Hello All...Been A Long time

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Herniated Lumbar Disks L5 S1, L2 L3

Hi Jimmy!

Good to see you again. Sadly one thing about pain medications is they rarely take away all of the pain. But hopefully they reduce it to a tolerable level. You sure show a great example of how to know if your medication is working. Stop or reduce your intake and see what happens...YIKES! You find out just how much is was working. I do hope you get some better relief.

Hugs,
Chutzie

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Yep, you're right. Obviously the meds were working, because my pain is now much more unbearable with the lower dose. Now I just have to convince the doctor to raise me back up to my previous level. Hope you're doing well...byeeeeeeeee

 

eric

drjimmy, Have you been on any other pain meds, maybe these aren't the right ones. Hang in there and dont give up. cshelp

Hi Jimmy and welcome back!

Jimmy,
Welcome back...I know how hard it is to stop taking meds...it's a JOLT!!! But, our Doctors do know more then we do..at least I hope so. Maybe they can try something else, I was put on Morphine and taken off Methadone for only one week...boy was that awful!!! I got back on the Methadone as fast as I could...Morphine doesn't work for a lot of people, so maybe it's the same with Oxycontin...good Luck...Hope it turns out well for you..

Me./

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Post Lamenectomy Syndrome, Spinal Stenosis, DDD....

1999 Hemi Lamenectomy/2005 Spinal Fusion(L4-S1)

Methadone 120 mg. a day/15 mg. Oxycodone as needed(up to 4 x a day)

High Blood Pressure: Lisinopril HCTZ 10 mg. daily

Type 2 Diabetes: (March 16, 2009)

Metformin HCL ER 1000 mg. at night..Glipizide 5mg. 2X in the morning

                                                                    

 

Hi Jimmy,

Welcome back. I'm sorry to hear that you are still having problems. I've done several tapers like that which you mentioned. They basically allow you to 1) verify whether the med was helping or not, and 2) could potentially "reset" your tolerance, so that it takes less medication to give you the same effect as the dose you were previously on. It is a good way to see where things are at, even if it is unpleasant in the short term. Hopefully the RF procedure will help with your pain.

Skeye

Thanks for all the responses. I've tried other meds (Morphine, Methadone, Fentanyl Patch), but none of them worked. I didn't think the Oxy 80 MG were working, but now I KNOW it worked, because the pain is much much worse with the reduced dose. I heard lot's of good things about Methadone, but I had a bad reaction and had to stop taking it before I could tell if it worked. A "holiday" from pain meds? HA! what a joke that is. I can see reducing occasionally to "reset tolerance" or determine if it's working, but a holiday is not in order. Obviously you need to be on something. or you wouldn't have started them in the first place. Funny, but you would never hear of a "holiday" from blood pressure meds, or from diabetes meds, but pain isn't always taken seriously by doctors. I'm hoping the Radio Frequency will help and maybe I can back off the Opiods some. Otherwise it's off to a surgery consult.

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Herniated Lumbar Disks L5 S1, L2 L3