Low Dose Narcan For Pain Relief?

Has anyone tried Narcan for this purpose? My doctor let me know that we could give it a whirl if I wanted to after I researched it. It's not a tool he uses a lot, but has seen some success with it when nothing else was working.

I have incredible pain in my hips and knees. More times than not, it's to such a degree that I can't walk without leaning on something to try to take some of the weight off.

Currently, I take tramadol. I would have to discontinue taking tramadol if I were to try Narcan because of an increased risk of seizures and I'm ok with that, but just wanted to see if anyone else here has tried this for pain management so I could weight their experience into my decision.

I did do a lot of reading and it seems very safe ( a lot safer than tramadol - not the safe drug my doctor told me it was). It seems really strange to me that taking a medication that is primarily given to people that overdose or have addiction problems also works for pain management.

Thanks in advance.

I think it is the same as naltrexone.

I tried it many months ago, and it didn't work for me...but others have success with it for pain.

Supposed to block the opioid receptors in the brain for a couple hours while you sleep, which in turn triggers your body to release endorphins.

It's definitely worth a try. Supposed to be safe.

Hi Lymeinthecuckoonut,

I have been taking LDN since May this year. I must say it has been a life saver for me. I didn't know what to do anymore: no painmed would help me get rid of the constant pain.

I was scared it wouldn't do anything, but I already felt a huge difference after one night. I have to be honest and say that not everyone reacts that quickly on it. I couldn't believe it. Over the months, it continued to help more (first it dealt with the myalgia, then, weeks later, it started to lower the pain in my joints. It is not entirely over, but it makes it all much more tolerable.
I had to stop it just for a month because I had to take tramadol all day long for a while to fight the pain of a fracture, but I'm about to start up again tomorrow. My joint pains are getting worse again, so I want to start it again quickly.

There are a few facebookgroups about LDN that contain a lot of information, and there is also a forum.

Marie

This is the only thing I take, cause all the rest doesn't do a thing... it's really frustrating... I just have to sit it out when it's really bad. But the LDN mostly does the job very well. I won't say it will take the pain entirely away all the time, but it makes it tolerable.

I always have asperin with caffeine with me, and ibuprofen, that I combine when I feel a migraine attack coming up. If I'm conscious about it coming up, I can sometimes stop it with a combo of this.

The only pain that hasn't gone down with LDN are the headaches. No relief on that yet...

You're welcome