The Pain Management Mega Thread v2.0

[dais]

feeling a bit better, I have some muscle relaxers waiting for me at the pharmacy but I don't want to drive to pick them up -_____-

So yeah I'm just laying low today.

you'd be laying better with them muscle relaxants, no doubt.

they've been helping me immensely with the cooler weather here, i tense up something chronic and start shivering at the drop of a hat.

i'm looking forward to dropping my dose over the coming month or so when it's warmer and i'm in better shape, making a switch back to oxy.

I would defiantly advise getting on the Pure Oxycodone, long term APAP does your liver no good.

that's not necessarily true. if you're taking no more than the prescribed dose than your liver is rather efficient with repairing itself if damage is done from the occasional bashing. there are studies out there proving this.

used in conjuction, apap synergism with the oxy make for a more efficient pain management control.

 

[dais]

I would defiantly advise getting on the Pure Oxycodone, long term APAP does your liver no good.

that's not necessarily true. if you're taking no more than the prescribed dose than your liver is rather efficient with repairing itself if damage is done from the occasional bashing. there are studies out there proving this.

 

[Hazey420]

I take percocet every day and Amitriptyline for sleep every night been on the same meds since 1995, and when I run out I cant sleep without it, I hate the addiction that comes with it and with the opiate, but I cant live without it, and I am sick of this pain being in and out of bed trying to make the leg cramps from hell go away, and being awake, not being able to sleep I have a hard time with, with all my meds taken I sleep through the night, without I am tired, pissed off, in pain, and know that this is my life pretty much untill I die. Sorry ya all I am just pissed off knowing that you cannot make this pain go away, at one point you can medicate yourself, but when you run out of meds you know that withdrawl is there and there is nothing you can really do about it because this pain was NOT my choice as is your pain.

 

[IRONMAN420]

I'm not sure if I'm doing this right I am new to bluelight, just became member, I have severe I.B.S, and it cause me constant stomach agitation , diareaha, and chronic stomach pain, about 8 yrs ago was in a serious car accident and started being prescribed oxycodone , my doses at time where rather high but have been seriously cut back the last 2 yrs due to Florida making all these rules restricting med limits anyway , I only take for maintaince now and the main reason and cant seem to stop is I've notice the short acting ops totally eliminate my stomach pain and cease the diareaha I had problems filling my Rx so in desperation been taken subs for the first time the last 3 days , things is my diareaha has been severe and is one of my main w/d issues although it's an everyday issue on meds or not , and that's become the reason Ive stayed on opiates to control my stomach , why aren't the subs helping with it , anyone else experience this problem? I've been takin like 12-13 Imodium it just does nothing, any advice please help and once I get my roxies what the earliest I can expect to feel anything after the subs , I took 12-13 Mgs thurs, 6-8 Mgs fri, and 2mgs this morn , what's the earliest ill feel even half the strength of a dose I don't want to waste but I need relief for my stomach, and does anyone knw if the bupe although blocks receptors would I still get stomach relief...sorry for the length and I'm not sure if I'm posting correctly , so excuse I'm a newb

 

[muvolution]

Hey man - make sure to read the OD Guidelines at the top of your page, but yeah, your posting alright. Maybe add some paragraphs so we can read it easier.

Just keep the subs low (try to go to .25 or .5mg a day) and then wait about 24 hours before taking your regularly prescribed oxycodone.

Immodium should help, but be careful taking too much.

 

[muvolution]

As for myself, I haven't checked in in a while. I'm on a 12.5mcg patch every 72 hours with 30 4mg dilaudids/ month for breakthrough, and I am using my meds AS PRESCRIBED. it is nice. I was always so scared of fent, but it is really consistent and good for the pain, and not abuseable, so it works out. This is down from my max of 120mg of Oxymorphone/ day ( witch I was snorting), or for a while 8 x 8mg Dilaudids/day, then switched to dilaudid HP 5mg 8x/day, then to 30mg Oxymorphone/ day, and now down to this. It has been a long journey but IT IS POSSIBLE. I have used exercise, weight training, yoga, meditation, acupuncture, healthy food choices, and positive thinking to decrease my pain allowing me to decrease my meds.

 

[Bluefrogger]

Hey everyone, checking in too!

Hey everyone, just checking in too. I have RSD chronic pain like Domed2pain, (hey there Domed, have you done you're trial Spinal Stem. yet?

