DrugBuyers.Com: Opiate Edema

Toe,

We appear to have quite a bit in common. I am deathly allergic to any form of NSAID,anaphalactic shock. Same here about steroid and immediate epi the first time. Now I carry an "Epi-Pen" and have a life time supply of the MedPaks,prn refills.

I would agree,you're CNS certainly isn't opiate naive at that dosage. Having been trained only in emergency medicine, I do not have the depth of knowledge or experience as many posters here,but do you think the MS and Norco combination could have caused the edema? I'm not sure about urinary retention,but it sure sounds tied in somewhere. Since this was a one time incident,it would make sense to me the fluid edema may have temporarily caused urine retention,the body has a way of 'over-compensating' when it comes to a fluid imbalance.

This is a good question...Anyone?(sorry guys)
J.

EDITED TO ADD: You know what,Toe? Now that I think about it,which I didnt at the time,I Did have some urinary retention the first few nights home. Normally,I am up 3-4 times during the night,but I wasnt a couple of nights.Wrote it off as being 1)having had decent pain relief for the days inhospital combined with 2) ability to sleep undisturbed throughout the night(you know how they wake you every 3 hours practically for something or another)and 3) being in my own bed at home.

Inhospital I had the Foley Cath,so I wasnt aware of it,but sure enough, I went at least 3 nights without getting up to urinate,and this was in conjunction with the pitting edema.
Waalah~By Golly, have we solved it? Could it be?

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Edited by Jeremiah (09/19/03 09:31 AM)