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Meds for Chronic Pain

undefinesick — Thur, 08 Oct 2009 04:59:02 GMT

Hello, due of tiredness from work I wasnt able to go to the doctor. I am suffering chronic pain and I need meds for this. As I was surfing the net searching for pain meds, this PhoneConsultation.com came across. I have found out that this site is face to face doctor visit. They will give script together with 2 refills when you have consultation to them. They are serving several states also than they used to. I think this is okay but I want to know if anyone out there knows about this. I need some info of this website and advice also, it will be highly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

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Looking for pain relief (Percocet, endocet, soma, norco, vicodin...)

xavierM — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 08:11:24 GMT

If you are looking for some pain relief, contact me at xaviermullard@gmail.com

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I really need some help!!

NeedHelp — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 03:47:11 GMT

I need help in finding a doctor here in cleveland ohio that is not scared to write for pain meds.I suffer from fibromyalgia and 3 ruptured disc from having my 10 month old.I have 3 kids my youngest being 10 months old and it takes a toll on me everyday picking him up.I work and have wonderful insurance and have seen some doctors here but they are only willing to give me tramadol which does nothing for the pain and lyrica which makes me so dizzy and drunk feeling to where I am scared to even pick my baby up and it doesnt help the fibro pain at all or the back pain.Before moving here I lived in TN and went to a pain clinic where they gave me meds that really worked for my pain.I was given Oxy 80mg and roxicodone 30mg and that combo really really worked well for me.All I am asking is if anyone is in the cleveland ohio area and knows of a doctor who will treat me with the medical records that i have could you please let me know? thanks

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psychology and pain

Franky5 — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:28:54 GMT

I'm am award-winning writer researching for an article on the connection between pain and certain psychological tendencies, such as Stoicism (denying pain and all emotions); Catastrophism (always expecting the worst); Excessive Optimism (wishful thinking); Rigidity/Inflexibility; and People-Pleasing (needing to be liked by everyone). Have you any experience in recognizing any of these traits in yourself, and then addressing them to help manage pain? If so, I'd love to find out how this is working or not working for you, and what, exactly you are doing. Thanks!

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magazine interview

Franky5 — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:27:26 GMT

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Anybody still around?

PainPrime — Fri, 01 May 2009 07:40:47 GMT

I came across this site at 1:35am and read some of the posts in the forum section. I too suffer from extreme chronic low hip/back pain. I am currently on something like 360mg of morphine a day and have a tens, patches and a plethora of other narcotics/non-narcotic pain relieveing combinations.

Nothing is terribly effective, but every day I jst keep chuggin' along. I get about 6 hours of sleep a day, on good days, in one or two hour 'bursts'. All in all a very limited existance.

Anyhow, more later if there is anybody still on here.....

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Tales From the Painside

Hippiekinkster — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 05:59:41 GMT

I know many of you out there reading the posts on this site identify with what others have writeen Don't be afraind to join in. This is one of the very few places (IMO) where one can vent. Forget about the fact that the site owner has a book to sell. It costs money to host a site, and I, for one, do not begrudge him this.

I have just achieved decent analgesia. The bottom of my left heel is split open. It's likely another problem from "cellulitis". Now, I have gone through bactrin (is that right?), some IV stuff in the ER, 2 courses of doxycycline, a course of levaquin, and a course of amoxixillin. This is getting ridiculous. I'm not even a doctor, and I know enough to type the bacteria I'm fighting.

It's painful. Not "where's the gun" painful like I had when I had my retinal detachment surgery (somehow he managed to make my trigeminal nerve complex announce its existence), but more like "just another glass of wine, just another 1/4 tablet, maybe I can get some relief.

But this has been going on since early September, and it's really starting to tick me off. What is wrong with these big brains who have gone through Med School and Residency and whatnot? Can't they admit that sometimes they don't know what in the f**k is going on?

Which leads me to the pain guys and gals. I'm really impressed that they are fellows of the American College of Whatsawhosis. Have any of you all ever looked to see what rhat means? Usually means he/she/it sat through a weekend of lectures, had a cursory test, and that's it. And that qualifies Joe Blow, MD, to treat my pain?

Well, it's better than nothing. I think there should be some way to induce severe pain in prospective pain doctors, so that they have an idea of what's going on. Sure, we'd love to go playing golf and tennis and go ballroom dancing and climb K2 and see Macchu Piccu, but it hurts too much. WE chronic pain people have an understanding of what it's like to lead a normal life, even one that is lived on the backs of us, but the docs, I think, are clueless.

