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How to deal with constant pain for years
Chronic Pain | Last Active: May 26 9:58pm | Replies (79)Comment receiving replies
Like you, the thought of fenanyl scares the dickens out of me. If it were safe and actually helpd, I MIGHT consider it. I don't understand how a powerful opioid like hydromorphone doesn't seem to touch this pain. In the back of my mind I keep thinking Lyme's. I have had it several times and always test positive, but this Western blot test doesn't have enough positive lines to be considered positive. I just have to wonder. My pain has spread to other places in my body.
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I used fentanyl patches for many years and it helped better than anything I had used before than. I have been disabled for 29 years and have had chronic pain longer than that. I eventually was taken off it and started ablations on my neck and back. My advice is to get outside as much as possible and exercise if possible. It is not a great life but you have to try to go on. I know I get tired of people who have no pain telling me this, but I am living the walk everyday so I can say you have got to try to improve you life everyday. Best wishes.
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You might speak with a pharmacist about the safety of fentanyl. I would think that in a pump, a prescribed dosage should be fine, but I'm not a doctor or pharmacist. The fear factor is typically having to do with street fentanyl, which is often mixed with other drugs, including synthetics, which makes it so dangerous. If you talk with your pharmacist, I'd be curious to know what they say.
Jim