I felt significantly better after undergoing IV ketamine infusions for trigeminal neuralgia. The effects are not permanent, but the procedure can be repeated if pain/headache worsen again. Between...
I actually had the opposite effect. I stopped taking daily opioid medication almost 2 years ago, but while I was taking them I lost 60 lbs. I think weight gain is probably more a factor of inactivity....
So I take it that asking Dr. Doctor to give you the news would be ill-advised?...
You might want to look into trigeminal nerve blocks and/or pulsed RFA. The success of those would be a good indication of whether or not a more invasive and potentially harmful treatment option like...
In the future (assuming you use Windows), click the start button and type "calc" to bring up an on-screen calculator. It's a similar process with any other OS as calculators are a built-in feature....
I've run into the same problem with other meds and know first hand how frustrating it can be. My best recommendation is to get on the phone and start calling pharmacies that may be a bit further a...
You would destroy your kid's lives forever - not a solution....
Why use all caps when you can just increase your font size - all caps doesn't significantly increase word recognition? Hold CTRL and scroll the mouse wheel UP to zoom up the font....
To me, it sounds like he's having a temper tantrum because you - in act of pure evil, malice, contempt, and treachery had the audacity to call EMS out of concern and fear of what harm he may do/be...
Given the delicate nature of the area, that's definitely a question that should really only be answered by a (neuro-)ophthalmologist familiar with your particular situation....
Drink a fair amount of caffeine (or no-doz if you prefer), it's one of the primary and firstline/least intensive treatment ; in-patient they often setup caffeine IV drips for spinal headache patients...
Mercy&Grace: For that matter, anyone who thinks the "Affordable Care Act" will provide quality care is falling for political bs. The "In-affordable Insurance Act" would be far more apropos...
If it has been that long, I would strongly suggest using a fleet enema (or any other generic saline enema). Your second best (aka most effective) choice would be mag citrate. Once you're cleared out,...
I also take Opana and what you said is actually the exact opposite. Opana is oxymorphone, which is the metabolite that oxycodone is broken down into....
If there's one observation to be made here, it's that you can set your clock to Murphy's law when it comes to Rx refills....
Your average naive healthy person would see this and think, "what's the big deal?" So from someone who recognizes and appreciates the accomplishment, way to go!...
Yeah, I remember hearing/reading somewhere that pharmaceutical diacetylmorphine(aka heroin) is still manufactured and prescribed in the UK and EU. It always struck me as odd that despite the fact...
At the very least and out of respect, you should place them on a funeral pyre and give them a proper send-off....
I don't think you know what shock is.....
The truth is not always easy to hear, but to say nothing is an even greater disservice. Luie - your situation sounds pretty rough and I think your doctors handled the situation poorly. Try to hang in...
Just a thought - when I was having problems with anemia (Hgb pretty much the same yours, only difference being I'm a 20 yr. old male - making it even more uncommonly low) and resultant syncope upon...
Just about everyone of those can have an effect on libido....
It sounds to me like it could be a case of Becker's nevus (it's harmless). But as mentioned, your doctor is the best one to ask....
Sherrine, the site you linked to is no longer up. Here is a cached version for anyone interested - http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://impnvestigator.chat.ru/...
Had it, extremely uncomfortable/painful, no benefit....
I live in Iowa, though I had the removal surgery in Maryland. It was a dual purpose surgery; the stimulator was removed and work was done on damaged peripheral nerves. The surgeon who removed it was...
I had my stimulator removed, leads and all, and not by the original surgeon. It was done as an outpatient same-day surgery. While the recovery wasn't exactly comfortable, it was less painful than the...
@mrsm123 : The dose of methadone was unchanged. The only change was replacing the morphine 60mg 4x-6x/day with oxycodone 15mg 4x/day - which is a pretty marked decrease in what I'm assuming is...
I went to MHNI in the Spring of '09 for headaches, so I could probably answer some of your questions....
From my experience, doctors will treat you as a dramatist if you say you have 10/10 pain for a headache and not take you very seriously. 10/10 pain would be from aneurysms, femur fractions, gun shot...
Heh..Topamax..It caused adverse reactions for me, namely despondent depression/borderline psychotic episode. I've been around the block with migraine meds. Off the top of my head, these are the ones...
My doctor recently started me on this as well and it's great! I apply it 3 times a day and I find it really beneficial. Couldn't help but laugh at that one! :rolleyes:...
It's a common misinterpretation. Addiction is a psychological issue; physical dependency (which can go hand-in-hand with addiction) is not the same as addiction and can happen to innocent people who...
All sub-lingual meds are a bother to take. I find having something to drink before hand helps. Also, flatten your tongue to fill the space between your teeth, it helps make sure it's absorbed...
I thought that the doctors you can find via the suboxone website are only for addiction/abuse management?...
Schedule an appointment with your doc ASAP or go to a walk in clinic tomorrow....
I've never had this kind of an experience. Granted, I live in Iowa (everyone stereotypes that as a bunch of cornfields and pigs, but I live in a well-developed urban area) and the crime rate around...
I remember when Palladone (Dilaudid ER) and some versions of fentanyl patches were pushed heavily and then suddenly "disappeared". By disappear, I mean that people who drank trace amounts of alcohol...
You're right about OpanaER being similar to OxyContin. 1 pill releases the med at a steady rate over the course of 12 hours (I take 2x/day, but I've heard of people taking more than that). As far as...
The largest dose of Opana ER is 40mg and it's unsafe to start a new drug at a peak level. I was on methadone for awhile before switching to Opana and I've found Opana to be MUCH stronger than...
I'm sorry you've had to go through such difficult circumstances. You'll fit in perfectly with the CP community. You're almost like our own Dr. House! Anyways, I agree with the others that you should...
A big downside to oral formulations of morphine is that they don't compare to IV administration. The amount of morphine that actually enters your bloodstream when taken orally is very low, so that's...
I don't have Chron's, but when I'm feeling nauseous, I have 3 non-medical ways to try to combat it. 1 is ginger ale or gatorade, a few saltine crackers every now and then,and laying/sitting down in a...
No kidding..I was sent home with benadryl in 50mg/ml vials that I'd usually have to inject myself on a daily basis. That combined with ER visits and IVs has left some seemingly permanent scar tissue....
That hasn't been my experience, but it seems that many people on here have run into conflict with pain doctors. I can't really say if it's normal, but you're definitely not alone on the matter....
I left a lot of information out, because if I hadn't it would have been too large to post. I've had both MRIs and MRAs of the head, neck, and cervical spine. I've had somewhere around 6 lumbar...
I was just repeating what I'd heard from former heroin addicts who were on it. Maybe they're wrong, who knows....
All the more reason to drive through the pharmacy window, lol....
First of all, I'm currently 17 years old and male. When I was 8 years old (Summer of 2000) I was hit by a baseball directly above my right eye; the blow caused a slight concussion and required...
There's a relatively new drug on the market called Opana. I was on methadone for awhile, but had to stop after severe side effects (mainly pitting adema and fluid retention in the lungs). My doctor...