Tydickens, you can make the patch stay on with 3M's Nexcare Tegaderm Transparent Dressing. I have been using the Tegaderm and it is very effective in making the patch stay on me. I am on 50 mcg. You...
Thanks, you're a big help!...
What brand of Fentanyl patch are you using? I am using Mylan and it doesn't stick well. Also the paper that came with the patches said not to use alcohol to clean the area....
I changed to Fentanyl patches from Kadian and I'm having trouble making the fentanyl patch stay on. I'm looking for the kind of really strong tape that you use for IV's to use on the patch but I...
The prior authorization for the Actiq was denied, but the PM office is doing paperwork to get it to go through this time. Let's keep our fingers crossed! If the Actiq is denied again, I will ask for...
I am still waiting on prior authorization from my insurance for the Actiq, but I doubt they will pay for it. I am exploring other med options. I am on Kadian, and they upped my dosage to 60 mg which...
Is a shower chair covered by Medicare/Medicaid? I need to know...I need one. It hurts to stand up in the shower, and I'm nervous getting in and out of the tub. My legs aren't strong enough to get out...
I don't know if it's available at a store near you, but at a store near me, there is this bathtub rail that costs about $30 or $40 and it's not permanent, you can attach it to the side of the tub...
I worry a lot about getting in and out of the shower or the tub. I'm scared one day I will slip and fall and hit my head hard. My bathroom is not "handicapped accessible". I need a rail to hold on...
I need a maid, too. I am a very horrible housekeeper, and I LOATHE cleaning, plus my body would not allow it anyway. When I get a job I can do someday, I am going to hire a cleaning lady to come in...
I have a Sidekick cell phone and it has a program where I can type in notes, and in that program I write down all the meds I have taken and at what time, and how much, so that when I am trying to...
Yeah, and I just realized I swore. I was copying and pasting this from my Livejournal (where I swear a lot) and forgot to change "ass" to "butt". I apologize. I hope I don't get penalized or banned...
Today my feet were really burning pretty bad, but my ass hurt while sitting on the side of the tub while soaking my feet in cold water. I thought up a solution! (and I don't have a couch to sit on...
Well, my PM doc agreed to up the Kadian to 60 mg and put me on Actiq 200 mcg and he also changed my muscle relaxant to Skelaxin 800 mg. So, hopefully it will help....
I am small, 5'2 and 183 lbs. Maybe it's because I'm overweight? I don't know. I am just frustrated with the Kadian helping me somewhat (they DO help to a degree) but the Norco isn't really doing its...
If Actiq isn't really that good for BT pain, what would you suggest for BT pain that is better than Norco, Percocet, or Vicodin?...
Thank you for your suggestion....
It's ok, Su. Someone who knows more about Actiq will come along and shine some light on the subject....
I take Kadian 50 mg and Norco 10 mg. The Kadian help somewhat, but the Norco doesn't really help for breakthrough pain. I feel I need something stronger for breakthrough pain. I am wondering if Actiq...
I never run out of Norco. The burning and the pain started two weeks ago....
I don't want to see a neurologist cause I know it means that he/she's going to want to do an EMG test on me. I've had an EMG test done a few years ago, and OMG, that was painful! I wanted to kick...
The pain wasn't going down my legs...it was coming UP my legs from my feet...spreading to my calves. Sorry for not being clear enough....
For the last two weeks my right foot and leg was very painful and was on fire. I went to my regular doctor to see if the x-ray would show a fracture or anything wrong with the bone. The x-rays were...
118 degrees?! Are you in New Mexico? I would DIE!...
EW!...
I am wondering what medications doesn't cause sensitivity to heat and sun? I am at my fiance's house for the night due to no AC at my apartment. We lost power around 7:30 pm tonight and we still...
Thanks for your advice. You live in Belgium, Europe? Awesome. I don't have problems with sun and my eyes. It's just overheating and sunburning that are the issues. I know it's not the other meds...
Normally I am not sensitive to heat and the sun...in fact I love the heat and the sun. But I've been on Kadian for about three months now and...I went to PrideFest and I was only there for 2 hours...
August 27th :smurf:...
I've been on the patch for several weeks now and I've never had a problem with my breasts swelling. Maybe you should talk to your PM doc?...
I agree with Chutzie. I think you should look into getting a MRI done of your head, to rule out tumors, they could be what is putting pressure or pain on your eyes. You just never know....better...
I have locked joints in my hips and knees sometimes...I wake up with locked joints sometimes and I take Robaxin for that and find that Robaxin seems to prevent my knees and hips from locking while I...
Thank you for recommending the book. My library has it and I put a hold on the book and hopefully get it within the week....
Are you criticizing me for going on the patch? I'm sorry if you don't approve of me being on the patch. Vicodin, Lortab, Norco, and Percocet didn't do crap for me. The epidural injections in my back...
My pain doc finally rx'd me fentanyl patches. He was gonna rx me Methodone, but I heard somewhere that if I start taking Methodone nothing else would work for me anymore. I also don't like the stigma...
OMG. I cannot understand why those teenagers do this. It's sad....
Hey, I live in Texas too...so I'm guessing HEB? :D I go to HEB to use their wonderful pharmacy, the staff and the pharmacists there know me by my name. :)...
The Lortab 10/500's weren't lasting me long enough (they should last at least 4 hours for 1 pill, 6-8 for 2 pills, but they wear off after about 2 1/2 to 3 hours for 1 pill and after about 4 hours...
I think you are right. I am thinking of telling him that the 10 mg lortabs do help me most of the times but that there are times that the lortabs, even two lortabs (yes he knows I take two lortabs...
I have 2 injured discs in my lower back at L3-L4 and L4-L5 which is causing a lot of the pain....
My pain has been pretty bad lately and I haven't gotten my TENS unit yet, and I am still working on the paperwork for more electrotherapy at PT. My friend suggested that I ask my spine doctor for a...
I am also 27 and suffer from chronic pain from 2 injured discs in my lower back and from my dysplastic hip. I've been suffering for about 6 years and it just gets worse and worse as I get older. Look...
My physical therapist decided to do something different with me instead of hydrotherapy one day and did electrotherapy on me and it seems to help with the pain quite a bit, I am taking less pain...
My doctor is the one who prescribed the ibuprofen along with the Soma, Valium, and Lortab. I had asked for Celebrex but he said that ibuprofen is safer than Celebrex....
I woke up this morning in excruciating pain, pain is a 10 in my right hip and it was so hard to get out of bed to go to the bathroom. I finally broke down and called my doctor's office for a script...
Okay, I just spoke with the doctor's office just now and Dr. E said it is fine to take 2 Somas at the same time for the spasms, instead of just one. He also said it is fine to take 15 mg of Valium as...
It seems that lately I am getting spasms all the time. No matter what I do, I end up with spasms from it. I get spasms in my back, hips, legs, feet, my calves, and sometimes even my hands. I hate...
Thank you for this information. I take 10 mg Lortab, and It takes about an hour to an hour and a half before it kicks in. I read somewhere that if you break it in half, it takes effect a little...
I ended up going to the ER last night cause my entire spine was burning and the pain was unbearable. I was given Valium as a muscle relaxant and a shot of Tramadol. It helped for the time being but...
My lower spine is burning, right where the injured discs are, at L3-L4 and at L4-L5. I tried heating pad and then an ice pack and it only made the burning worse, so I got up and am sitting up which...