pain meds

Hi every one
I have had RA for about 5 years now and have been fighting with my doctor for the last 4 years about it .
But finally about a year ago he sent me to a specialist out of town . He perscibed

hydroxychlorquine 400 mg a day

methotrex 25 mg every sat

folic acid 5mg every week day morning

The problem is the pain so i go and see my family doc and he tells me to take tylenol #3 every 5 hours problem is i can not do any thing when i,m on them as i,m to buzzed.
So i go back to him and he puts me on m-eslon 10mg morphine at bed time it does help after taking it but in the morning i,m hurting just the same and as the day wears on it gets worse.
I just wanted to know if any one else is on it and is it not habit forming ?
And will i have a level head so i can keep trying to work .
thanks for the help from up here in canada

Tom

maybe it,s just me but the tylenol 3 just makes me to dizzy and spacey . was driving one time and i forgot i took some what was a scare , I never do that again .
and i was on a motor cycle lol
thanks
Tom

Thanks for the reply Vannie
I was starting to think it was just me and the way my doctor was talking to me about telling me there should be no problems with it .
I,m going to ask him about the Tramadol.
I can,t take the Celebrex as i had a heart attack last May so they told me to stay away from it .
But the morphine is helping at night so at lest I get a better sleep .

Some thing that i am seeing on here is that there is not many people taking morphine ?
is there some thing i should know about taking it as it does work for me but just wondering if the Tramadol is a better thing for me ?

Thanks
Tom

My pain level has never reached a severity that I needed Morphine? That is a pretty strong pain killer, and the only time I ever had it was when I was post-surgery, and I didn't like it, I felt like I couldn't breath for a few seconds..scary! I take a low dose generic version of vicodin, but that's about it. Yes, it is habit forming. If you are needing that strong of a pain medication, maybe talk to you your rheumy about a different medication *cocktail*, maybe a biologic such as Enbrel or Humira.