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I only had nausea and some skin reaction so what you are seeing is quite unusual...
am assuming it is for your chronic pain ... works for some people with chronic pain ... , and you can avoid the opioid impacts ... - no more patch-related issues, no opioid ... side effects, and far less pain.
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Oct 3, 2023
Diagnosed with SFN 3 years ago. I’m not diabetic. I’m considered idiopathic. Pain is either extreme...
Pain is either extreme cold or heat. ... live my remaining days in constant pain ... I hate opioids, but they’re the only
Support Group: Neuropathy
Posted: Sep 24, 2023
I understand what your saying about Gabapentin. I take 300 mg in the morning & 300mg...
I was still in the same amount of pain ... I am in constant pain but I would not ... My pain is coming from my back but afraid ... make same dingy but I don't take opioids
Support Group: Neuropathy
Posted: Sep 16, 2023
I have very dry eyes and 2 bouts of filamentary keratitis-in both eyes both Xs. Both...
Eye pain is so hard to treat. ... that helps with that searing, burning pain ... are opioids, but health care providers
Support Group: Eye Conditions
Posted: Sep 13, 2023
I had my first session of Myofascial release after many surgeries and a lot of PT...
keeping my spine from moving without pain ... Hopefully I can walk further without pain ... and not need opioids soon
Hey all. Came across this page and as someone who received extensive INF treatment from Dr....
years post-op, I was still in immense pain ... INF when doing research into chronic pain ... first time in years, I am completely pain-free ... Opioids barely touched my pain. ... My pain went from being at a 8/9 daily
Support Group: Neuropathy
Posted: Aug 23, 2023
Gabapentin controlled the severe nerve pain I experienced after a three level fusion. The opioid had...
Gabapentin controlled the severe nerve pain ... The opioid had very little effect. ... Gabapentin first when I couldn’t manage the pain ... and if it didn’t help, then take an opioid
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Aug 3, 2023
I have had many accidents and surgeries since I was young so it’s hard to say...
about 30 years ago and it started painfully ... using a wheelchair off and on and the pain ... I’m now 67 years old and am opioid intolerant ... home and bedridden in excruciating pain
Support Group: Brain & Nervous System
Posted: Jul 24, 2023
Too bad you didn't get to stop and sit with Buddha :) From the bottom of...
Struggling with chronic pain and the ... I've had chronic pain stemming from ... determination wasn't enough to control his pain ... , and neither were the opioids. ... and aware that being able to feel my pain
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Jul 22, 2023
I was given hydrocodone right after my surgery ... a limited amount and dr. said to...
and dr. said to take it while the pain ... .....I am not a fan of any sort of opiods ... MOVE but the advil helped with my pain
I had a sigmoid resection because of diverticulitis 15 months ago. I live in chronic lower...
I live in chronic lower abdominal pain ... lost 20 lbs because when I eat the pain ... and if ihave a bowel movement the pain ... I live on opioids that don’t do anything ... point of not living anymore with this pain
Support Group: Digestive Health
Posted: Jun 20, 2023
Hi @woundedbear64, There is another discussion that sound very similar to your question that might be...
--- Anxious: Sorting out meds for pain ... also some information on tapering off opioids ... -- Drug Tapering: How to Taper Off Opioids ... americanaddictioncenters.org/opiates/how-to-taper-off-opioids
Support Group: Depression & Anxiety
Posted: Jun 16, 2023
@ripley: I take Cymbalta 60 mg and Lyrica 150 mg at bedtime to avoid sleepiness and...
pudendal nerve, sciatic nerve and hip pain ... problems at all and had noticeable pain ... tolerate severe side effects from opioids ... occasionally for years with good short term pain ... It definitely works to blunt pain but
Support Group: Fibromyalgia
Posted: Jun 16, 2023
I have seen multiple Pain Management Physicians over the course of 10-years. Not one of them...
I have seen multiple Pain Management ... Not one of them have ever offered me pain ... and said "I don't prescribe Opiods ... have been warned about prescribing pain ... unfortunate to see so many people suffer in pain
I understand completely what you are going through. I have begun a regimen of microdosing Naltrexone...
a medication that is used to treat opioid ... 4.5mg and lower to just 2.5mg, their pain ... that most people have to handle pain ... After about a year, those natural opioids ... I can't take opioids nor can I take
Support Group: Brain & Nervous System
Posted: Jun 5, 2023
19 surgeries so far. 78 years old. I first took Norco in 1996 after having my...
Whenever I take a Norco for pain, I ... what body part was screaming for the pain ... reason to prevent addiction to the opioid ... couldn’t sleep at night because of the pain ... can sleep through the night ignoring pain
I had a TKR in 2019 and I still have left leg issues of numbness and...
My “Pain Doc” is trying now to wean ... drug here in Wisconsin , a synthetic opioid ... miss a dose I really feel it in the pain ... I understand there will be a non opioid
Discussion: Tramadol and TKR
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Jun 3, 2023
What a touching story...it kept me wondering there ought to be a way out of this...
there ought to be a way out of this pain ... eighth decade, I can attest to the new pains ... concerns, including less dependency on opioids
Support Group: Just Want to Talk
Posted: Jun 2, 2023
Wow -- love that. I don't understand it all, but bits of it just jumped out...
's like he figures my physical pain ... I truly believe pain relief (and I&#39 ... ;m not talking about opioids, but treating
Support Group: Depression & Anxiety
Posted: May 26, 2023