was amazing and so wonderful they way people moved out of our way -
he was in the hospital the entire week - they kept doing tests but could not find out where the blood was coming from - so they did the tube thing down the throat to look into the lungs (Thursday) - and while he was under he coughed - and there they found where the tear was - they catherized it (whatever u call it!) and he went home late Friday afternoon -
now my mom is having pains - went and had CT Scan done - she does have gall stones but her pains are coming from plaque in her celiac artery. Her heart doc (same as FNL) is reviewing all her stent surgeries (started in 10/09 had 5 in at one time) checking all their reports etc with the assisting Heart Doc - she is not in any danger but lots of pain and she can only take darvecets and we should hear from them today on what needs to be done -
now i had appointment yesterday with PM doc - the doc I usually see was let go the first part of May so now i'm back seeing the gal I originally saw last year -so I got her caught up on everything - main complaint is still pains in lower back, hips/knees and the nerve damage in both legs - we went over the notes from my old doc and also the surgeon I saw a few months ago and also that I can never have an steroid injections because it's causing damage in my hips/knees etc., so she asked me if I wanted this other shot? hummmm I told her that my other PM Doc said there was nothing I could have done - she looked at me and I could see the anger in her eyes - we also went over my meds - she said all he was doing was over medicating me (had me on 60mg ms contin and 15mg ms contin and 15mg oxycodone!) so now i'm just taking the 60mg ms contin and the 15 mg oxycodone - she also stepped out into the hall and spoke with the main head honcho about what was going on - she came back and said that the shot she is talking about has an anti-inflammatory med along with a numbing agent - i told her please please give me the shots - she asked where i wanted them - i said both hips and knees - so i went into another room and waited for the head honcho (owns the place) we started with the right hip - he gave me 3 shots in the main areas where it hurt and then they put a patch on it that has the numbing agent on it - OMG!! I cannot tell you how wonderful my right hip feels - I go back in on 6/1 to get shots in my left hip - then we will discuss doing the EUFLEXXA shots into my knees -it's a jell like stuff they inject into them - i cannot tell you that I am so excited and UPSET with my old PM doc that was released saying I could not have anything done - oh and also I can have the shots in my wrists too (anti-inflammatory and numbing agent) - gosh maybe even my back - this is great that I can have some relief now - will not last as long and steroid shots but IT'S RELIEF!! anyway just a long update! LOL hope everyone has a good Memorial Holiday.

Take care - Joy ~~View Thread

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RSD & Amputation

I'm the guy who a few months back posted that I had my foot amputated due to RSD. My doctors thought I was...

Posted by KHale76

I'm the guy who a few months back posted that I had my foot amputated due to RSD. My doctors thought I was crazy, I was sent to metal health professionals and even a few in here thought I had a log of courage to try this procedure I was told wouldn't work. I'm happy to say that after 10 years of suffering with pain in my left foot, I have no left foot and I feel a whole lot better ! The first couple of months were difficult, as I did have phantom pains. It's now been eight months since my surgery, phantom pains are rare but do happen on occasion and I feel a thousand percent better. I'm 33 year old, I am wearing my temporary prosthesis right now. My daughters love I can walk more than ten feet without having to sit down because I hurt so bad. I still have hip and back problems that were due to 10 years walking the way i did. I do not regret it, I'd do it again. I haven't posted in many months due to the fact that I feel so much better, I apologize but I was to busy enjoying my new life than to come back here. I do feel bad because though because some might want to ask me questions. I have had many ask me questions as I left my email address on the post last time. While I can't guarantee that amputation would work for you, its worked great for me. The pain in my ankle I couldn't bare any longer. I feel great. To those of you on the message board that have told people their crazy for considering it, well your crazy for not considering it cause I feel great. I had enough balls to try it, knowing it possibly wouldn't work but it did. I didn't sit here and complain to others "oh you don't want that." If I didn't want it I wouldn't have had it done. To those of you out there considering it, I feel great. I can't promise you will, I prayed to our Lord Jesus and I had it done and I feel awesome. Mud in the face to many doctors and people who said it wouldn't help. Please feel free to email me kjhale76@sbcglobal.net and i'll be glad to talk with you regarding my experience, difficulties and so forth that many of you wonder about. I'm in Texas by the way if anyone is wondering. I'm off to go WALK without the PAIN in my stupid ANKLE which is now either ASHES or SHARK FOOD but not my problem anymore

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It's Friday!

Well the weekend is here and most everyone in the working world gets a break. I sure do wish I could have...

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Daily Check-In Wednesday 5-12-10

Good morning, everyone. My wonderful wife and I mowed (mostly her) the lawns at her parents house and then...

Posted by davedsel57

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Help with Fibromyalgia

I am new here but not with fibro. I have tried everything. I can't take anti-depressants, I have all of the...

Posted by An_223004

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