Hiya CPRS Thanks for your own story. It seems like you've been through a lot at BI. Wow I didn't even know you could get lydocaine infusions(I use the patches everyday). My experience at BI was quite...
Ultram did nothing for my pain. I tried it when I first started having neurological problems. If i were u I would have a an honest discussion with your doctor about how its working for you. I've...
I'm so sorry to hear about your horrendous experience with morphine. I have been in your shoes as well. Because my PM doc. wants me to use as little meds as possible I only have 20mg Kadian every...
You can certainly find all types of information for experimental treatments on the web but I'm almost sure that the people researching ketamine comas are only experimenting on people with CRPS(RSD)....
Hello Mike I too am living with CRPS(in my R. knee). Unfortunately I have been through a lot of similar situations. Although I do get some relief from the morphine and other drugs I'm on(almost the...
I have been using Opana since March and love it. I tried almost every other opiate in the book and they hardly did anything for my pain and made me nauseus. When using Opana you take it on an empty...
I don't think it's fair that your being labeled an addict. With that being said, I had the same problem with my first PM doc although nowhere in the contract did it say anything about smoking...
I take Ambien to sleep because with RSD I'm in constant pain and I wake up a lot. It works ok for me but my doctor really wanted to put me on Sonata but my insurance won't cover it. So for now I'll...
I too have gone through similar problems. I first started having very horrendous knee pain when I was 23(now I'm 25) and at first the docs told me that I was too young to have knee problems. It...
I'm truly sorry that you had to go through this. I have RSD in my R leg so I understand how frustrating it can be. I too have gone through numerous epidurals and nerve blocks and not one worked. In...
I have been on Opana ER 20mg. 2x's a day and have been given Opana 5mg. 4x's a day for about 3 months or so and have had no nausea or headaches which I had with other opiates. It worked great for my...
I love reading too. I just finished up the Last Lecture by Paul Rausch a Professor at Carnegie Mellon. It was a short read because it was actually based on a lecture he did after finding out he had...
I'm on Opana too and I've had some great results from it. I guess everyone's different though. I hope everyone is having a lpd....
I would definetly not stop taking my pain meds because of a new job. You should get a letter from your doctor and bring it to your employer if your so worried about it. It should have no bearing on...
I tried Lyrica as well for my nerve pain caused by my CRPS and had very similar effects. Once I was actually driving to the docs office and forgot where I was going and how I got there. I eventually...
I tried ultram and had little success with it. I also was on methadone and morphine both of which helped with my pain but made me have nausea. I'm now on something called Opana which is a morphine...
I can totally relate to you as far as meds affecting my moods and actually my dreams(they are very vivid). Sometimes I get in a funk for no reason. I would tell your doctor because there are other...
I had a series of 6 epidurals in 6 weeks and have to agree that they were absolutely useless. Actually they made my back pain worse and afterwards the doctors told me that I could have residual pain...
Thanks for the advice. I think I'm going to ask my doctor to take me off it and put me back on the meloxicam because I'm having weird side effects....
I recently started taking Celebrex for my spinal arthritis and I have been having a lot of gas and weird dreams. Is this normal? Just wondering. Thanks...
Thank you all for being so welcoming. It's just really good to know that someone understands what we all go through. Well I hope you all have a good day and I'm sure you'll be hearing a lot more from...
Just wanted to say hello to everyone. I've been struggling with CPRS 1(Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome) and spinal arthritis for the past 2 years or so. I would like to say it's nice to find a place...