The only thing about having MRSA that helps me,(Dx'd in 2018) And this is only because of my 30+ hospital stays since 2005 is that I am guaranteed a private room at my hospital at UNC-Chapel Hill and...
My anxiety also causes my GERD to really act up to the point it becomes very painful in my chest. I use Alka Seltzer and zantac 150 but only when it becomes out of control. My main drug is nexium otc...
Hi everybody, It's been a long time since I've posted anything. I've been going thru Hell for the last couple of years In and out of the hospital 6 times in the last 18 months. The last time on Sept...
I have this problem at the CVS I use. I have been going there for 9yr's and when my refill falls on a weekend and they are using a fill-in pharmacist that's when I get the lecture about the methadone...
As soon as the weather starts getter cooler my breathing becomes more labored, But once the weather stays at a cooler temp 50' to 60' I feel a lot better. I really think it has to do with the...
NO... CBD does not have trace THC in it. And if it did it wouldn't be sold at your local health foods store. Don't worry about passing your drug test you will pass with flying colors. CBD is a joke...
I hope everyone is having a great holiday. Over the last 4 months, my neuropathy in my left hand has been a nightmare and the pain has been unbelievable, Completly numb with severe burning. The pain...
Hi Susie, Thanks for helping, This doctor my brother is seeing has taken everything I've known about methadone and Nucynta and thrown it out the window to accommodate this Chronic Pain practice, By...
My brother who is being weaned down from 40mg's of methadone also takes 300mg's of Nucynta (150mg's twice daily) his doctor has told him he doesn't need anything else, The Nucynta he is taking will...
Hi Susie, The doctor told my brother that the Nucynta he is taking will cover him when he drops down, He's been on 300mg's of Nucynta for over a year. It doesn't make sense. How can Nucynta cover the...
It's been a long time since I've posted, I don't know how many people even remember me, But here goes, I just received a call from my brother who very bad case of Peripheral neuropathy in both lower...
HI Mr Tib's you are living my life, I wait for each dose of medication and I wait for every month for the next refill. Sometime I do run out and go a day or 2 without and become sick. But I think...
Just a small rant to get things off my chest. It's been a slow progression, but I don't go outside unless it's a follow up Dr. appt. for my pain meds or to see the pulmonary specialist every 4-6...
Hi Cogito, My brother was having the same problem with the last 2 beds he bought then he found this company called HAMPTON AND RHODES from Mattress Firm it's called a Hybrid Mattress half of the...
Many of the Pain Management clinics in Raleigh and Durham counties have a rule about benzo's that they started to enforce. If you are on any C-2 meds and taking any type of benzo you must see a...
FDA Approves Belbuca (buprenorphine) Buccal Film for Chronic Pain Management DUBLIN and RALEIGH, N.C., October 26, 2015 -- Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. BioDelivery Sciences International, Inc.announced...
Thanks for all of your prayers and your support. My Mom Sherry Becker passed away today 1/4/15 @4:20pm she never woke up and she did seem to be at peace....Thanks again for all of your help...Randy...
I want to thank EVERYONE ON HEALING WELL FOR THE WELL WISHES AND PRAYERS...I had to put my mother on comfort care or hospice. She went down hill 2 days ago 1/1/15 her WBC was 600 and her liver...
My mother was Dx with Liver cancer in both lobes (small cell carcinoma)usually found in the lungs. They gave her first cycle of chemo. She has been hospitalized since Dec 12,2014 and has been...
I am currently on methadone 100mg daily and if I didn't use Nexium otc once a day I always get severe GERD. I've told my doctors about this and have had 4 upper GI's they also made me swallow a pill...
Another thing to consider is the flush you are using may flush out the meds your PM doc is prescibing or decrease the amount that should be in your system. You have to remember that the urines they...
Hi it's Randy B.. Besides the major bronciectasis infection that I have been fighting since feb 22,2014 my home is being foerclosed on. My Brother and I bought a new home so My mother,brother and I...
DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar. 12, 2014-- Mallinckrodt plc today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Xartemis XR (oxycodone hydrochloride and acetaminophen)...
I saw my Pulm specialist @ UNC Pulmonary dept yesturday and I have another Rt upper lobe pneumonia, Last one was about 5-months ago.. (I've been hospitalized 31-time's to date since 2005 of 3+days or...