A friend sent me an article, "Neurontin for Everyone", wherein the scope and depth of the subservience of doctors to the Pharmaceutical insustry is laid out pretty well. The same thing goes on on the Pain Treatment Industry. And it IS an Industry, do not doubt. Evidence-based medicine goes out the window when Blue Cross will reimburse 400 bucks for a series of 3 epidurals, which take maybe 1 hour total. OH, that's the doc's cut. The total charge is much more.

I really want to know why the medical industry spends so much time and money on developing these so-called "therapies" when a couple percocets would do just fine. The mu and sigma and kappa receptors are what they are, and no amount of "research" will change that fundamental fact of human physiology. Except doctors don't make much money on 10 cent a tablet prescriptions.

WE pain sufferers are at the mercy of these people. From the time when we crawled out of the primordial ooze until around 1930, plant remedies were absolutely fine, and NOT AGAINST THE LAW. What changed? Well, that's the topic for another rant; suffice it to say there was no good Medical reason. We have to be obsequious, and deferential (ass-kissers), and put up with all kinds of invasions of privacy and physical indignities, as well as being used as human guinea pigs, just to get relief.

I don't know about y'all, but I'm really tired of the status quo.

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question from multiple diseases sufferer

ClassicalWu — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 21:08:05 GMT

Ni hao! I suffer from several autoimmune diseases: MS, Fibromyalgia, Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome (RSD), Interstitial Cystitis, seizures,and migraines. As you might imagine, I am in intense chronic pain. My doc just up and left.No docs around here will prescribe narcotics, unless you are sent to the pain clinic. As it is the holidays, I have no way of finding out whether or not her office sent my records to the pain clinic. A new doc I saw referred me to the pain clinic, but I'm sure they won't even be open til after the holidays. Meanwhile I'm going off my pain meds abruptly. I don't know what to do. I do have a supply of fentanyl patches leftover from when I was on fentanyl (which worked quite well, only I developed an allergy to the adhesive) but am scared to use them in case that might screw up my chances with the pain clinic. I'm getting more and more pain, plus the symptoms of withdrawal. Any advice?
Yours in bewilderment,
ClassicalWu

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Can anyone help?

Kypueblo — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 20:20:12 GMT

I hope someone can help.
My pain started at age 4, I'm now 49. A horse accident in 1997 did me in as far as toughing it out. I began pain management before I had even heard of the drugs they had me on, Duragesic, Oxycontin, lortab, methadone, soma and valium all at the same time. My injuries are mostly spinal ruptures, bulges and flat nerve's plus 11 broken bones at different times, fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue. I changed doctors from a pain clinic to another MD.
In 2005 I had surgery and could not handle the pain, no wonder I was on so much. I then asked my doctor to help, in just a few months he had me taking only methadone, soma and valium. I finally,,, in the first time in my life, felt I could have a real quality of living in comfort. at least from what I was used too.
My doctors office located in a hospital department decided to close. My doctor has retired and I was notified the day before my appointment. I had been seeing this doctor for over 5 years now and I can't believe there were about 25 referral names, only to find the pain doctors were already full from his other patients, or they would not take anyone on methadone. OMG for 2 weeks I have even called surrounding cities and there answer is go to a detox clinic. I would love to not need medication but that option was taken away long ago, I was actually proud of discontinuing medication that changed my self, the dangerous drives and falling asleep behind the wheel.
I could go on and on, I'm sorry. I have just 10 days worth of medication left and have no doctor. Is it alright to ask for help in finding a doctor here? I live in Kentucky is there anyone who might have a suggestion?
I've fallen back into such depression I really can't go an hour without tears causing even more pain. I just need help. Please
Thank you
Ky Pueblo

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Welcome back, Dave

painwarrior — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 17:37:13 GMT

I read the article; it seems you went through another ordeal. Welcome back!

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chronic pain

sillycat — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:32:34 GMT

I wrote an email yesterday and I'm wonderingif it got through or
not? In the messege I told everyone that I have diabeties and fibromyalgia,
also have have a bad back; so this leaves me in pain in one way orther
24 hours a day. Tomorrow I am haviing minor surgery on 3 places on my
face. two of them are in my hair which is a first. The basil cell places are
nothing but I get nervous since this is the sixth one I will have removed
from my face.
I have two children (daughter Meg is 41 and she has 3 children, all teens)
also I have my son Stephen who is 39 and isn't married. I lost my husband
in 1998, he is missed by all of us.I hope someone got this messege and
will respond, Sillycat.