Welcome, to Ironman420 : I think Tricomb will reply and can probably answer you're question. Everyone is very helpful here.
Sounds like the pain bug is at its highest and cruelest level right now so be patient and I'm sure someone can answer.
You need to meet Hazey420, don't know if you tried weed but Hazey's very knowledgeable! Lol, (Hazey-will try to pm u later. (I have a interesting development.
Samsonite, how are doing with the taper? Not too far to go now. Hang-in there!

Hope today is a better day for all!
P.S. edit- to Muvolution (I'm a slow on the typing, thought that I would follow Ironman's post. Didn't mean to cut in on you! I'm still rather newbe also!)

 

[tricomb]

I'm not sure if I'm doing this right I am new to bluelight, just became member, I have severe I.B.S, and it cause me constant stomach agitation , diareaha, and chronic stomach pain, about 8 yrs ago was in a serious car accident and started being prescribed oxycodone , my doses at time where rather high but have been seriously cut back the last 2 yrs due to Florida making all these rules restricting med limits anyway , I only take for maintaince now and the main reason and cant seem to stop is I've notice the short acting ops totally eliminate my stomach pain and cease the diareaha I had problems filling my Rx so in desperation been taken subs for the first time the last 3 days , things is my diareaha has been severe and is one of my main w/d issues although it's an everyday issue on meds or not , and that's become the reason Ive stayed on opiates to control my stomach , why aren't the subs helping with it , anyone else experience this problem? I've been takin like 12-13 Imodium it just does nothing, any advice please help and once I get my roxies what the earliest I can expect to feel anything after the subs , I took 12-13 Mgs thurs, 6-8 Mgs fri, and 2mgs this morn , what's the earliest ill feel even half the strength of a dose I don't want to waste but I need relief for my stomach, and does anyone knw if the bupe although blocks receptors would I still get stomach relief...sorry for the length and I'm not sure if I'm posting correctly , so excuse I'm a newb

Hey, I have bad IBS too and other compllications from car accidents in my neck and back, also taking oxy. Consider breaking your post up into sentences and paragraphs next time instead of one long run-on.

It's strange that the buprenorphine/subs is not doing it for your IBS, considering that most people report more constipation with buprenorphine over other opioids. It would seem that hypothetically it would work better than oxycodone for stomach pain, cramps, spasms, and diarrhea.

You know what drug gave me more relief than opioids for IBS in general? Carisoprodol (Soma). I was taking 1400mg-2800mg a day (which is a really heavy dose, I do not advise anyone take that, please only go up to 1400mg max) Although it's scheduled now, I think even CIII like compounded hydrocodone (Norco, Vicodin, Lortab). For this reason, my pain management doctor won't prescribe it to me, which has had severe ramifications on my quality of life.

When they kicked me off Soma, they doubled my oxycodone dose to compensate, so I've just been taking more oxy to manage my pain, which is really lame but I don't know what to do, I've already extensively fought with my doctors over this, they're making me go through all the shitty muscle relaxers that don't work, it's horrible.

 

[BiggDirty01]

I do not suffer from IBS or anything too severe, but my mother just introduced me to Librax (which she uses for GI pain from pancreatitis). The combination of Librium and chlordiazepoxide and clidinium bromide. It works wonders for her and I have used it for occasional GI distress related to chronic opiate use and it has phenomenal results for me.

As it is technically a drug containing a benzodiazepine it may be harder to get prescribed but I thought I'd throw it out there to my friends here on the PM Thread.

Hope everyone is having a weekend free of excessive pain!

 

[tricomb]

Woah!!! BD! I can get any benzo prescribed no questions asked, What's it called? What's it indicated for? I'll just do my own research I suppose but please tell me everything you know about it.

Distress related to opiate use? As in to treat constipation? Or diarrhea? Because most of my IBS issues are with diarrhea.

 

[illmantos]

I am having bad spasm's, pins and needles, stabbing pain all over my torso and general pain in my back, like 1 outta 10 it would be a 7 10 being Screaming and zero being nothing. What is generally prescribed for this?

 

[Noise]

Honestly, man? An x-ray, then a cat scan, and depending on what it shows, you may only be administered medication in the hospital, if you go. Because it COULD be your appendix, and trust me man, if that's what it is... you want that shit gone ASAP. Like, yesterday. Instead of Rxing you narcotics though, they may start off with something subtle like a torodal & bentyl injection. Bentyl burns like a motherfucker, but it works really really well on stomach issues. Or they might try you off with something called a GI cocktail. It's fucking gross, and minty, and thick, and just blah.

