Opinion on something that' a little stronger for Foot & Back pain than Naproxen 500mg

[wc2u2]

Opinion on something that' a little stronger for Foot & Back pain than Naproxen 500mg

Went back to doctor (after moving to AZ to take care of brother with cancer) The new doctor prescribed me naproxen 500mg and 50mg tramadol. My helpful question is are these good for chronic back & foot pain? If so which dose to ask for; and any recommendations for somethings better & stronger will be welcome for sure.

I have a High tolerance and need to communicate this to them so I don't have to run out after 10 days because I may need to take 2 to 3 more then prescribe; not only does this leave me which out medication for the rest of the month, it's seems to be a waste at the expense of my heath.

Please your help, insight, and reply will be thankful for sure - Thanks. WC

 

[Bearlove]

Moved this over from Pillreports Discussion - not sure if this is the correct section or 'Other Drugs'. I think you may get a few more answers relating to pain management etc than a list of stronger pain killers etc.

Thanks

 

[flyhighk]

HL >>> Other Drugs. I think it should be merged with the pain management megathread...

 

[Rybee]

Hi and welcome to BL.

As far as anti-inflammatories, that are not steroid in nature, there's not much stronger than 500mg Naproxen twice per day, from your doc or anyone so increasing that isn't really an option. Long, or even acute, use of Naproxen can leave you with stomach pains as it will disturb your stomach acid levels. If you're using it long term your doc should've given you a Proton Pump Inhibitor such as Omeprazole to help with this. It's quite standard procedure, and some Naproxen formulas comes with Omeprazole mixed into the pill as standard.

Stronger opiates for acute pain is one thing, but stronger opiates for what you describe as chronic pain is another. Treating chronic pain conditions with opiates isn't the best of ideas because you'll just get tolerant to X opiate and move on to stronger Y opiate to stronger Z opiate. I'm from the UK so I can't really advise you on a stronger opiate that your doc is likely to advise. In the UK, if Tramadol doesn't work (which is prescribed AFTER codeine and dihydrocodeine) the next step would be oral Morphine. Though in the US you have more options like the oxy/hydro-morphone/codone's and what not so maybe someone else would be better positioned to advise you.

Can you tell me more about your pain? If it's chronic back pain you may be better off treating it with Pregabalin/Gabapentin/Amitriptyline/Dosulepin etc...

I have chronic back pain and after years of opiate use which never really helped, I now use Dosulepin and Tapentadol which is much more effective and it's also a long term solution.