Hello to all of my fellow pain management patients. I’ve been suffering from debilitating pain for over 30 years and have tried everything but FENTANYL patches.
Firstly, every patient experiences pain differently. If there were ever a case for “NON ONE SIZE FITS ALL,” pain management is the epitome of that expression.
In short, keep trying different pain medications until you find the one and dosage with the best and most effective efficacy!
Personally, I use OXYCODONE.
Be absolutely thankful and grateful if you have a physician and pharmacy who are willing to fill any kind of OPIOID medications, it has and continues to be a struggle to obtain opioids for pain management for over 30 years and becomes more and more difficult all of the time,
At best, most of us will be able to manage severe, chronic pain. It’s a misnomer for most patients to be able to “control their pain!”
Type, duration and exacerbation of pain will require different dosages and strengths of pain meds at different times to try and maintain the same result.
Personally, I find it absolutely pathetic and dehumanizing that patients have to beg for their pain meds just so they can reduce the amount of tortuous suffering they must endure every day. It’s worse than dehumanizing. I am on pain meds throughout the day and without them I would be completely dysfunctional. As far as side effects are concerned. Unless I told somebody I was using pain meds they wouldn’t have any idea. They are like taking an effective dose of aspirin for me. I don’t get any kind of “high” and I certainly don’t feel any kind of euphoric state from them. I am similar to a diabetic taking insulin. If I don’t take enough than I will feel very badly. If I take what I need I feel much better. My medication just blocks the horrible amount of pain and discomfort I would be feeling if I weren’t taking them.
One of the biggest “MISNOMERS” propagated by the medical profession is that Pain meds, (especially opioids) don’t improve your underlying medical problems creating the pain. Therefore, they are of no benefit. That’s one of the most stupid and most irresponsible comments they could ever make. Opioids were never designed to treat the underlying problems or symptoms from any underlying disease or medical malady. However, if you don’t sufficiently treat the pain associated with patient’s medical malaise, the pain gets worse and worse and the patient feel.worse and worse which causes a serious decrease in the overall wellbeing of the patient! Opioids are the most effective pain treatment we have available to us as chronic pain patients. When the medical profession comes up with something more effective I will take it. Patients do not abuse or overdose on pain meds. Of course, some do just like anybody who uses alcohol could potentially become an alcoholic. However, most pain patients use their medication responsibly. The bigger problem to address is that most patients are “under medicated.”
Frankly, I could write for hours on the subject but do not have the cognitive or physical ability to do so. Good luck to everybody who seeks to be treated with genuine and authentic empathy in managing and treating their pain as effectively and empathetically as possible.
GODSPEED,
Phil