Nubain?

Just wondering if anyone has had any experience or was ever RX'd or offered a pain medication, Nubain?  It's a morphine type pain medication given IM, SC or IV.  It's successful in treating chronic pain and also RA pain.  Unlike morphine, it's supposed to be better in that it doesn't have the CNS depression and withdrawel risk.

Figured I would ask.  I called a pain management doc today.  My GI referred him to me.  But when he called me back, he said his thing is really epidurals, nerve blocks and injections and kind of just spine and disc stuff.  He's not an oral RX pain med type of doc.  Which was totally cool because @ least he was honest and didn't waste my time or money.  So he gave me some advise & suggested some pain medications my PCP can RX.

Ugh, so I guess my PCP has to be my pain management doc!

That means I have to do my homework and pick a med! (He basically will just ask,"well what do you want?") argh!!!  I was really looking for a pain doc who was like...GOOD!   and up on the newest and innovated stuff.

So......

Can't take any COx2's or NSAIDs

No ultracets or ultrams or toradol/tramadol.

Darvocet ...I'm tolerant to now.

Dilaudid @ 4mg is just OK....too short acting.

Percocet 5-325mg APAP is alright.

Any others  should think about?

Thanks so much.

Erin

then again, i can always tell my GI what happenned & he can ramble off the rest of the names he mentioned to me....maybe the others are more geared towards what i'm looking for and better suit my condition.

here we go AGAIN!

Hi Erin,

Just curious--why can't you take ultracet?  I'm currently taking that because I can't take any of the NSAIDS either, including the Cox-II inhibitors.  Ultracet works well for me, although my pain is probably nothing like your pain.

Elcamino

Erin, Hi Sweetie,

Oh so sorry to hear you are still having so much pain. Just wanted to tell you, my sis takes Nubain SC, works very well for her..but as you know, we are all different.

Also, I know you are on some monster drugs, but have you ever though about Toradol, IM, for the breakthrough pain. It works great for post-op patients, sometimes called the wonder drug. Doc could RX it for you and you could give it to yourself, in the thigh, or teach mom to do it.

Feel better.

Ultracet made me dizzy and nauseous too, the first time I took it.  It took me several weeks to try it again, but the first time I took it, I took a double dose (because that's what the directions instructed me to do).  When I took it again, I only took 1 in the morning, and it got me through the morning.  Yeah, it wore off, but I know what you mean by dizzy and sick, so I will only allow myself to take one.  I've also had toradol injections-had no reactions to it and it worked well.  Don't know much about nubain, but I have heard of it.  The Humira and imuran is not relieving any of your joint pains?   I know that you're getting ready to start remicade; hopefully that will do the trick.  Personally, I feel that one shouldn't have to take pain meds if they're taking the heavy duty arthritis/IBD drugs.  Until I no longer need to take the ultracet, I will not consider Humira effective.

Good luck in finding something,

Elcamino