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#777760 - 10/03/08 01:54 AM
Re: Which medication gives you the most relief
[Re: pillar]
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Wow Pillar, your poor Mom. Is all of that for FM? Sorry if I'm being too personal. I've had a lot of those medications in the past. Just not the fentanyl - does she get that for her FM or something else? I've heard of Dr's giving the Fentanyl for FM before... I really hope my pain never gets that bad.  Mirapex is for RLS - I tried it once and it gave me horrible headaches. I took Sinemet(sp?) for a while as well, until I started having real bad, weird nightmares. My RLS, however, has seemed to fade away since I started doing yoga and really stretching my legs. In fact, this is the first time in a long while I've thought about my RLS! *knocking on wood now* No she has a heart condition, TIA's, diabetes and arthritis. The Fentanyl is more for her headaches caused by several herniated discs, in her neck. She takes Mobic and sometimes prednisone for the FM. Our doc put her on Ritalin, for energy today and I'm wondering if Provigil wouldn't have been a better choice? She has high-blood pressure already(takes meds for it) and a serious heart condition plus the mini strokes. Won't Ritalin raise her BP and put her at greater risk for stroke and heart attack then Provigil would? She has excellent BCBS ins., so payment isn't a problem. I just really question the use of Ritalin as a stimulant, when her problem is poor sleep schedule/routine. Any thoughts or comparisons? She's only 55 and I would be crushed if I lost my Mom. I worry about her daily and try my best to keep her stress level down. I take her to most doc appointments and check in every 2-3 days to see if she needs anything. Her husband thinks there's nothing wrong with her but the doctors and the meds. He had the audacity to come home 2 days ago and [censored] at her for not sweeping the floor. When she explained she was in severe pain he told her to do it sitting in a chair!! I want to shove that chair so far up his azzhole he'll be tasting casters for months! I've tried to get her to come on here or join a support group for FM and chronic pain but she's too embarrassed. This prick wants her to grin and bear sex, which causes her extreme pain and bleeding, just to satisfy his needs. Jerk-Off or get the [censored] out of my Mom's life if he feels that way, you know! I've fought him once over [censored] like this and have court in 2 weeks because of it. But I won't let him push my Mom around and attempt to make her feel like less of a woman because of a disease, she can't control. I don't really know how to help her any more than I already am, but I need to be doing more for her. My Mom is 51, though luckily in good health, so I know how you feel. I can't imagine being without my Mom. On the Ritalin, yes. It can raise her BP and lessen her threshold for other related problems. I have hypertension and no way would my Dr put me on amphetamines.
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#778389 - 10/04/08 08:31 AM
Re: Which medication gives you the most relief
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Hello everyone. From another thread I was given the drug name/nickname: Narcon ?? I dont see info readily here in the drug pages~ does anyone know what that is and why it is used for Fibro? Thankies.
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#778431 - 10/04/08 10:55 AM
Re: Which medication gives you the most relief
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Registered: 05/01/08
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Hello everyone. From another thread I was given the drug name/nickname: Narcon ?? I dont see info readily here in the drug pages~ does anyone know what that is and why it is used for Fibro? Thankies. Norco? Narcan? One of those?
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#778529 - 10/04/08 01:26 PM
Re: Which medication gives you the most relief
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I really don't think they treat Fibro with Narcan. Narcan is the reversal med for narcotics. Indications and Usage for Narcan Narcan is indicated for the complete or partial reversal of opioid depression, including respiratory depression, induced by natural and synthetic opioids, including propoxyphene, methadone and certain mixed agonist-antagonist analgesics: nalbuphine, pentazocine, butorphanol, and cyclazocine. Narcan is also indicated for diagnosis of suspected or known acute opioid overdosage. Narcan may be useful as an adjunctive agent to increase blood pressure in the management of septic shock (see CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY; Adjunctive Use in Septic Shock). Contraindications Narcan is contraindicated in patients known to be hypersensitive to naloxone hydrochloride or to any of the other ingredients in Narcan. http://www.drugs.com/pro/narcan.html
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#781434 - 10/09/08 01:33 AM
Re: Which medication gives you the most relief
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Registered: 09/04/08
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Thanks Nephro and Code21 I have been reading thoroughly, yes I know the protacol is cycling' pain. But, I have been at my ablsolute worst in the last couple months so.. I will even take a chance on this treatment if it may actually do some healing - for the long run.  I am buying the pure GUAIF capsules, - though I was told by a support group person in my area that its allright to buy that particular Mucinex-as You mentioned in the regular pharmacy/grocery store. It will be much cheaper. But for now I just want to try it, test it and make sure its going to start me cycling' before I buy a truck load. knowing my system, I will likely need 600 to 1200mg daily. I WILL however keep some pain meds on hand... for those off the charts''' hours... that have been nightly heh! oh, I also cant start this program till I have all the blocking agents' out of my routine. No sense wasting time, money and pain if I dont do this right, eh? I will let you know how its going sometime.
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#794603 - 10/30/08 07:56 AM
Re: Which medication gives you the most relief
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Bio nerd, sorry you are in so much pain. Why would they give you just phenergan?
Nothing else for an emergency?
You are talking about migraines, no?
I have taken that for so long, I'm almost immune to it now. Just got switched to another nausea med.
Did you mention to your doctor about the leftover hydrocodone and how it helped? Some doctors are open with those type of discussions and some aren't. Worth a try anyway.
And, on the topic of which pain med works the best, it really depends on what type of pain it is.
For some of my pains, darvocet works when others don't.
For others, it's hydrocodone, and yet others, toradol works.
As for the lidocaine patches, those are wonderful for a lot of pains and I don't think any doctor would argue with rx'ing them. They can be pricy, but worth a shot. I make mine last a long time.
I first used one of my mothers, I was visiting her and she had them for after her knee surgery. She was interested to see if it would work when I was having bad neck pain/headache.
It did take the edge off.
I also got them rx'ed to me during a case of shingles, and they did help, but keeping them on was a problem.
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Thanks Oxy
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