I am really happy your second appt went well with you CP doc. I was to late to chime in on your problem. But I was going to tell you since you were prescribed Nucynta a (Cll) drug that your second...
Thanks alot, This makes me feel better hearing it from you guy's ...Randy...
I was just wondering if anybody has had some good results with the prescription Vit D. my doctor ordered it 1-tab a week, When I did a search most of what I find is the bad reactions and how it...
Has your doctor mentioned avascular necrosis? Because of the long term use of prednisone you could have the beginings of AVN. the only way to tell is by having an xray of the joints that are hurting....
I was diagnosed with AVN in 6 joints between 2008 and 2010 (Knees'Hips and Shoulders)I have never heard of those treatments that you mentioned. I was told there really is no medication that was going...
POSTED: 01/14/2014 Acetaminophen Prescription Combination Drug Products with more than 325 mg: FDA Statement - Recommendation to Discontinue Prescribing and Dispensing. ISSUE: FDA is recommending...
They called the wrong patient.. Happened to me several times over the years....
Hi Elliot, This site mountainproject has some info relating to the ulnar nerve. It's a climbing site and a lot of there injuries involve the ulnar nerve. Look under injuries..RB...
From working in the medical field in South Florida when all of the pain doctor's set up shop in Fort Lauderdale, Palm Beach, Boca and so on. Florida didn't have a monitoring system in place and you...
Hi Vicki, Hope you are doing well with the Butrans patch. I am really amazed that you are doing so well with the patch after so many yr's of using methadone as your primary pain med. I tried many...
Hi Chad, I've also had my left hip replaced because of avascular necrosis and I've been complaining to my ortho since he did the replacement 13-months ago. My pain is from my left lower back to the...
I was wondering after your PM doctor gives you a referral what did you have to do to get the OK to get the pump installed. I.E. how many doctors did you have to see and so on.. Thanks a lot Randy...
I am on 100mg's of methadone daily. I am taking 40mg's in the a.m. then 30mg's in afternoon and early evening. my pain doctor doesn't want me to have any other medications (opiates) because of the...
Hi Chuck, I would not mention your wife's hospital stay to her Pain doctor. He will not find out that she was in the hospital unless you have signed a written release at the hospital telling them to...
It bother's me to no end that in 2004 I was able to do anything, Biking 25+miles a day able to walk 8+mile's daily and fix nearly anything in my house or car and now I sit in my bedroom 20hr's a day...
NO WAY.. I would not tell your doctor or anybody else. The last thing your doctor wants to see is a police report that the medication he wrote for your wife was diverted by theft,lost or misuse. Your...
Hi Tina,When I had the problem with my script for methadone on Sat Oct 5. My pharmacist told me I had 3 choices #1-go back to the office and get the amount filled in. #2 was to have them email a new...
I had a problem last week when my doctor forgot to write the amount of medication on the script, so my pharmacist at CVS told me there was a new program that allows pain doctors to email the script...
It's a daily contest in my house. After becoming sick me and my brother bought a house in N.C. so my mother, brother and I could be together. My mother is retired. So it seemed like a good idea to be...
Since I've been sick (2005) the mistakes have been rampant, From my first admission to the hospital I worked at up to yesterday. The first major mistake was my first admission. I had a collapsed lung...
I've only used prednisone for my pulmonary problems that started in 2005. After being on and off prednisone for about 18months (I would start at 80mg's and taper down) I did gain about 80lb's and I...
I could accept my illness much better if I was sick as a child, But I was strong as a horse according to my pediatrician (He always told me that)up until my 30's I was working in the hospital as a...
With my history of pulmonary problems I was on and off prednisone for yr's until the water retention started affecting my heart (I was 35yr's old) I was always sick pulmonary wise. but I could...
Sorry for late response, since my last post I became really sick pulmonary wise. High fevers of 102+ with sob (O2 sats @89%on R/A and extreme pain in my Rt lower lobe and Lt lower lobe to the point I...
I know this is a Continuing Education class,But these classes could have a big effect on the CP community.. The NCMB has partnered with the North Carolina Medical Society and other health care...
I've been having such a hard time with my shoulders and hips due to my AVN and now that I was getting prepared to replace the left shoulder my pulmonary problems have jump up and bit me on ars. I...