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Hi Grancor, Thank you for your comments. I too have chronic pain and have tried everything under the sun without any benefits. The pain management doctor recently started me on Gabapentin and Belbuca for the pain. This doctor does not do the pain pump. He has referred me to another doctor that does. I haven't met him for a consultation for the pain pump. Do you know if there are other companies other than Metronics that make the pain pump? Also, can you tell me what percentage of your pain was helped by the pump? How was the procedure and how often do you have to refill the medicine? Thank you for your reply. Marty
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I have posted before about ACDF and severe chronic neck, back, leg and foot pain from my army days so I won’t rehash those. I have been on gabapentin at 600mg 3 times a day and hydrocodone 5/325 for years. I was on 3600mg gabapentin but due to complications they scaled it back to the 1800mg a day. My pain doctor talked to me about the balbuca and she thinks it will be better to control the roller coaster relief of the hydrocodone giving quick pain relief but wearing off rather quickly - at least in my circumstances. I will be interested if the balbuca helps you.
I am a little nervous to get off the hydrocodone because it took us over 30 years of trying different meds and injections and PT to find a combination that actually worked for me. Thanks to those that don’t live in our pain deciding opioids are bad and must be eliminated are slowly leaving chronic pain sufferers not much hope for relief. I’m betting once off hydrocodone I won’t be able to go back because of the opioid crusaders if the balbuca doesn’t work.
I will be following your post to see what happens with you.
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I only know of Metronic’s for the pump, refills about every 3 months. It takes my pain down for sleeping and enjoying short walks. I try everything I can to stay active with an average pain of a 5. The new bugle and tear keeps it the pain to 8 by the evening. I also take 1800 mg’s per day 1200 30 minutes before bed. The procedure was a walk in the park compared to any of my back surgeries.