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Intrathecal Pain Pump
I’ve have an intrathecal pain pump for many years, just trying to connect with others that have this device to chat with people about effectiveness and drug therapies.
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@morkat if you’re on hydromorphone, I would say you are on the low side. I am on about 1.74mg of it per day. Thanks for your reply.
@heisenberg34
The pump is morphine.
@morkat Who prescribes the oxy? Seems as if most Docs shy away from it.
@heisenberg34 I've been at this for over 20 years. When I began my family doc wrote for me, but pre-pump I had gotten to almost 6 oxycodone's a day that made my family doc nervous so I talked to my neurosurgeon and he agreed to write. Once when he checked the records he said it took you 2 months to refill the last Rx. Certainly not drug seeking behavior. When I had my whole lumbar spine done the hospitalist came in to release me to home. At that time I asked him to cut in half my Rx for oxycontin. He said I want to but you on a billboard the only person in America who wants less Oxycotin. My son who passed from an overdose keep telling me how addictive it was and for some there is no coming back. does that explain it? Hope so.
@morkat Thank for your reply. I am truly saddened to hear of your son's passing. I don't know if any doc here in Dover, DE would write scrips for oxy, and I'm not sure I would ever want to get on that train...unless my pain becomes unbearable. For now I will put my hopes on my pain pump being able to reproduce that one day of good pain relief. And, perhaps I will look in THC gummies. I just need to find a doc locally who knows about the various strengths needed to combat neuropathic pain.
I don’t know about that. I’ve tried two different brands of CBD gummies but had no effect.
@bilt4pain Do you mean 1.97 mg continuous?
@sreary74 If CBD doesn't work, perhaps you might try TCH gummies. Of course there might be some side effects.
@heisenberg34
Yes, the pump must never stop. I get 4, 2.5mg. Bolus’s/day with 1.97 mg. Continuous.
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1 ReactionI am approaching my 3rd pump in March. I've had great results; without it, my level of mobility would be nil.
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