That very troubling to hear, I do understand the desire not to prescribe former addicts opiates, but I think this is more a case of the government putting pressure on doctors and those doctors want...
It sounds to me you're being careful with the BT meds, but at some point, you do need them. Constantly increasing dosages is something we all have to deal with(if we're on medicines which we grow a...
I just got prescribed Opana today, so I'll post is any effects come out in the next few days. But honestly, I could talk with my doctor and say the side effects are a big turn off. He or she should...
My understanding of Nucynta is that it's similar to Tramadol, just stronger. By that I mean it is a norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor as when as an opiod. I used tramadol successful for quite a...
CVS has been pretty good with helping me out for times when my insurance wasn't working due to a paper work mix up. I'd try to call you're doctor and work something out, withdraw from that amount of...
These prices need to go down. Tramadol is a very good front line medicine in my experience, but people without insurance are going to have a hard time justifying hundreds of dollars when medicines...
I have had three in the past 6 months, and I've felt them helping me, but never an end all solution. First time, it was highly effective, the next two times, still a net decrease in pain, but my...
I'm on butrans, which is Buprenorphine in a patch form. I'm on the lowest dose and wow, night and day! Took a few days to start up, but I switched from Vicoden, Tramadol and Lyrica to Butrans,...
Pretty big fan, early on I had some sleep issues(feel asleep in class, woke up with just my professor looking right at me. Luckily it ended up not meeting a requirement I was looking for, so I...
Have you considered Tramadol? It's an opiate like medicine, but it also function in some ways that are similar to SSRIs, which is a common antidepressant, which in my experience has been very...
Just out of curiosity, where are you located?(like city or state, nothing too personal) Your story sounds like something I heard the tail end at my doctors office....
Right now its 350mg and I can take 3 a day. On the first day, they seemed to do the trick. But after that, they're side effects are pretty strong. I was reading, and from my understanding things like...
Is this a standard treatment for fibro? Or just off lab usage?...
So I've been prescribed Soma for break through pain. I'm taking Lyrica and Tramadol each day, but the Soma is as needed. The Tramadol is still quite helpful, the lyrica is as good as it once was, but...
I know how you feel...whenever the pain dies down, I think "hey it's like before, maybe I don't need the meds!" But the pain returns, and the meds are the only thing which sort of help. It sucks,...
I've had neck cracking for a while as well...and I aways get the same response from doctors "thats normal, no long term damage"...so I'm not too concerned about it personally. Also for me, when I...
Good luck with the pain clinic! I almost went to one, but I ended up a rheumatologist first. At first, it seemed like he was going to pass me off to my older doctor(who is a few states away) but I...
thanks everyone! its great to have a place to talk with everyone. I call my doctor today and asked about increasing my dosage of lyrica, and its not doing want it once it. Hopefully he'll call back...
I don't know any large scale figure,but I will say, I'm 18 and the doctor believes I have it. It might have to do with the disease becoming better know more recently, so people with the symptoms know...
Over the past 6 months, I've been suffering through terrible aches all down my back and neck. (along with some other minor symptoms) and after a bunch of scan, tests and jumping to about four...