I am determined to give Lyrica a try.....

This sounds like self-medicating, which is NEVER a good idea in the long run.

Good that you are determined to work with the Lyrica, but not so good that it is worth breaking Federal Law in taking those Percosets.

I hope you come out of it well, and maybe learn something useful to your doctor in prescribing what you need. Although you may not want to tell your doctor about what you discovered since your doctor may not take kindly to it.

Your call, I guess, and honestly the best of luck to you.

 

     Dear Hurtingbad,

 

       Good Morning *huggs* My name is Dani. I don't know if we have met before. But I wanted to introduce myself and say hello.

 

       It is very refreshing you are trying lycra. I do not have personal exerpience with that particular medication.. But! I have heard many many wonderful things about it. It seems to be a life saver for those with neuropathic pain. It could be a really big step towards getting things under control. I do, however, notice that you are taking it along with something that... perhaps should be left out.

 

       Here is why;

 

(www.wikipidia.com )

Drug interactions

No pharmacokinetic interactions have been demonstrated in vivo. The manufacturer notes some potential pharmacological interactions with opioids (pregabalin is synergistic with opioids in lower doses), benzodiazepines, barbiturates, ethanol(alcohol) and other drugs that depress the central nervous system

     Perhaps the BT pain should be addressed with something differant. Would be a good idea to bring up your continued pain when you talk to your doctor next.

*huggs*

dani

hurtingbad,

Have you even talked to your doctor about being in pain still and needing an increase in the lyrica, as most doctors dont have a problm with increasing Lyrica espcially since most doctors do increase overtime and the start you off with a low dose to help minimize side effects.
And did you talk to your doctor about needing a pain med til the lyrica starts to kick in? And you said your not having withdrawals, but how can you tell if your taking another narcotic? and if you plan to go to a pain doctor soon, you should know that almost every time they drug test on the first appointment before they will prescribe anythig narcotic at all. And you having percocet in your system that isnt prescribed by your reguluar doctor is a one way ticket out the door of all doctors you try to see for pain. Tomorrow is monday, please call your doctorn and explain that you still need the vicodins, did they give you a reason for cutting you off?

-hellokitty

I'm sorry to be so blunt, but why didn't you just call your doc & ask if it's okay for you to increase the Lyrica?

And I definitely don't understand why people choose to take meds from family or friends rather than just calling their doctors & explaining what is going on. There have been countless people who have posted here over the past year about how they have done exactly that & ended up with all sorts of horrible consequences -- trouble with their doctors, trouble with the law, trouble with their family/friends, trouble with their school, etc. It is a really horrible idea.

There are almost no doctors out there who would not automatically label someone exhibiting such behavior as an addict. I understand you are in pain, but you are trading your entire future away for a very short-term relief. You will get caught -- people always do -- and not only will you be affected, but your friend will also lose her pain meds for life and may get in trouble with the law as well.

Please think about how your actions will affect not only you, but your friend & those around you. If you don't like or trust your current doctor, find a new one. And please look into addictionologists in your area. Even if you have to take a day or two off of work to take care of that, realize that is what you need to do. Besides all the other trouble, many employers drug test employees if they suspect drug use. If you test positive for a substance not currently prescribed to you, you will lose your job anyways. And the vast majority of employers will always do pre-employment screens. How will you keep the pain under control for the interview without this med that you "need"?

I know that is a lot of questions to consider. There are many more that I have left out, but I have seen so many people insist that using other people's pain meds is a simple solution for their pain, but it has serious, far-reaching & long-standing implications for every aspect of your own life & many aspects of your friend's life, her family & her friends.

Please reconsider your choice.

blessings,
frances

As other's have said, you should absoutly stop taking those pecocet right away, as it can cause severe long term problems. Just think if someone found out, the cops would be called, then they will offer you a smaller charges if you give up who gave you the meds, and you would be so desprate that you do, then your friend ends up in jail with big charges and in the end you both end up in drug court paying lots and lots of fees, drug tested 2-3 times a week, you will be refused any pain treatment with narcotics, and seeing a parole officer twice a week, being forced into inpatient rehab instead and/or jail time. And it will be many years before your cleared of charges all because you decided to take someone else's meds. And if you think it wouldn't happen to you, it DOES. My friend is (was) a high school teacher and her husband is the superintendent, and she got in HUGE trouble with pain meds and was arrested AT the high school, where it embarrassed herself and her husband. These are people with very nice house and cars and quite a bit of money, she worked her way from welfare up to this nice life and lost it all cause of pain meds. And she absoutly regrets putting her family through all this and is still fighting with her husband where they use to be very happy, but the court trouble has brought severe tension between them and he has lost all trust for her. I refered this friend to my Suboxone doctor and she has been doing great ever since, my Suboxone doctor is an addictionoligist, and he sees me not for addiction but for severe dependence and is tapering me off of all meds.

I know your thinking that htis stuff will not happen to me, so did all of the other people who thought it couldnt happen and it did. Do you really wanna take the chances of never getting any pain control? Remember that the label on the prescription bottle is NOT a suggestion, but they are the directions, either follow them or call your doctor and ask them if they can change it. Getting pain treatment is getting so hard for people with real chronic pain cause of drug diversion, that there are literally people lining up ath e methadone clinic just to receive something for thier pain at all cause doctors wont trust them cause they had a few patients that abused the system, and it's the few patients that abuse them that lets thousands of us suffering cause we cant find someone to treat us or way under medicate us. Now remember I see an addiction doctor and I am NOT an addict, but yet I am not embarrassed at all to say I see one, he has been the greatest thing to my health and pain ever, actually I'm going to go see him this morning in a few hours, his office is a good one and half hours away but I only see him once every 2 months. Well I hope you make the right choice. Throw away the percocets, and call your doctor TODAY about upping the lyrica and about getting your vicodins back, and if they say no to the vicodin then it sounds to me like they're already starting to not trust you for reason.

-hellokitty