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What we have now for PN from the medical industry and the "alternative" medical industry are...
alternative" medical industry are pain ... gabapentin, Lyrica, duloxetine, followed by opioids ... helping to remove the source of the pain
Support Group: Neuropathy
Posted: Nov 14, 2020
I was diagnosed with CRPS TYPE 2 three years ago. I have been through all meds...
The only thing left to relieve pain ... that my pain specialist can use is opioids ... Pain appointments 3 hours away. ... don’t want to LIE but in this day of OPIOID ... already tried to reduce my Opioid dosage
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Nov 7, 2020
@txamo It sounds like you have been through a lot of medical issues, and probably, like...
to one that is titled "I have a pain ... May I ask what opioid you are on, and ... Has your pain management team been able ... to assist you on a pain pump, and how ... to titrate off your current pain meds
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Nov 4, 2020
@sunnyflower The pain specialist I've been seeing for several years isn't an opiophobe, but he is...
@sunnyflower The pain specialist ... opiophobe, but he is certainly an " opioids ... don't treat neuropathy pain&#34 ... Looking online for a pain management ... doctor who isn't afraid to include opioids
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Oct 21, 2020
THINGS TO DO AND/OR REMEMBER AT A PAIN MANAGEMENT APPT (NOT a mental health appointment) I...
THINGS TO DO AND/OR REMEMBER AT A PAIN ... around you: 1: Print off the 2016 CDC Opioid ... Regarding the Misapplication of the CDC Opioid ... non-controls and controls including opioids ... management of which opioids is part
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Oct 21, 2020
I at one time had access to as much opioids as I felt was neccesary. Very...
at one time had access to as much opioids ... Very compassionate Doctors at a pain ... They were not enough to control my pain ... I am as much of an advocate for opioid ... pain long term.
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Oct 14, 2020
I lost my only sibling, my 40 yr old brother to opioids - BUT he was...
only sibling, my 40 yr old brother to opioids ... was an addict - i am not and this Pain ... I believe all of the genuinely in pain ... my first Spine surgery in 1982 and pain ... BS along with constant unbearable pain
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Oct 13, 2020
@bustrbrwn22 My doctors have to follow the protocols set up by the Oregon physicians committee, which...
Even though opioids have been treating ... pain for centuries, because of the ... current opioid climate, a new perception ... are now being effectively treated by opioids ... for chronic pain that no other medication
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Oct 10, 2020
@hypotemusea Welcome to Mayo Connect. I am so sorry to hear that you are experiencing such...
to work they might step you up to opioids ... marijuana and kratom are good for pain ... rwinney (currently doing a 3 wk Mayo Pain
Support Group: Neuropathy
Posted: Oct 9, 2020
@bustrbrwn22 thank you but no need to apologize. I just think we have to weigh our...
against the loss of life because of opioids ... I drive almost 1.5 hr. to my pain doc ... We need to get people in pain their ... to the DEA since my father needed pain
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Oct 8, 2020
I, too, am inconvenienced and also have to endure pain because corrupt Big Pharma, doctors, pharmacists,...
inconvenienced and also have to endure pain ... dealers and others have created an opioid ... friend who lost a 32 year-old son to opioids ... Balance your pain against parents who
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Oct 7, 2020
@summertime4, @lioness I'm so sorry you ladies are both suffering terribly from your chronic pain. @summertime4...
suffering terribly from your chronic pain ... Is it your Pain Management Dr.? ... Unfortunately, our bodies build tolerance to opiod ... if you are on a maxed dose of one opiod ... sometimes switching to a different opiod
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Oct 2, 2020
Hi @amytro Like you, I'm 5 weeks post 2nd knee replacement and suffering from insomnia, extreme...
blood clots forming and stopped my opiod ... pain meds 12 days after surgery. ... weeks post surgery when most of the pain
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Sep 27, 2020
@equestrian2020 I appreciate your comment. However, I disagree with it. You write about Opioids & Benzos...
You write about Opioids & Benzos ... doesn't deal with 24/7 chronic pain ... My overall pain level on meds is 7, ... depending on how painful my feet are ... (I have severe neuropathy with pain
@grandmaR It's great to meet you too. Wow, you had back surgery 2xs. From what I've...
Do take the prescribed pain pills when ... so stingy with me because they were opioids
Support Group: Lung Cancer
Posted: Sep 14, 2020
Hi @bustrbrwn22, You will notice we merged your post into the Sciatica pain discussion where you...
merged your post into the Sciatica pain ... used to help relieve severe ongoing pain ... belongs to a class of drugs known as opioid ... how your body feels and responds to pain ... prescribed or suggested to treat your pain
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Aug 30, 2020
It is a medication used by my pain management specialist to block the pain feedback from...
It is a medication used by my pain management ... specialist to block the pain feedback ... If you have chronic pain, cannot use ... NSAIDS, and want to avoid opiods, I ... recommend getting referred to a pain