Opioids Why does my pain spike

[Stephy]

Why does my pain spike when I take my pain medication? I just got switched to 25 mcg fentanyl patch plus 120 instant release morphine. AT TIMES NOTHING HELPS

 

[Snafu in the Void]

What type of pain are you dealing with?

 

[Stephy]

What type of pain are you dealing wit

What type of pain are you dealing with?

Sacral joint pain degenerative disk disease and herniated and bulging disks a little bit of narrowing of the spinal canal and some other stuff i don't remember

 

[Antares]

Have you been on these for a while? Did they ever work for you? If your pain is actively worse after the pills should be kicking in, you're dealing with a paradoxical effect, which is definitely something that can happen with opioids. Talk to your doctor.

 

[Jnowhere]

Ouch, Antares is right, see your doctor