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So I was having a conversation with Some collegues today. One was neurosurg, one Ortho, and pm. The surgeons were telling me that people who had to stay on "opiates" after surgery were considered...
Thanks so much for your advice. Especially about making a med list. It might b good to bring someone w me......
Yeah, you're probably right. I know some neuro's are using Botox for migraine ha. I wonder what their success rate is....
I have about 10/month. I woke up w one this am at 4 with the horrible ice pick stabbing into left eye routine. So I took a relpax, then the sumavel dose pro (needless sq imitrex...it hurts like the...
Hey y'all. So I have an appt 4/18 and I'm excited and nervous. I'm filling out all the paperwork for them, including global pain scale, etc. I know they will drug test me on my first visit, which is...
By that I mean, I feel a sense of itchiness just on the left outer edge of my foot, in the L 5 dermatome. The rest of that foot is numb, so I wonder if it's related to the radiculopathy? Anyone else...
Grainofsalt, You have a fantastic pharm knowledge and I LOVE pharm and medication mgmt in general. You gave a fantastic and thorough account of this medication and it makes total sense to me. I...
Hey guys. First, thanks for your replies and kindness. I take maybe one lortab a day, in the evening, since y'all know I'm a PA and can't really take anything at work. Well, I can take tramadol at...
Hey guys. So I'm preparing myself for another lumbar steroid injection, which I hope wil help with pain, since according to the neurosurgeon, I have nothing surgical to repair. I'm just kind of...
Snow, Ok. I'm sorry that I gave you guys an anecdote about something that happened in my practice. You don't know where I live or any other identifiers. Do you know how many people are on those meds?...
You know, it's really frustrating. For clinicians, for patients, and for pharmacy. It's sucks being the "bad cop" because of these jerks that abuse/sell meds on the street. I hate having to be...
Are you a surgery candidate? Has that been discussed? Because my feeling on it Is that at your age with radicular symptoms into your arms, especially, this could warrant a surgical correction. The...
Soma is a drug that is going to be less and less Rx as time goes on. Out of the entire class of muscle relaxers, it is the only one with abuse potential, as posters have mentioned here. It is a drug...
This happened to me today. I was feeling a sharp stinging pain in my left hip/trochanter region and it felt like needles were stinging me. Because I have L5-S1 left herniation (that I had a...
I live in a major Texas city. I called the biggest pain mgt office in a 20 mile range and this is what they told me: "First, you need a referral from someone, even if you have a PPO. Second, the...
Hello all! So i'm a 38 year old female who had an ulnar nerve submuscular transposition surgery 3/11 and then in may 2011 had an emergency L5-S1 microdiscectomy because i the nerve was displaced,...