Hi everyone, this is pretty much my first post and am hoping I don 't break any rules, so here goes:
I am in my late 40's with chronic lower back pain and more recently a sciatica now on the other side of my back. I have taken Percocets (prescribed) I take about 8-12 #10's a day for pain and I often enhance it with Vicodin about 3 #5's a day. This has been going on for about 3 years now. As you would suspect, I have pretty much built a tolerance but what I have done is restricted my intake on days my back is fairly ok and cut back to only 6 Percs a day and then out of those 6, I may take one in the morning, 1 in the afternoon and the balance all at once in the evening. One would think I am not much if a 'junky' with this sort of discipline, but it's because of this variation and manipulation in dosage that I have been able to maximize the pain killing effects of this medication.
Problem now is my Sciatic pain that has just started a few weeks ago. It runs from my back all the way down to my ankle and the only way to help the pain is if I "up" my perc intake, add 2 Motrins and up mu Vicodin in take also. AND I have to be laying down. I am waiting on health insurance for low income people since I have applied for disability and have no income to speak of. I only receive 180 Percs a month from doc and this month's supply is already nearly depleted because of the sciatic pain. I stay about 70% of my day in bed. Driving brings on deep, deep pain as does sitting for dinner:
QUESTION: My doctor, like a lot of doctors these days, is skittish about giving me more pills. I am asking him for 240 a month to help and he has said no and he always tries to talk to me into weening off of them but I tell him my life would be hell without them. Indeed, I have been diagnosed with moderate/severe degenerative disk disease on the other side of my back. My question is, if he still refuses to up my Percs, is there something else I can ask him to prescribe to me that is a little stronger than the #10 Percs I get? I assume Oxycodone is stronger, but I seriously doubt he will give me those. And I have taken 20mg Morphine before, but I didn't like the feel of them. I will say also, I like the feeling the Percs give me aside from the pain killing effect, so whatever it is you suggest, has to also make me happy. I always chew my pills so I can get it into the bloodstream quicker. A typical day for my dosage is one in the morning, one around 1pm, 2 around 5pm and around 4 to 5 at night. Also, my Vike intake is 1/2 on the mornings, half around 1pm and 1 whole one at night. I am not looking to get plastered, but I am looking to get out of bed and enjoy a decent buzz also. Anyway, thanks!
I am in my late 40's with chronic lower back pain and more recently a sciatica now on the other side of my back. I have taken Percocets (prescribed) I take about 8-12 #10's a day for pain and I often enhance it with Vicodin about 3 #5's a day. This has been going on for about 3 years now. As you would suspect, I have pretty much built a tolerance but what I have done is restricted my intake on days my back is fairly ok and cut back to only 6 Percs a day and then out of those 6, I may take one in the morning, 1 in the afternoon and the balance all at once in the evening. One would think I am not much if a 'junky' with this sort of discipline, but it's because of this variation and manipulation in dosage that I have been able to maximize the pain killing effects of this medication.
Problem now is my Sciatic pain that has just started a few weeks ago. It runs from my back all the way down to my ankle and the only way to help the pain is if I "up" my perc intake, add 2 Motrins and up mu Vicodin in take also. AND I have to be laying down. I am waiting on health insurance for low income people since I have applied for disability and have no income to speak of. I only receive 180 Percs a month from doc and this month's supply is already nearly depleted because of the sciatic pain. I stay about 70% of my day in bed. Driving brings on deep, deep pain as does sitting for dinner:
QUESTION: My doctor, like a lot of doctors these days, is skittish about giving me more pills. I am asking him for 240 a month to help and he has said no and he always tries to talk to me into weening off of them but I tell him my life would be hell without them. Indeed, I have been diagnosed with moderate/severe degenerative disk disease on the other side of my back. My question is, if he still refuses to up my Percs, is there something else I can ask him to prescribe to me that is a little stronger than the #10 Percs I get? I assume Oxycodone is stronger, but I seriously doubt he will give me those. And I have taken 20mg Morphine before, but I didn't like the feel of them. I will say also, I like the feeling the Percs give me aside from the pain killing effect, so whatever it is you suggest, has to also make me happy. I always chew my pills so I can get it into the bloodstream quicker. A typical day for my dosage is one in the morning, one around 1pm, 2 around 5pm and around 4 to 5 at night. Also, my Vike intake is 1/2 on the mornings, half around 1pm and 1 whole one at night. I am not looking to get plastered, but I am looking to get out of bed and enjoy a decent buzz also. Anyway, thanks!
