Nucynta for pain relief?

Hi I am new to this board but decided to join as seems like a good resource. My story about 5-6 yrsago went through some emotional trauma with my husband caught him cheating and Imwasmdevastated.I mademthemistake of giving him another chance but what I didn't realize is how hard it is to get the trust back especially when he wasn't putting much effort in to heal or to allow me to trust him again. I'm only telling you this as I believe this is where my fibro started. Anyway then I hit deer right in my drivers door and I was injured but luckily alive but I had severe damage to my neck, some minor brain injury, nerve damage to my left arm muscle spasms etc. about two months in no improvement even with therapy and then Istarted to notice all this body pain. My dr sent me to rheumy to get cortisone shot and he was first dr to tell me I had fibromyalgia and the cortisone shot is unlikely to work. There started my trial and error with fibro meds and was already on percocets. I tried cymbalta, NEUROTONIN, lyrica, bupropion, etc. nothing helped except cause me terrible side effects. about a month ago I started going to pain clinic which I had to ask my dr for referral he did gicve it with no problem but why didn't he suggest it. Now I get trigger point injections every week in my head, neck, shoulders, upper and lower back. Only some relief for max of 3 days no help with headaches/migraines which have been through the roof for three weeks now. I also go to hydrotherapy twice weekly traction and laser treatments. Been going to that for a year now but nothing seems to release my neck and shoulder muscles which are as tight as a drum, also massage weekly. I even tried acupuncture which only made it worse. Anyway the pain clinic suggested I should be on tramadol but I said that I tried that before ad it gave me terrible insomnia. A lady in my local fibro group suggested I take nucynta instead. Like tramadol without all the side effects. I have been taking 50 mg 4xper day but it does not give me enough pain relief and doesn't touch my headache pain. I see my dr this Friday and I want to suggest some changes but I need it t cover these debilitating headache/migraines. I was thig maybe to up the does to 75 or 100 and see if it works. Thee other option is can I can a 1/2 of Percocet with it? It really seems to cover my headache pain. Please let me know your thought. I am divorced now and alone and am trying to get my pain managed so that I can have somewhat of a life. Please help.

Hi, Schelle, and welcome! I also am not familiar with that medication but I would highly suggest that you rethink about using Percocet. Percocet is highly addicting and I know people who have gone on it for pain and became addicted...not dependent. Rehab was needed and it was quite traumatic all around.

I use ibuprofen with food, Tylenol, magnesium malate, Vitamin D3 and a muscle relaxer, Robaxin, that has made a significant difference in my pain. I also walk daily as a gentle form of exercise, get a monthly gentle massage, and pace myself when doing things.

I also do trigger point therapy on myself. I bought The Trigger Point Therapy workbook on Amazon and it has diagrams to show you where to find the trigger points that are causing you pain. I fixed a frozen shoulder this way. I couldn't lift my arm above my shoulder or put it behind my back. If I reached fo something, I would get a shooting pain that would make me gasp. You can check out the book on Amazon since they will let you read a few pages. By the way, my doctor wanted to give me cortisone shots in that shoulder. I turned that down, bought the book, and took care of the problem in a few weeks. I haven't had a problem with that shoulder since and it's been several years already. So this might be something to think about.

Be sure to read Fibro 101...the first thread on the forum. There are links to good info about fibro and you will learn a lot there. There are links about the vitamin and supplement I mentioned above and how these work in the body. All of Fibro 101 is good so do check it out.

Also, here is an excellent link to information about fibro...including medications used for this illness.

umm.edu/health/medical/reports/articles/fibromyalgia

Schelle, could you do me a favor? Please use paragraphs when writing posts. It's so easy to lose your place when a post is one long paragraph and then I have to try to find where I left off. You will get more responses this way too. I put a space between my paragraphs and that makes it even easier. Thanks!

I'm looking forward to getting to know you better. Don't hesitate to ask questions because we are here to help you. Hope to hear more from you soon.

Sherrine