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What was your experience with a pain pump?
Chronic Pain | Last Active: Sep 5, 2025 | Replies (92)Comment receiving replies
If the trial worked well, the permanent implant should work as well. Hydromorphone is a great choice for a pain pump. It's five times as powerful as morphine. Please let your current doctor adjust your pump output. You may eventually get decent pain relief. Has de discussed clearing the tip of the catheter? I wish you well.
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The doctor I stayed with for over 4 years didn’t seem to have any interest in the amount of pain I was in. Over the time he was filling my pump he never used the dose and he never checked to see if the catheter was blocked. I made an appointment with him and he didn’t show. I started with a new doctor. He tested and found the catheter is blocked. I have lost a lot of weight and the pump is extremely painful. I want to shut down the pump and get on oral meds. At this point I have a hard time eating and sleeping due to pain. My problem is I can’t find a pain center who will give me the oral med.