Well I suppose it depends on what the cause of your pain is. If it never subsides, then you may need to stay on the drugs for a while (and there wouldn't be any reason not to continue them). If it...
Hello db14 - I'm a 20 year old male who's been going through chronic pain for a little while. Don't listen to anyone who calls you an addict - I assure you, you'll be able to get off the drugs with...
Thanks for the kind words everyone! I really am glad to have found this forum - really helps the healing process to have a support group, especially when others can understand where you're coming...
It's probably a number of things. I've personally noticed that my pain fluctuates pretty significantly with the weather. I joke around with my friends saying that I can probably be a better...
AVN (avascular necrosis) is a complication that sometimes occurs from high-dose steroids. For reasons I don't quite understand, long term steroid use can cause the blood flow to your hips and/or...
I wouldn't worry about Methotrexate too much. While I personally don't feel it's helped me that much, it also hasn't given me any major side effects. Humira... I personally didn't have any overt side...
It depends on the hospital too. The first hospital I went to was charging $25,000 *per* visit, $21,000 of which was supposed to be for the drug itself. My insurance covered the vast majority of the...
I'm really not sure... Autoimmune disorders are really some of the worst understood diseases in medicine, a "normal" blood report really doesn't mean all that much. My bloodwork has also been pretty...
I have tried this drug (I was prescribed the 100MG instant release formulation) - it helped quite a bit with the pain, but like its weaker sibling (tramadol) I also got some strange effects from it....
As others have said it's a very personal thing. People tend to say that OxyContin is stronger, but for me it's the opposite. I'm currently on 90mg Avinza (one of the Morphine Sulfate ER brands) which...
Hello, I've just been having another one of those restless nights where the pain just won't go away, and I came upon these forums in my late night browsing Where to start... I'm currently 20 years...