I only take meds as prescribed by my doctor. Thanks for all of the responses....
I have often seen that as a symptom come to think of it. I am waiting on a rheumy referral since there are few in my area, but I have other symptoms I guess. It's happened to me before, but I haven't...
I am not taking any pills at this point at all....
It's come out of nowhere. I was on the phone, and when I got off, I went to take my scrub top off, try to get out of work clothes and realized that every spot of my skin I touch, arms, sides, back,...
It was a couple of days of h-e double hockey sticks after starting the Butrans since I've only ever taken Norco for my pain, but luckily I think the Butrans finally kicked into gear around 36 hours...
Dr. Thomas Hale is an expert in "Medications and Mothers Milk" and his book by that name is THE reference for healthcare providers, lactation consultants, etc on listing the "pregnancy risk" and...
It's true that they generally won't have an expectant mother go cold turkey off of opiates, but sometimes will change to a substitute in some cases for the duration of the pregnancy, or keep you on...
Subutex and Butrans are the same and Suboxone is the Buprenorphine/Naloxone. I know that Suboxone is culprit of precipitated withdrawals if you start it before any opiates are out of your system, but...
LOL well when I say pain-free, I guess that for me is somewhere between a 3 and 5. I am not good with the terminology and I know that we chronic pain people probably have a different idea of a...
I have chronic pain and I was tired of trying to control the pills which I didn't feel were working weekly anyway. I wanted to get off the roller coaster of trying different pills and still be in...
Thanks for the responses! I'm one of those PITA cases where a lot of my pain and other symptoms don't add up to a nice and easy diagnosis. My main problems, though, are SI Joint Dysfunction that...
To start off, my husband is the most understanding, best husband I could ever have imagined to have and I feel very lucky that over the last 13 years we've been happy and could count the number of...
Thanks for the fast and thoughtful reply. Good questions, too. I actually take Neurontin and Verapamil. When I had my first major migraine (nov 2011), my blood pressure destabilized completely and...
What I mean is like I have always taken pretty much the same pain medication (hydro 10, cyclobenzaprine) since my pain started to get bad about 8 months ago or so. I do have breakthrough pain and...
I used to work in a pharmacy and I can second what Luie said. There definitely is some patient profiling when it comes to controlled medications....