Hello Straydog. M-Eslon is a long acting morphine available in Canada and Statex is a fast action morphine formula. Hello Relieved 1.You may not find the M-eslon as hard to taper down from compared...
In British Columbia Canada,Dr.'s can prescribe our schedule 2 medications (oxycodone,morphine,ect.) for 90 days at a time.If you pay for the prescriptions yourself,you can get all 90 days worth but...
If it wasn't for my hobby of casting and reloading and shooting my firearms at the range,I'd have no social life at all.I load mostly moderate charges for my .44mag revolver,one is to not beat up the...
I sure hope you are able to make it to your next prescription date with a minimum of pain.Maybe if you can try extra hard to avoid tasks that agravate your condition, things may go better.I sure hope...
My sleep periods are train wrecks too.I can only stand with short crutches or lay down.Sitting causes major pain.I'll lay down and go to sleep and wake up another hour and a half later after being...
I too have Barretts esophagus and have found that eating a cup of probiotic yogurt everyday has certainly smartend up my digestion.The multitude of pain and other medications I take had almost...
Maureen with the attitude had best pray that she or someone she loves doesn't end up with chronic pain.Only then will she realize the terrible harm she and others like her have been causing for real...
The shows that I don't want to watch anymore usually involve young people on skateboards or bicycles.They do really stupid things with them that end with a spectacular bone-breaking,ligament...
I've been on fairly large doses of pain meds for over twelve years.I've been tested on dilaudid,fentanyl,and oxycontin but I always end up back at long lasting morphine for my base med and oxycodone...
Just a note to say that I've read your letter.It's nasty how other Doctors don't cover each others legitimate chronic pain patients when situations like yours happen.I've had my Dr.change medications...
Hi Tina...Sorry to hear about your scary infection.I'm glad to see that it's been clearing up and that your health is on the mend.All the best to you and your children as we enter the Christmas...
I hope the surgery has the desired effect for you.You're in my nightly prayers.Take care and think positive........Rod...
There are other ways to weed out non-legitimate narcotic prescriptions than by cutting everyone off.It's like saying we all are criminals because we suffer chronic pain.The insurance companies and...
I write everything important on my calendar and check it before I go to bed.If there is something to do the next day ,I write it down in big letters on my writing pad and then I set my morning coffee...
I'm in a situation where my rectal muscles will all of a sudden clench,not let go and then it sends my legs into uncontrolled spasms until the muscles let go.I used a bio-feedback machine with a...
Prior to my accident,I had no thyroid or testosterone problems.After over 12 years of quite heavy morphine dosing by my Dr.,I now require a 1.75 ml. shot of testosterone every three weeks and a 200...
Tina...You are now in my nightly prayers.May God Bless You and make you feel stronger soon.Take care........Rod....
I see some good points made in the article.I am a fan of the State or Provincial data bases that allow ER's to check, at a glance if the patient is double or triple doctoring to get excessive...
Like Chanterelle,I too can not sit for long nor can I stand without crutches.I've been totally disabled since I was 45 which was 12 years ago.I'm very lucky to have good Dr's. to keep my pain at...
Hi Shaw :I see the whole issue as the State, Fed and County governments fault for selling so many licenses to shady characters for pill mills.The Gov's only concern was to increase their revenues.Now...
If this was my problem I would simply say to the Dr. that I've tried to function with the lower dose that he's recommended, but it's just not enough.These insurance companies are only worried about...
All Broke Up.........How about a little update if you can.I sure hope you've been able to find a Dr. to help you, even if it is until you can get into another pain facility.Your situation is one that...
I'm sorry to see the kind of situation your pain clinic has forced upon you and the other pain patients in the area.I live in B.C. and although I've been to pain clinics for evaluation, it's my...
Sadly , this kind of robbery is becoming all too often.There was a report today on CNN that outlined how many pharmacies are not selling Oxycontin or other narcotics because of the threat to their...
Best of luck on the new therapy you're trying for bone spur problems CRPS.In my case, the big toe on my right foot has to take a lot of extra weight so I can walk with my crutches.I've had a...
