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@19lin Thanks for the link. I sent a message to Laura about what I'm going through...
gradually cutting back on the dosage of opioids ... 'm fearful of the future of my pain
Discussion: Politics of Pain
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Mar 20, 2018
Every medication has side effects and especially in higher dosages. Instead of narcotics, again the push...
Some chronic pain people do need opioids ... Most chronic pain users that are managed ... by responsible pain doctors, use their ... MS Contin is a long acting opioid. ... I have read conflicting stories on pain
@1oldcarnut -- welcome to Mayo Connect. I have no medical background or training but I would...
recommend that discontinuation of opioids ... you might want to read: Chronic Pain ... for Chronic Pain http://www.cdc.gov ... It includes: – Opioids: Guideline ... for Chronic Pain — United States, 2016
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Mar 16, 2018
Thanks, Jim.  You always seem to give good advice.  I'm having new MRIs and seeing a...
procedure to relieve the stenosis pain ...   Opiodes work fairly well, but ... who knows the future of opiodes.
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Mar 10, 2018
Is this a general practitioner or a pain specialist? I know there are almost no GP's...
Is this a general practitioner or a pain ... almost no GP's who will write an opioid ... script, but pain management docs, for ... Pancreatic pain acts a bit different ... than back or joint pain and there is
Support Group: Fibromyalgia
Posted: Feb 27, 2018
Thank you for speaking with me today and I really appreciate this site, I just checked...
her medications due to reactions and pain ... the place for someone with Chronic pain ... day 6 we make a flying trip back to pain ... someone who has taken benzo's and opiods
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Feb 23, 2018
@stfnwtl89, I recommend that you try to get an appointment with a Mayo close to you....
have many good programs to address pain ... bodies and brains change when we take opiods ... The opiods replace the normal pain reactions ... rebuild those brain pathways to handle pain ... He was on these opiods for over 10 years
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Feb 23, 2018
@gailb, you are spot on as far as my experience with gabapentin. I was taking 3000mg/day...
opiates for my chronic pancreatitis pain ... by with the fast acting for acute pain ... near that affect cognitively with opioids ... gabapentin helps with their neuropathy pain
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Feb 23, 2018
I am curious, now after years of over prescribing medications with little known facts about their...
up in years, 65+ that have been on opiod ... years 20+ for 1 family member chronic pain ... mgt. clinic who after 2 years of pain ... wean 68yr old from benzo's and opiods ... with my family member and called the pain
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Feb 23, 2018
Dear Jim, It's a minefield to hazard a request for more Opioid medication---ask for too much...
minefield to hazard a request for more Opioid ... "normal" prescription for chronic pain ... out after 5 weeks usually---when the pain
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Jan 21, 2018
@gailg I've been in the opioid tussle for around ten years. My pcp is with a...
@gailg I've been in the opioid tussle ... made a year or two ago was to limit opioids ... Klonopin and ocycodone for breakthrough pain ... So, my pain specialist had to endorse ... but she doesn't understand how much pain
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Jan 20, 2018
Sorry to hear of your pain. I found a great chiropractor not far from my home...
Sorry to hear of your pain. ... to get some help as it is not only painful ... , but debilitating as well and opioids ... most other humans, have suffered from pain ... and don't really like to take the opioids
Support Group: Spine Health
Posted: Jan 12, 2018
I just wanted you to know you're not alone. I have MS with PN in both...
I live in Florida which is in an "opioid ... I have found that alleviates some pain
Support Group: Neuropathy
Posted: Dec 31, 2017
Parus, I feel so badly for you and wish I could help in some way, other...
Just being in such pain can cause high ... Do you see a pain management doctor? ... Mine has helped my pain, although I ... opiods, but I know when I take one, ... the pain will lessen.
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Oct 19, 2017
Hi I'm Mike. I've had 17 back and neck surgeries from 1975 to last year when...
I've had chronic pain for many years ... The only medication that relieves my pain ... Thanks to all the fear of opioid addiction
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Aug 14, 2017
And I forgot to add: those of us who're in pain aren't taking medications or MM...
forgot to add: those of us who're in pain ... We are in pain! ... Pain is as medical a condition as is ... stigma has shifted to people who're in pain ... No, not all of us are drug/opioid addicts
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Aug 11, 2017