DrugBuyers.Com: Opiate Edema

Okay, first thank you all for responding. I'll try to respond in order:
First, my doctor prescribed a diuretic to be taken every day for a week (or more, as needed) It took awhile, but these DID work.

Second, wow, I certainly hope I don't have stones. I don't believe there's a realtive trend in my family of this problem. Of course, if there's anyone to pioneer into new and more painful trouble, it's me.

Third: I was actually just talking about the water retention which causes the dependant extremeties (in this case,my ankles and feet) to swell with water, sometimes to the point where you can poke at them and an indent will remain for awhile. Because of chemical imbalances, anorexics in the beginning stages of recovery will often get severe edema. Pulmonary edema is a whole different ball game. . .I know I've read and heard quite a lot about it from reading adventures magazines and from my father, who likes to fly to distant continents and climb various mountains. For that reason I've always thought of pulmonary edema as attributable to extreme changes in air pressure and oxygen density, although I guess there maybe some people who get pulmonary edema sitting in front of the TV.

Thinking about it, I realize that high levels of codeine (beyond the "ceiling" for analgesia) had caused my hands to swell many times, but this always went away after the drug wore off. I bet this is tied in with the difficulty in urination the is a side effect of most opiates? Since you can't pee it out, it just trinkles down and starts filling up your extremeties as if pouring water into a latex glove. And you're right- it certainly seems like the sort of thing that would indicate poor kidney function.

It's just so frustrating. . impossible to put on shoes, for instance. I am not having this problem right now, but now I know I'm prone to it. It wouldn't be a problem if I could get the strength and dosage of meds that I need prescribed, but isn't that the refrain to every tune we sing here?

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