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Greenlighter
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Background: Pain Mgmt Dr switched me from 20mg oxycodone 4/day to Levorphanol 2mg 3/day. Within a week I began no appetite, extreme diarrhea, very high blood pressure then restless leg syndrome. It took 5 weeks to get back to Pain Mgmt Dr. He screamed at me saying Levorphanol cannot cause the symptoms. I suggested oxycodone withdrawal, he said impossible since Levorphanol is an opioid, but allowed me oxycodone 15mg 3/day, and threatened dropping me as uncooperative and referred me to a psychologist.
i called the pharmacist who prescribes Levorphanol, the drug being sent from another state to my residence, who tried to explain that Levorphanol is an ascending synthetic opioid for nerve pain and oxycodone is a descending opioid for other pain and therefore I was going through oxycodone withdrawal. Then he went into MU receptors and lost me.
i took one-half of a 15mg oxycodone (it took 4days to get it filled due to shortages)and the diarrhea stopped.
So I am now back on the oxycodone regime. Stopped the Levorphanol 4 days ago. There is a train running through my head.
Can someone explain the ascending, descending, MU receptors in layman?s terms? And, with the doctor switching me out and back what this may be doing to my brain. I want to know what to expect in the coming weeks. I feel like I?m dying and I don?t care. Any help would be appreciated.
i called the pharmacist who prescribes Levorphanol, the drug being sent from another state to my residence, who tried to explain that Levorphanol is an ascending synthetic opioid for nerve pain and oxycodone is a descending opioid for other pain and therefore I was going through oxycodone withdrawal. Then he went into MU receptors and lost me.
i took one-half of a 15mg oxycodone (it took 4days to get it filled due to shortages)and the diarrhea stopped.
So I am now back on the oxycodone regime. Stopped the Levorphanol 4 days ago. There is a train running through my head.
Can someone explain the ascending, descending, MU receptors in layman?s terms? And, with the doctor switching me out and back what this may be doing to my brain. I want to know what to expect in the coming weeks. I feel like I?m dying and I don?t care. Any help would be appreciated.