spinal stenosis, need help on meds from someone with experience

[razordesignz]

Hi so I have two discs out, one is badly pushing in to my nerves. I have went threw percs and somas upping mgs of percs. Then had one spinal shot, switched trying subutex for off use pain (did not work) started on 10mg opanas twice a day(new pain doc) then realized they have 10 percent bioavailability orally ..so I went back and switched them out for perc 7.5 4 times a day. Wondering if anyone can give advice from past or current situations( have also tryed nucynta) looking for maybe a long acting with something for short term break threw pain bot sure really . thx in advance

 

[HeadHigh]

Ive been reading a lot recently that spinal stenosis patients have been using methadone for break through pain. There's also stuff like pregabalin (lyrica) that will deal with neuropathic pain

 

[razordesignz]

Ia asking a pain doc for methadone tricky?

 

[HeadHigh]

No, especially if you have the MRI or Xrays to prove your spinal injury. It should be relatively easy actually

 

[razordesignz]

Methadone stronger then oxymorphone because of bioavailability? Long acting ?

 

[HeadHigh]

Bioavailability and duration actually. Methadone's bioavailability is somewhere around 85%, whereas oxymorphone's is 10%, and methadone's analgesic half-life is approximately 6hours. Its just overall a better option