^Donetherebeenthat, I msgd u between posts, again, voila it's disappeared overnight!
I'm very sorry ur Arthritis is genetic as well as systemic, by the sound of ur poor mother. I pray sweet child of mine never develops such cruel & life wracking pain.
I'm glad cortisone shots work for u,- I tried them yrs ago-, no glory. I've since had several medial branch blocks, as well as SI joint injections under fluoroscopy and anasthesia to try and help some of my lower back pain.
Subutex, Bupe here, did not help me, tho I'm glad to here ur prescribed that over methadone, for me that was a scary med. (like urself, most meds I can't be trusted to take as prescribed, but that one I was never gonna stuff around with, (& I probably wasn't on it long enough to do so).
As my pain mgt dr attested before I strong armed him, "most patients feel groggy after switching from oxy to the morphone/morphine meds", I also have tried hydromorphone twice with no success- but breaking the time-release effectively,
and had limited success with some MS Contin added into my oxy mix.
For u, it's gotta be so hard sticking it out till January!! Is the Sub doing anything? Are u on a high enough dose for pain, or is it a maintenance dose? We have strict databases here too, I've been "red flagged as a doctor shopper" twice at my usual clinic, just because my usual GP was on holiday.
Still,- today I can't believe how much the Lyrica seems to be holding the Wd's, though I'm up kinda early due to back pain.
Thanks for ur posts. It's great just to have an ally at times.
Rtp x.