I am glad to see that your reports have come back good.I'll continue to pray for you and thank the Lord for his many blessings.PRAISE THE LORD....
Jim 1969's idea of squirreling away small amounts of meds that may not be needed on good pain days is a good one.Over the last number of years I've had a couple of flu's that didn't allow me to keep...
I turned on the t.v. today,watched it for 1/2 an hour and felt like throwing a hammer through the screen.What was on was a poorly done documentary (?) that screamed "Pill-Mills" in your community.The...
Chompers23 :Somewhere around six years after I started being on large doses of morphine for pain, I started sinking into a depression that just wouldn't let up.My Dr. gave me a series of blood tests...
Thanks for the reminder Dani.Even though I knew it was coming, I would have gone to bed and totally forgot unless I'd decided to check the HW site before bed....Bonus,we get to take our pain meds an...
Way to go Linda.I am happy to see that your therapy is done.May God bless you and keep you healthy.I love reading good news on this site and your news is wonderfull.Take care........Rod...
White Beard : It's refreshing to see that a surgery that's supposed to do something positive, worked for you.Take care and may God Bless You with even less pain all over in the future.......Rod...
x 2 what Vannie said Cat.I'm glad to see that you're going to be okay.Thank goodness that you didn't just go home and start with the full dosage.I'm thinking that maybe the prescribing Dr. should be...
I use a plastic pill container that holds one week of medications split into AM and PM compartments.It tells me at a glance if I've taken my meds or not....
Best of luck on your surgery this Monday White Beard.I'll pray for you to have a fast successful recovery.Take care........Rod...
Thanks for the update Lindaloo.It's good to see that the chemo's over and your hair's coming back quickly.You're in my prayers.Take care........Rod...
When I wake up and can't get back to sleep because of pain, I've found that instead of taking a whole sleeping pill, a half often will do the same thing for me.If I'm still awake 1/2 hour later Ill...
Sorry to see that things have got tougher for you & family.I'll pray for you too.May God bless you and your family.......Rod...
Suzane,I am sorry to see that your headaches have become so unmanageable.I say a general prayer for all members of this form daily as well as extra prayers for the members who are having a particular...
hydrenga.....my guess is that the vet would put on a collar that looks like a lamp shade and it doesn't allow the dog to turn and reach the patch or wound......I'm no vet but I'm sure I've put a few...
It's good to see that you had a happy and successful day out.I live near lots of dandy fishing lakes but don't go out on a boat anymore because the ride is too hard on me.For me, a quick car ride to...
Hello Emily---I've had mild rheumatoid arthritis since my early twenties. When I hit my early 50's my arthritis started to flair up on my arms,shoulders and hands.I need to put a lot of weight on...
Wow Pete,I shudder when I read about people in the States that have as much trouble as you do getting their legitimate chronic pain medicated.I hope this fella works out for you.In my case I jumped...
Just because a person may not appear to have anything wrong with their walking skills doesn't mean that they might not have a heart or lung condition that makes them eligible for handicapped parking...
Hi Linda,I know from my Mother's battle with cancer(s) 5 years ago, that some of the chemo treatments can have some nasty side-effects.I'm sorry to see that now is one of those times for you.Please...
Hi Linda.....I sure hope the headaches let up soon for you but it's good to hear that everything else is going as good as can be expected.You're in my prayers.May God Bless You..........Rod...
Linda,My Mom had breast and ovarion cancer five years ago.It wasn't an easy go for her with the surgery, radiation and chemo treatments but I'm happy to say that it's over four years and she is still...
I hear you drjimmy.......I have pudendal nerve entrapment.What that means is that somedays the pain gremlins take turns stabbing me in my testicles,groin and peri-anal area with ice-picks.Other days...
Hello Mikel.....I sure hope your surgery is a success and relieves some, if not all your pain......QTKaren and Mikel,you're in my prayers.May God bless you both and make your lives less painfull.Take...
Red 34......I don't know if this applies in your case but many women have developed PNE (pudendal nerve entrapment) when the coccyx was stretched too far back during childbirth.I hope you can find...