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Has anyone else used Naltrexone HCL for chronic pain?
Chronic Pain | Last Active: Jun 10 8:49am | Replies (18)Comment receiving replies
Thank you monicaboc for replying. The comments had me questioning. But my bottle does say 50 MG HLC and I was instructed to cut them in half. I have had spinal surgery twice, kypoplasti on several discs along with compression fractures that can't be fixed, a pinched nerve in my neck, left shoulder rotater cuff repaired, left hip replaced, now I have a tear in the right rotater cuff. I know this is just a cover up medication. But I do not want pain medication that makes me blurrie eyed or sitting around in a chair all day. I do not want any more surgeries at my age. Besides all this I have COPD,
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There are studies that indicate Naltrexone at a high dose is counterproductive for chronic pain. Here is one and I hope you can open it. I urge you to discuss this with your doctor. The dose you are taking is for opioid addiction not pain. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10964028/
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Given the extent of your injuries, I am sure the higher dose is warranted. Lyrica really helped me but the GI side effects were so severe I ended up on 3 medications just to combat the GI effects. I hope LDN works well for both of us! I'll post again after 6-8 weeks on it to give an update.