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Medication, Autoimmune Diseases
Autoimmune Diseases | Last Active: Mar 17 2:42pm | Replies (22)Comment receiving replies
I had total knee replacement in September. I have always responded in strange ways to medications. This was something from medieval torture! I awakened in recovery with excruciating pain. I had a spinal that wore off. Im got an IV morphine and woke up in hospital room. Again excruciating pain. They gave me first one oxycodone, still pain! Then tried a second, still pain. Then tramadol. Still pain. I was barely able to walk a few steps. Felt like ground hot glass shard in my knee. Physical therapy was excruciating and no one could explain why. Then I discovered that autoimmune can cause malabsorption of opioids! I am mostly recovered. Knee is stronger. But I need the other knee to be replaced. I can’t do that with whiskey and a leather strap. Anyone else experience lack of pain meds with difficult surgeries?
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@dancer26
Aaww I'm sorry you had to experience that! Yes, I had shoulder replacement done under 5 months ago. Meds weren't doing the job at all.. Survived though.. Still have months to go Dr. Said to gain all strength and pain go away as muscle gets stronger. I have so many autoimmune disease issues.. Antiphospholipid syndrome, Sleraderma, Sjögren's, Raynouds, I have Fibromyalgia and Chronic pain syndrome, I've had several ischemic strokes, no high BP ever, and I have pulmonary fibrosis now from Connective Tissue Disease. Life gives us things to deal with and sometimes it's to much I know. Much luck sent your way. Prayers!!!
@dancer26
Did you discover that autoimmune can cause malabsorption
of opioids ? or did someone else discover that ?
Because isn't that a valuable thing to know?
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@dancer26 Hi. What autoimmune diseases have you been diagnosed with?