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Out of pain medication. What to do? New to this. New to pain managment.

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Orthopedic suggested chiro. In severe pain, and he left me with a weak prescription(but a prescription nonetheless). The front desk lady I called to request another appointment was very rude and suggested I just see a chiropractor. Okay, so I've been to the chiro... now what. Still in major pain....
 
Anyone have experience with this? Horrific back pain for years and years. X-rays negative, and MRI "negative". After reading some of these threads some may think I'm drug seeking which I'm not. Any help appreciated.
 
Do you know what sort of pain you have? Is it always just your back involved?

I get random flares of neuropathic pain/central sensitisation that fucking suck,- that's something that wont show up on Imaging or in bloods.

Is codiene avail where you are OTC? Check out the CWE threads.

Rtp
 
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I suffer from three crushed vertebra and one that's fractured in my neck. Gabapentin works absolute wonders no lie. If you get Gabapentin this is how you should take it because the way it is metabolized in the body. Example:(300mg substitute with 600-800mg if you can obtain it) 600mg - 30 minutes later - 300mg - 300mg 30 minutes later and so on, until you reach 1800mg-2100mg FOR YOUR FIRST TIME. Always take a larger dose at first then small doses every 30 minutes. The reason behind this is Gabapentin can only absorb 300mg every 30-45 minutes so if you take it all at once it want absorb NEARLY as well. Also Naproxen (alieve)(?) taken BEFORE you take your Gabapentin along with a meal will greatly increase its bioavalability. Gabapentin also greatly helps my anxiety, hence the name GABApentin. GABA is what alcohol, xanax, valuim and other benzodiazapines work on, but it will not make you feel like any of those (heavily sedated). Nuerontin is the name for gabapentin. They give it out like candy and use this quid exactly like I said and I promise you will have relief. PM me for any questions and good luck.
 
actavispurple said:
I suffer from three crushed vertebra and one that's fractured in my neck. Gabapentin works absolute wonders no lie. If you get Gabapentin this is how you should take it because the way it is metabolized in the body. Example: (300mg substitute with 600-800mg if you can obtain it) 600mg - 30 minutes later - 300mg - 300mg 30 minutes later and so on, until you reach 1800mg-2100mg FOR YOUR FIRST TIME. Always take a larger dose at first then small doses every 30 minutes. The reason behind this is Gabapentin can only absorb 300mg every 30-45 minutes so if you take it all at once it want absorb NEARLY as well. Also Naproxen (alieve)(?) taken BEFORE you take your Gabapentin along with a meal will greatly increase its bioavalability. Gabapentin also greatly helps my anxiety, hence the name GABApentin. GABA is what alcohol, xanax, valuim and other benzodiazapines work on, but it will not make you feel like any of those (heavily sedated). Nuerontin is the name for gabapentin. They give it out like candy and use this guide exactly like I said and I promise you will have relief. PM me for any questions and good luck.
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Edit: I took my night time xanax, soma, and oxycodone so sorry if its hard to understand.
 
that is the exact pain I feel, lately. Shock sensations throughout the body.
 
Kloser, have you considered extended physical therapy? Especially water therapy? Being in a pool lifts the weight of your body off your back, therefore the weightless water therapy you do is less stress on your back, less painful, more useful, longer lasting, and more therapeutic. I spend hours a day in the pool (I have all kinds of back injuries and metal rods and screws holding things together and am in excruciating pain ALL the time, except when I'm in the pool). Of course, this is not a cure or even a long lasting therapy, but any little bits of time you can alleviate the pain is SO worth it. Even still, since I can't LIVE in the pool, I'm on pain meds with a pain management doctor, and that would be my next recommendation. Not being able to *see* an injury or problem In the diagnostic films is, yes, going to be problematic, but the fact is that you can't ALWAYS see the problem causing the pain. If you can find a doctor who hasn't forgotten that part of his/her education and is willing to try some prescription meds as pain management, that's your best bet. You will probably have to shop around quite a bit for a doctor like that, though. I'd try to find a pain management doc and explain that you have chronic pain for reasons as yet undetermined, that you are NOT just looking for drugs, and ask if they can help you with some pain meds and a course of physical therapy. If you show them you are willing to do physical therapy as part of your treatment plan, they may be less inclined to automatically label you as a drug seeker. Good luck and keep us posted.
 
Sorry, Kloser, I just read your post that you are having shock like pain, which alters things a bit. If it's a nerve situation, there are still meds you can try. Also, you might want to investigate an implantable TENS unit (stands for Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation). This unit sends out little electrical shocks that are not unpleasant, and your nerves will ... sort of ... pay attention to those shocks as opposed to your hard core pain (is the best way I can explain it), and that might help. There is also a Spinal Cord Stimulator (SCS), which is also implantable and is getting better reviews than the TENS. Neither will completely take all your pain away, but people are claiming they were at a pain level of 8 and the SCS dropped it to 3. That's a fairly significant drop in pain. Check out the Medtronics page for more info. Again, good luck!

PS: if it is a nerve deal, they will probably prescribe Lyrica, which is completely useless, just FYI ...
 
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