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redhill
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 Re: Have OC20 - still in pain - now what?
06/20/04 06:07 PM
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First, I can seriously relate to lower back pain... I know I will catch a little flak from some for suggesting this, but... Are you sure that OC is for you?? There are some people, myself included, that oxycodone doesn't work on. I was post-op and pain was 10/10. The doc put me on percocet 10. I felt NOTHING from them even after four days of taking them.
Went back to the doc and got 1mg diluadid and it worked wonders. Then went to norco 10/325 and it worked wonders. I ran out of norco during second week and took two of the percocets again because I was hurting, nothing. I had filled the script at Rite aid so I took the pills to Walgreen's to verify they were actually percocet which they were.
I got a couple of percocets for a migraine about a year later in the ER and they did nothing either. My body can't process it for some reason.
The doc said that every person has a slightly different combination of opioid receptors sizes and this results in some drugs not working as well for people... There are many opiates out there, maybe seeing a pain doc who knows what he/she is doing is not such a bad idea.
Hope this helps a little.
Hi Piginpain (I'm sure you're no pig!)
Your idea is a very intelligent one. Dilaudid actually has worked better for me in the past (I got it once as a BT med), but due to its reputation for being such a strong narcotic, it's even more of a holy grail to get prescribed than Oxycodone.
Cannot take Norco, cannot take anything that has Tylenol from now on. I have damaged my liver with Tylenol, and even the pain doctors now want me to stick with strictly narcotic medications, although they give me a hard time on that too - go figure, they are not really consistent.
But of all the meds, Oxycodone is actually one of the more effective ones for me, more so than MS Contin or the Duragesic patch.
In fact, the most worthless drug for me has consistently been Fentanyl.
But yep, Hydromorphone worked wonders, but I doubt I'll ever see that again unless brain matter is spraying from my eye sockets!
Which is not to say the pain is not bad.
Today has just been a constant struggle. And at the moment my BT med is Ibuprofen.
Thanks for your suggestion. Oxycodone just happens to be one of the more effective ones so far as I know.
I wonder when Palladone hits the market. Any idea?
Red
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