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ooops!

101 — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 04:50:30 GMT

by mistake, some posts were lost. I hope we can get those posters to re-post those fine comments that were made in this category.

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Spinal Cord Injury

kriya6 — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:25:35 GMT

Brandi here, and here is my story:
August 20, 2000, I fell apx 40-45 ft from a 3rd story roof. My injuries were 5 fractured vertebrae, all fractured differently, my pelvis was broken in 3 places, one clean break through the backside, and 2 stress fractures from the bone shifting from the first break. I also ruptured my spleen, broke a few ribs, burst an ovarian cyst I didn't know I had, and had a concussion. I am alive today strictly by the grace of god that happened to place an off-duty paramedic driving by the scene as the call went out. I was dead when he got there, CPR was administered until Life-Flight arrived and I was flown to the waiting trauma team at the hospital. I flat-lined three times on the way, and had a "near-death experience" during which I was out of body watching from a distance as they frantically went to work bringing me back. My L5 fracture was a burst fracture, and a chunk of bone was compressing my spinal cord to the point that my prognosis for the first three months of recovery was that I would be paralyzed for the rest of my life from the waist down. I personally had no doubt that I'd walk again, which brought in the psychiatrists to help me understand that I was not accepting the "reality" of the severity of my injuries. Phooey! I was unconscious for the first month of my hospitalization, both naturally and induced ( there was a "complication" from a blood pressure med that caused my colon to break down and perforate) Within a couple weeks of waking, I was able to start wiggling my big toes. My pain was controlled at this point with morphine, but as time passed and nerve activity resumed in my legs, the pain increased. After being in the regular hospital for two months, I was transferred to a crappy rehabilitation hospital for an additional 6 weeks. I say crappy because in the month I spent there, they didn't even teach me how to dress myself or bathe being that I was in a wheelchair. I'll never forget the first time I stood up on my own, Brown Eyed Girl was on the radio, and with the help of two PT's, they got me up with my legs straight and let go of me. It was one of the best moments of my life. For pain at that point I was getting 1-2 5mg oxycodone every 4-6 hours, and for the most part it was working. Working with the PT, I gradually made it to the parallel bars, and the day I made it back and forth twice, I signed out of the hospital AMA. They only wanted me another week, but I didn't think I'd get anymore out of it. For a few weeks the pain was stable, and the meds worked. But the more I worked on my legs, the more they came back to life, and man were they angry! This is when the nightmare began and the first thoughts of suicide arose. My dad had been talking to my Dr's and told them that I only wanted out of the hospital because I wanted to go "party" and do drugs, so when I contacted them about the increase in spasticity and pain, they dismissed it. It got so bad that my mom somehow found someone to buy OC's from for me, while I searched for a physiatrist to take this seriously. When I found one, I was completely honest with him about self-medicating, and that I didn't want it to be that way. He was fantastic, very concerned that I get the pain under control, but with medical supervision. He put me on the duragesic patch, and I stopped self-medicating. His help got me through the grueling physical therapy I went through when they finally admitted that yes, apparently I was going to walk. I stayed on the patches for a year or so, then came off with oxycodone and then codeine.
What I live with now is tightened soft tissue in my legs, my tendons behind my knees feel like razor blades they are so tight, because I didn't have the proper help in the early days with stretching-my mom's house was too crazy and the PT wouldn't come. I couldn't start outpatient PT till all my home care stopped, and since I had a catheter and a central line for IV nutrition, that took some time. I am not on any opiate medications, I take Lyrica, which really helps me with the crazy electrical stabbing, burning, racing up and down my legs and the spasms. I exercise a lot, it helps to strengthen muscles so I don't put so much stress on the injured parts of me. Plus the endorphins are good for reducing inflammation. OK, I think that covers it. It's good to be here, and I'll be writing more!

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This is a great idea!

EL — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 00:37:32 GMT

I believe if more people had knowledge of chronic pain sufferers, then people would be more compassionate and understanding. This forum is a great opportunity to "improve the world" through the process of education. Great idea and thank you for starting this wonderful forum!

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