BeachBum4u
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So here's my problem - I am prescribed Opana ER 40 mg twice daily and oxycodone 15 mg x 4 daily for BT. There are times during the day where I just can't keep my eyes open. Granted I have sleep issues and I'm currently working on resolving this issue but I still have an abnormal amount of sleepiness all the time. I can literally doze off while on my laptop, watching TV and almost anywhere! I had a friend years ago who was prescribed something that was an amphetamine and she used to tell me it made her jittery at time, so I"m sure it did it's job (maybe too good for her at times). I think the drug started with "P", maybe Prog or Prob??? (maybe ended with "lin", but I just can't seem to remember what it was. Hopefully someone here has some idea of what I'm talking about.
Anyway, I was just curious if anyone in a PM regiment has heard of their doctor prescribing something like that to counteract the pain med's tendency to cause tiredness? Also, is this dosage of a level that it should be causing this level of tiredness? I'm definitely very tolerant to narcotics. I used to take about 400 mg of oxycodone daily about 10 - 15 years ago and when I started going this (new to me) new PM doc nearly 4 years ago, he started me on Opana ER 40 mg x 4 daily and oxycodone 15 mg x 4 daily. I've actually been reduced in half since I started there. He stated that he was going to start me out at a dose equal to what I was taking with the old PM doc. After a few months, he then told me he needed to cut my level back considerably (of course that kind of talk made me very nervous!). He then proceeded to do so over the next 3-4 months to the doses I am now taking. I've been on this level for about 3 1/2 years and other than the tiredness (and the standard bowel issues) I'm pretty happy with where things stand.
Any thoughts/ideas?
Anyway, I was just curious if anyone in a PM regiment has heard of their doctor prescribing something like that to counteract the pain med's tendency to cause tiredness? Also, is this dosage of a level that it should be causing this level of tiredness? I'm definitely very tolerant to narcotics. I used to take about 400 mg of oxycodone daily about 10 - 15 years ago and when I started going this (new to me) new PM doc nearly 4 years ago, he started me on Opana ER 40 mg x 4 daily and oxycodone 15 mg x 4 daily. I've actually been reduced in half since I started there. He stated that he was going to start me out at a dose equal to what I was taking with the old PM doc. After a few months, he then told me he needed to cut my level back considerably (of course that kind of talk made me very nervous!). He then proceeded to do so over the next 3-4 months to the doses I am now taking. I've been on this level for about 3 1/2 years and other than the tiredness (and the standard bowel issues) I'm pretty happy with where things stand.
Any thoughts/ideas?