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THANK YOU! That’s exactly what I was hoping to hear. I suspected as much but my...
I suspected as much but my pain doc ... disaster, nothing really works, not even opiods
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Nov 8, 2025
I am really sorry you are going through the pain. Pain is exhausting, so the tiredness...
Pain is exhausting, so the tiredness ... anything other than an NSAID, to include opioids ... Opioids are less dangerous to kidneys ... on tramadol or some other opioid based ... pain killer.
Posted: Nov 7, 2025
@cindymattern So sorry you are suffering. Therapy may scare you but you really, really need physical...
As for pain meds, I was one of the fortunate ... here have been using that new non opiod
Discussion: Second TKR
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Nov 4, 2025
Doctors have a professional and legal duty to address intractable pain, which often requires going beyond...
legal duty to address intractable pain ... surgery, nerve blocks, and long-term opioid ... Addressing intractable pain involves
Discussion: Help!!
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Oct 31, 2025
@sueinmn You make some good points. My brother, in Indiana, had a knee replacement about the...
My brother is in pain and on opiods ... I never took a pain pill, my flex was ... today at 122 and I have essentially no pain
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Oct 22, 2025
I was 70 last year when I had RARP. You can click on my name and...
acetaminophen and ibuprofen) and my pain ... the point that I needed any of my opioid ... pain prescription we had on hand.
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Posted: Oct 14, 2025
@debbiehirsch, my PCP told me that many pain medications, including opioids, are classified as for acute...
debbiehirsch, my PCP told me that many pain ... medications, including opioids, are ... classified as for acute pain. ... prescription knowing we have chronic pain
Support Group: Neuropathy
Posted: Oct 8, 2025
@lee9589 Since 2000, I have tried all that the doctors recommended up until they got to...
Everything I took didn’t help the pain ... The only thing that helps me is an opioid ... act of Congress for me to get the opioids ... me that the drug addicts can have opioids ... , but the people with a lot of pain
Support Group: Fibromyalgia
Posted: Sep 27, 2025
@suzfuse46 I have had 2 SCS implanted. In 2009 I got the St Jude model. Amazing...
back to annual MRIs, always taking opioids ... only “distracts” your brain from the pain ... It doesn’t block the pain. ... Both times, it was pretty painful. ... great Reps that will meet me at my pain
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Sep 24, 2025
NSAIDS and Tylenol are not as effective as opioids. If that were the case we wouldn’t...
and Tylenol are not as effective as opioids ... suicide because they can’t get their pain ... there regarding the effectiveness of opioid ... pain medication. ... doctors if they have experienced chronic pain
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Sep 15, 2025
I agree that people must not have ever had real pain if they don't understand the...
people must not have ever had real pain ... don't understand the need for opioids ... What part of severe pain don't they ... That will subscribe opioids,or a pain
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Aug 31, 2025
I developed worsening neck and shoulder pain 15 years after C5-T1 decompression and fusion. After all...
developed worsening neck and shoulder pain ... Medtronic intrathecal catheter for opioids ... the catheter low in the back and my pain ... therapy but then developed low back pain
Posted: Aug 24, 2025
Hi, One day my doctor told me I had 5 years to go with my kidneys,...
kidneys, fortunately I have a very high pain ... On the rear occasion pain gets the better ... of me I have opioid based painkillers
Posted: Aug 20, 2025
Maybe a class action lawsuit would help? I’ve been on Darvan and then when that was...
article at the CDC if you google chronic pain ... opioids plus CDC you will land on an ... article that recommends opioids for ... long-term chronic pain yet still, ... of course people who are in chronic pain
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Aug 6, 2025
Same here. Severe back issues. Seeing pain management for 20 years. I take hydrocodone up to...
Seeing pain management for 20 years. ... Also came in handy with cancer pain. ... feel the need to explain why we take opiods ... minute it's known you're on opiods ... My pain meds still work after 20 years
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Aug 6, 2025
Evaluation by an orthopedic center and rehabilitation program, such as Mayo may have, might be helpful....
the problem, which a orthopedic or pain ... Opiods (oxycodone, tramadol, hydrocodone ... , etc), can paradoxically make pain ... Some patients manage without opioids ... Pain of a level 8 is most unfortunate
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Aug 2, 2025