I did not ask about the vistoril but I will. I remember I have tried Benadryl in the past and it made me very very groggy. I will probably give it a shot. The crazy thing is, I went on the Belbuca...
So I have an update. I went to a psychiatrist and explained my situation. The psychiatrist said he had no problem giving me the ativan but he could not do it if I was on Belbuca (buprenorphine). He...
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I love you guys! You are all always so helpful....
Hello all. I hope you are all doing well. I need some advice. I have been on .5 mg Ativan twice a day for several years. It has always helped with my anxiety and especially helps me sleep without...
Hello all! I hope you are living well. Florida has a new law (Begun July 1) that limits prescriptions to a 3 or 7 day limit. Does anyone know how this works with Chronic pain patients who are usually...
I live on the east coast near cocoa beach which is middle Florida on the Far East side. Stay safe!...
Hello all. I live in Florida and may be evacuating from Irma. Our governor says residents can get a 30 day emergency refill of their meds. What about pain meds where I need a script every month? My...
Just a follow up. I got my normal monthly scripts filled with no problem....
Hello all! I have express scripts. Does this apply to chronic pain paiteints who have been in opiod therapy for many years? Also, what if we need to change meds? Here's my situation. I was on butrans...
Hello all! It has been such a long time since I have posted. Life has been very very busy. Unfortunately I got a sad little email from my insurance company saying my ER med for chronic pain will no...
Thanks for all the great information. The Tylenol in regular norco is what I want to stay away from so I may look into this. I will check with insurance first. Thanks again!...
Hello All! It has been a while and I hope you are all well. I am on butrans 15 mg and norco 2-3xday now for chronic back pain. The butrans works well but starts to fade from late in day 4 to day 7....
Hello all! I hope you are all doing well. It's been a while but I have an issue that I am hoping someone can help me with. I cannot sleep. I have had issues for the past several years but it is...
Thank you all for your comments. I will see my doc this week and talk with him. I am very lucky that I have a great doc. I came off the meds to see how I am. I am not good. The pain is bad. I just...
Hello all! As the subject says it has been a while. I am back because I know I can count on all of you for guidance. After taking many opiates for pain I decideded it was time to start to lower all...
Hello all! Been a while since I have posted. I am down to 5 mg Butrans with hydrocodone 7.5 2 xday. It's been a long journey. My pain is still there but I have learned to deal with it in more ways...
Thank you Susie. I hAve seen patients in the past show up and they send them off and say call. The office is one hour away. I will try calling yet again. Take care....
While I appreciate all of your feedback I will not let myself be in bad pain or go into withdrawals. You have to remember I will be taking 3 patches with me to my appt. I will not go into withdrawal...
Well today is day 8 with no morphine cr and day 3 off of 20 mcg butrans. I took your advice straydog and called the nurse and guess what? No call back, yet. It has been 1 full day since I called. I...
Your right straydog. I will do it. Thanks...
So I slept through the night good but woke up in minor withdrawals so I took a vicoprofen and I was ok. My lower back hurt this morning but I tried to keep myself busy so I wouldn't ponder. Before I...
Hi all! Thanks for your help. This forum is so helpful and the moderator and all who share are God sent! I am now 1 full day after taking patch off. The crazy thing is that I might have been wearing...
Well I just looked at the patch box and it says butrans 20 mcg/hour transdermal system. I thought this was the gel type....
For now I will try to cope on my b/t meds. I have an appointment in a week. I took one b/t med this am and still ok. My pain levels are up a bit but I can handle. I am just hoping I don't start...
Thanks for the info. I would have been at day 4 right now. I will tell you all the side effects were to bad for me. I don't think I was going through withdrawals but felt very bad head aches and just...
So all has gone downhill for me on the butrans 20 mcg patch. First few days were fine then headaches , really bad headaches and just a bad feeling. I finally decided to take it off after 4 days. I...
Thanks nvthesame. These headaches started the second day of patch. No other side effects but these headaches suck bad. Everyone pretty much says what you do that the headaches go away. I guess only...
Thanks nvthesame. Can you tell me why I am getting headaches when I take my vicoprofen for bt? This has never happened before with my bt med. it has always worked great for me. My doc started med on...
Thanks nvthesame. I have a correction from my earlier post. I said morphine has a very long half life. I meant methadone. You are now on 15 mg morphine cr. that is great! That is the lowest dose so...
Thanks for the info straydog. As you know we all respond differently to all meds. I was on methadone as well. She prob should not have been on the patch for that . The patch delivers a very small...
Thanks to all for your responses. At 1 full day with patch on. I feel the buprenorphine entering my bloodstream in very small amounts. I think I have been in slight withdrawals but nothing...
Hello all! Thank you all again for the support and advice you have given me over the years. If you read my past posts you can see my story. I made a decision to change meds. I was so tired of the...
Hello all. I hope you are all well. I am meeting with my doc tomorrow and as I have said before am trying to decrease meds or stop. I have been researching butrans and it seems I would just be...
Are any of you prescribed the butrans patch? Have any of you heard of it? Does it work? Is it expensive? Is it covered by insurance?Is it really a 7 day patch? Any info from experience on the patch...
Thank you to all for your advice. I will talk to my PM doc next week and pick his brain. I would really love a patch type delivery system but not fentanyl . Have any of you heard good or bad things...
Hello all!! It's me Shaw31. It's been so long since I have been here talking with you good people. In a way it's a good thing because things have been good for me. Pain has been managed and I have...
Wow! That's pretty sad. I will respect your decision but still sad....
Touchy subject yes but aren't pain killers frowned upon as well. Marijuana is NOT ADDICTIVE and pain killers are. Marijuana does not kill people and pain killers do. Don't get me wrong I take pain...
I would like to get any feed back I can on the use of marijuana for pain control. This topic is not discussed much here. I think it should be discussed. There are currently 19 states with medical...
Amazing advice from some amazing people. I think I might ask about rotating my meds like Tina said. I don't want to increase my meds as I actually decreased them over the past few years. As for the...
I am also on Zanaflex 1x PM...
Hello all! I hope life is treating you well and your pain levels are low. The time has come again for me to get your advice (cause your all so good at it). I have been on 30 mg morphine cr 3xday and...
I am sorry this has happened to you but I will agree with Eagle. I keep my meds on me in a bag with the zipper locked with a small pad lock. I keep the bag tight around my shoulder. I know it sounds...
Hello all! I hope you are doing well. I was just wondering how I go about getting my meds during vacation. My monthly follow up appt with my PM doc will fall on the weds after I leave for my 3 wk...
This was my second series of 2shots (two shots each time I went)...
Just wanted you all to know I had epidural injections L5/S1 and got some relief. The pain was unbearable before injections and now it is managed with medication. Is it normal to still have to take...
Wow what great responses here. It's very helpful for me to see other therapies in terms of medications. The best med I have ever been on was methadone for pain. My doctor said they would no longer...