Had pain pump implanted. No relief. Anyone have similar experience?

Posted by heisenberg34 @heisenberg34, Jan 8, 2024

After virtually every med, procedure I could imagine to ease the pain in my lower back, buttocks, and feet after a ski fall 7 years ago, I finally had the Medtronics pain pump implanted in April of 2023. After more adjustments than I can remember, there is still no pain relief. I am going back in a week to see about having another med added to the hydromorphone (morphine did not work during the trial. I had 80% pain reduction with hydromprphone). The pain pump is supposed to have a success rate of 94%. Anyone else out there have a similar experience?

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heisenberg34 | @heisenberg34 | Apr 15 11:00am

Has anyone with a pain pump experienced nausea/vomiting when the pump is putting out a high level of dilaudid? When I reached 4.2 mg/24 hours, I began to experience severe bouts of vomiting. Similar to what happened to me after my trials with morphine and dilaudid. I am now at 3.2 mg/24 hours and am still having occasional bouts of nausea/vomiting. It's quite concerning.