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Posted 10/15/2020 8:56 PM (GMT 0)
Hello- I used to take OxyContin 40mg 4tines day with oxycodone 10mg 4times day. Then it stopped working & switched to Methadone 10mg 4times day, now that has stopped. Now I am switching back to OxyContin 40mg 3times day with only 1-oxycodone 15mg a day. Im on 6 day of switch & im hot & cold & my legs feel awful creepy & I don’t understand if this is my regular nerve pain or if it is from withdrawals. If anyone knows I would appreciate to know what u think. I feel like such a looser & I cannot get much of anything done all day. Thanku
Posted 10/16/2020 1:14 AM (GMT 0)
Hi M & welcome to the forum. Sorry to read about the struggles you are having. First of all you are not a loser! Unfortunately, Methadone works on the receptors in the brain, no other pain medication works this way. This is why people have a very difficult time either getting off of it or transitioning to a different pain medication. A few years ago the CDC & the FDA recommended drs to stop prescribing it for pain mgt. It comes with a long laundry list of potential side effects that can be permanent. How long were you on the Methadone? I know 40mg does not sound like a high dose, but it's a pretty hefty dose.

It sounds like you may be having some withdrawals from the Methadone. I don't remember the conversion from Methadone to Oxycontin. A good person that can explain it to you the pharmacist. If its the Methadone he/she can tell you when the symptoms will level off. Have you spoken to your dr? Hang in there.
Posted 10/16/2020 12:39 PM (GMT 0)
Just maybe you could be one of the people who do not metabolize opioids much. They don't do much of anything for nerve pain anyway. I stopped taking them without even having any withdrawal. I had already tried the laundry list of "nerve" medicines with no relief, just side effects.

I now take tramadol (TID) for my nociceptive pain, which I call my "real" pain from bone injuries. It's different, works a little for that. But I haven't found any prescription pain meds that work on my neuropathies.

My pain doc gave me a mj card. I tried external thc cream which only works the same way other pain creams work - by causing burning sensation (from the other additives) that distract from the pain. I tried the drops which gave me tachycardia when taking low dose, and just made me sleepy and confused with a higher dose, without doing anything for pain. (These are known, studied reactions)

So now I take a few ibuprofen when the pain gets bad, because three times a day tramadol isn't enough.
Posted 10/26/2020 10:48 AM (GMT 0)
Thank u for replying. I have tried tramadol & many , many other things- to help with the pain. It’s caused from big scar tissue on my sacrum or tailbone from cancer that irritates right on the nerves that run down my legs. The opioids do help me with the pain, along with my Spinal Cord Stimulator. But after so many years, they stop being as effective- so then it’s time for a change.
Posted 10/26/2020 10:49 AM (GMT 0)
Oh also for me weed & cbd oil & edibles- they all intensify my nerve pain. But I know it helps a lot of other people.
Posted 10/26/2020 10:50 AM (GMT 0)
Oh also for me weed & cbd oil & edibles- they all intensify my nerve pain. But I know it helps a lot of other people.
Posted 10/26/2020 10:53 AM (GMT 0)
Then where all the tumors were on spine & hips & bone marrow & everywhere- I also have bone pain.
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