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Abuse of Opioids takes away from all the good it can do
Chronic Pain | Last Active: May 8, 2023 | Replies (132)Comment receiving replies
I could not agree more with your comment, I too take hydrocodone 7.5-325 4 times a day sometimes 5 on a extra painful day, I try to take the lesser amount when I can . Having my 5 th spinal fusion a week from today . 67 yrs old. I have a phenomenal integrative pain management doctor . I too like you have had too many orthopedic surgeries, both shoulders, more than once.
Thank you for bringing attention to the positive side of opioids. Good luck to you…..
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Can you please share your pain mgt doc’s name? We have 4 in our town and as far as I know, none prescribe opioids anymore. It’s all procedures and their cannabis lotions, etc.
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I’m 70 and like you I was taking oxycodone 5/325 for well over 15 years always needing to watch my acetaminophen intake. Then I became allergic to NSAID drugs. I switched to morphine first which in 2005 was a recommended next step I believe. I’m now on buprenorphine patch every 7 days and only use oxycodone once or twice a week plus MMJ. Ask your integrative pain specialist about it, it might save your liver.