any suggestions on new pain meds

Hi, I am on Remicade and Imuran and I occasionally take pain meds especially with having osterarthritis.

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Hi, I am teddybearweiser, I am a male.

I was diagnosed with crohns disease when i was admitted to the hospital

in 1992, in Jan of 1993 I was back in the hospital for surgery for my crohns. I had part of my right colon resectioned with ilecolonstomy.

 My GI doctor has me on Asacol, Dicyclomine,Imuran,Celebrex and Remicade. B-12 injection once a month.

My Internest doctor has me on Lisnopril-HTCZ and Folic Acid. Diagnosed

with Osteoarthritis July 2007

thanks for the repies, I have also posted on CP & received quite a few suggestions.  I'm going make a list from all of your posts.  I take humira & imuran already.  Now I've come down with a cold/sinus infrections, along with eye inflammation.  Go figure, its always something.  God Bless.

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Dx with CD 1987, 3 resections, 3 abcess sx, OA back & hips, bulging disk, Major depression/anxiety, kidney stones & sx to remove, now 44 yrs old.  Still trying to figure this disease out & of course all the little extra complications that come with this rollarcoaster of a life with CD. 

 

Meds:  Hurmira every other week 40 mg, Imuran .75 daily, cymbalta 60 mg daily, Lortab 7.5/500 x 4x, fish oil, fovia,vit e,folic acid,Vit B12,inject monthly,

 

         

 

 

thanks for the suggestion Vicki, I'm going to the gi in 1 week.  Something definitely needs to change for me.  God Bless everyone!

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Dx with CD 1987, 3 resections, 3 abcess sx, OA back & hips, bulging disk, Major depression/anxiety, kidney stones & sx to remove, now 44 yrs old.  Still trying to figure this disease out & of course all the little extra complications that come with this rollarcoaster of a life with CD. 

 

Meds:  Hurmira every other week 40 mg, Imuran .75 daily, cymbalta 60 mg daily, Lortab 7.5/500 x 4x, fish oil, fovia,vit e,folic acid,Vit B12,inject monthly,

 

         

 

 

Originally for my crohns pain i was given lortabs. i kept adjusting to them and we kept raising them up higher and unfortunately i ended up haveing a problem taking them when i shouldnt have and taking too many becasue they didnt work for me. i was on methadone for a long time and it was a wonder drug for me. no side effects, no funny feeling or sleepiness and it kept the pain at bay. i had to stop taking it becasue if a new head med i was prescribed, there was an interaction. as of now i am on a fentanyl patch, i take it as much for the CD pain as i do for horrible pain in my back and joints that they attribute to the CD. I was seeing a pain doc and she was the one who started me on them but now my PCP prescribes them for me.
i suggest talking to your doc and if they arent willing or able to write you something else, try a pain management doc, if you can find a good one they will really help you, they have a lot more options.

hope this helps

bunny

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Crohn's Disease Diagnosed 12/24/03 (Thats Right, Merry Christmas to me!)

 

Bipolar

 

Probable MS

 

 

 

If you are sick , do NOT wait for the GI and an appointment ! I use to, no MORE. I go right to the ER and then the DOC has to listen because another doctor is calling ! I do not fool around any more ! The ER Docs and some nurses know who I am by name and sight ! In fact, they are going to name a wing after me..If the doctors ( GI and PCP ) cant get me in, wont call, I just use the ER...They will run all the tests etc , if you go to the doc's most of the time they send you to the hosp for Labs and all the DX test like MRI , Cat scans etc anyway...go to ER and the docs have to listen....Good Luck !

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KURT HILL

It can be so debilitating some days, just trying to get through an ordinary day. I think its wise to rest up when your body tells you, sometimes it hard to take my own advise, whats that saying,
"Time and Tide waits for no-one".
Take care,
Tess

My GP started me on Talwin and it works much better for me. I'm on Neurontin, which interferes with hydrocodone, and I was no longer getting relief. So he decided on this old drug. I only take a half tablet at a time, usually along with one tylenol, and it holds for almost 6 hours. I only take a total of one pill a day.

When I was first prescribed Talwin, the pharmacy had to search for it from several manufacturers, so it must not be used much, at least not in my area.

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48 yr. old. Ileocolitis.  CD since early teens, misdx'd until age 36.  Hemicolectomy-left side in 2001.  Disease returned in 2003. Arthritis, episcleritis, chronic pain due to surgeries (nerve damage, adhesions) and disease.  Recently dx'd scoliosis.  History of endometriosis.

narcotics help and most cause constipation, so that's fine with me!

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Finally Dx- April 13 2007 (age 26) ilio-crohn's-colitis. Surgeries:appendectomy, cholecystectomy, tonsillectomy, pinidal cyst removed,emergency abdominal surgery for hemorrhaging ovary from burst ovarian cyst, LEEPcervix, emergency abdominal surgery for grapefruit sized ovarian cyst removal, D and C of uterus, lumpectomy of breast.

MEDS: remicade, prednisone, Asacol TID, protonix, metformin, buspar, trazodone, multi V, B complex, flaxseed. Vegetarian, leaning towards vegan. no nuts, seeds, or wheat.

Many allergies. Polycystic ovarian syndrome, anxiety, depression, ITP 

Every tool is a weapon if you hold it right ~ Ani Difranco