tricomb
Bluelight Crew
I've been trying to get buprenorphine (tablets) prescribed for a while now with no success. My PM doc will do it but it would involve me trading oxycodone for it, something I'm not ready to do.
i always think i have it bad but when i hear some of your stories i realize i should be greatful. my sympathies to you all
i've been dealing with coccyx pain due to a vestigial tail and have been using only 20 mg oxy/day split in 4 doses. it doesn't seem to be helping as much as it used to so i'm gonna see if i can get it upped. i was really excited because i was gonna have surgery to remove the bone early july, but then i got radial nerve palsy. i cannot use my right had beyond typing with the index finger (it was fully paralyzed for about 2 weeks, so i'm thankful i'm getting some motion). me and the ortho physician (who was gonna do the surgery and is my physician for the palsy) decided to hold off on the surgery b/c i'd be completely dependent on everyone around me. not being able to sit, pain from surgery, and a paralyzed dominant hand did not sound too fun at all.
and to make things worse i fell off a longboard 4 days ago and landed right on my coccyx. things have been worse than ever now :/. i'm gonna see my PM doc on tuesday...i'm hoping he'll offer me relief in one form or another.
two questions...
-'cause i'm on a relatively low dose of oxy, would it be wise just to up the dosage or frequency? i ask because i've read that rotating between different opiates can be very effective in both analgesia and keeping tolerance lower. thoughts?
-any of you have luck with some meds for neuropathic pain? this palsy burns and feels like knives stabbing. gabapentin doesn't do anything for me, and lyrica is something that failed me in the past.
I brought the 120mg of oxy down to 40mg successfully (yay!) but I'm in too much pain to go down more. Called the doc and he called in some tramadol to get me by til next week. Question: Can I take the tramadol with my oxy or does the tram block it? Also, anyone know why tram knocks out WD for some people but not for others? Thought I heard something about genetics? I dunno...
Have any of you guys heard of buprenorphine transdermal patches ? Are they efficient, more so than say oc 20mgs ?