LongRide
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I had a Lumbar Laminectomy some years ago and recovered very well then July 2010 I hurt my back again and I have been on Vicodin since then with only 2 periods of two weeks without any meds except for over the counter. It was my choice, just to see how bad life was without pain meds and a concern over increasing tolerance. I started with 2 5MG/500MG per day and now I am up to 5 or 6 per day. Even then it does not eliminate the pain but makes it manageable. My script says 4 per day but I have not had a problem refiling it early.
I have had typical sciatica with 95% of the pain in my butt cheek and down my leg but last week I had a two day episode of severe pain in the back itself. It was so bad that I would have to walk shuffling my feet because normal foot falls were painful — couldn’t bend over, etc.
I have been seeing the same doctor for over 10 years and have good relationship. At my last appointment we were discussing pain meds and I asked if I could be prescribed the lower Acetaminophen, 5MG/325MG based on what I have learned here and elsewhere. After he realized I had done some research he asked what would you like to try.
I am looking for some advice on an opiate that would be good used in conjunction with Vicodin for the extreme debilitating pain like I experienced because the Vicodin was like taking a knife to a gunfight — out matched. I am back to my normal pain (Normal pain: how crazy is that?) but I would like to have something if it returns, as I have had a very short reoccurrence of it lasting just a couple of hours and not quite as bad.
Also, longterm, are there better alternatives to Vic? They don’t relive the pain like they used to — witnessed by my increasing dosage. It seems to me I read that there is a benefit from rotating opiates because each work a little differently on the receptors or the like. Any recommendations there?
I have had typical sciatica with 95% of the pain in my butt cheek and down my leg but last week I had a two day episode of severe pain in the back itself. It was so bad that I would have to walk shuffling my feet because normal foot falls were painful — couldn’t bend over, etc.
I have been seeing the same doctor for over 10 years and have good relationship. At my last appointment we were discussing pain meds and I asked if I could be prescribed the lower Acetaminophen, 5MG/325MG based on what I have learned here and elsewhere. After he realized I had done some research he asked what would you like to try.
I am looking for some advice on an opiate that would be good used in conjunction with Vicodin for the extreme debilitating pain like I experienced because the Vicodin was like taking a knife to a gunfight — out matched. I am back to my normal pain (Normal pain: how crazy is that?) but I would like to have something if it returns, as I have had a very short reoccurrence of it lasting just a couple of hours and not quite as bad.
Also, longterm, are there better alternatives to Vic? They don’t relive the pain like they used to — witnessed by my increasing dosage. It seems to me I read that there is a benefit from rotating opiates because each work a little differently on the receptors or the like. Any recommendations there?
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