But for real, go to the hospital and get that shit checked out. Don't fuck around with stomach pain.

 

[illmantos]

No no Its pain from a surgery, its neuropathic pain, I have an appointment with a specialist soon and I was just wondering, I am too young for appendix problems Im only 16

 

[TyLannister]

Hey Tricomb you should try getting off all the drugs you take for a good little break. In other threads youve posted what you are prescribed and have said you dont abuse any of your meds. Well, honestly neither would alot of people, stim, benzo, different opis, soma, etc. Point being thats a whole shit load of drugs. Opis work great but when they lose their touch (tolerance, exceeding dose, taking several diff types, etc.) they seem to really not get that back. Your on plenty of pain meds for analgesia and when they do lose that magic they can actually make your pain worse.

The mind is very powerful, and with all those scripts daily yours has to be like "god damn plz stop". You really should take 3 weeks without any drug at all, except advil/aspirin. Who knows i certainly dont know for sure itd help you but neither do you if dont try it. I know being a Chronic Pain Patient, with ADHD, that has anxiety, with IBS, who likes meth and soma that may be easier said then done but it works.

 

[Noise]

No no Its pain from a surgery, its neuropathic pain, I have an appointment with a specialist soon and I was just wondering, I am too young for appendix problems Im only 16

Age means nothing, my brothers appendix ruptured when he was like 13-14.

 

[TyLannister]

Illmantos, to answer your question pain meds are usually whats prescribed for pain believe it or not. Ppl on this board of course rush to pain meds=narcotics. By pain meds i mean all of em (nsaids, muscle relaxants, ibuprofen, lidocaine patches, opiates, etc.)

 

[illmantos]

Illmantos, to answer your question pain meds are usually whats prescribed for pain believe it or not. Ppl on this board of course rush to pain meds=narcotics. By pain meds i mean all of em (nsaids, muscle relaxants, ibuprofen, lidocaine patches, opiates, etc.)

This was not helpful at all infact that was very snide.

 

[HaZeX]

Ty it sounds like you really don't have a clue what the lives of people in chronic pain go through. You think we want to be on a ton of meds? That we haven't tried other means of pain relief? Truth be told that sometimes opioids are the only thing that help people live their life. I would love to wake up tomorrow and not be in pain; instead I have to take pain meds daily just to LIVE my life. I would rather die than to go weeks without my pain being reduced; by any means possible, if I couldn't then I would lay in bed all day.

 

[tricomb]

some people, like myself REQUIRE opioids. I've tried many times going without and if I want ANY decent quality of life, I can't go without my prescribed CII opis.

 

[tricomb]

Hey Tricomb you should try getting off all the drugs you take for a good little break. In other threads youve posted what you are prescribed and have said you dont abuse any of your meds. Well, honestly neither would alot of people, stim, benzo, different opis, soma, etc. Point being thats a whole shit load of drugs. Opis work great but when they lose their touch (tolerance, exceeding dose, taking several diff types, etc.) they seem to really not get that back. Your on plenty of pain meds for analgesia and when they do lose that magic they can actually make your pain worse.

The mind is very powerful, and with all those scripts daily yours has to be like "god damn plz stop". You really should take 3 weeks without any drug at all, except advil/aspirin. Who knows i certainly dont know for sure itd help you but neither do you if dont try it. I know being a Chronic Pain Patient, with ADHD, that has anxiety, with IBS, who likes meth and soma that may be easier said then done but it works.

Dude step back.

You know absolutely nothing about my consumption and you're making crazy assumptions.

I know what works best for me and how to manage my pain, I explore plenty of non medication options (hydrotherapy, TENS unit, meditation, I attend skills classes and am constantly learning about new other options that I try, which often fail, but I've tried PLENTY of non-medication options and they only help to a very specific degree, it's not that much so maybe you should consider that I know what I'm doing before you rush in and make assumptions. I've tried life without medications. It was hell. Much longer than 3 weeks break too.

Some of us chronic pain patients have no choice but to resign to opioid pain medications, don't assume that I "rushed" into being treated with opioids, or that I somehow wanted opioids to be the best thing that worked for me, but for some, this is our sad reality.