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Chronic Health Conditions Discussion and Support

cali

(114,904 posts) Tue Jul 10, 2012, 05:30 AM Jul 2012

Anyone got some advice about pain medication? [View all]

I'm not asking for a medical opinion, just personal ones from experience.

I fucking hate, hate, hate morphine. Yes, it dulls the pain, but it makes me sick to my stomach and miserable. I'm on a combination of percocet and morphine and I hate it. How the fuck anyone can like taking this shit is beyond me.

Nothing I've taken completely kills the pain and now I'm not allowed to use Ibuprophen anymore because it caused too much bleeding during my last surgery.

I've tried wrapping ground up cabbage stuffed in a stocking and wrapped around my foot and ankle. I'm using this nerve stimulator thing.

Why can't they just fucking invent a good pain relief medication?

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Anyone got some advice about pain medication? [View all] cali Jul 2012 OP

have they tried lyrica? mopinko Jul 2012 #1

thanks for the suggestion. I'll bring it up. cali Jul 2012 #4

If the ibuprofen works, and you are healing up, so the bleeding has stopped, ask if hedgehog Jul 2012 #2

the answer is still no- asked the other day cali Jul 2012 #3

Here's hoping the lyrica works! hedgehog Jul 2012 #5

A lot of us wish that. Warpy Jul 2012 #6

thank you for the information. cali Jul 2012 #7

This is going to sound like woo-woo, but some people do hedgehog Jul 2012 #8

It can help Warpy Jul 2012 #9

It doesn't sound like woo woo to me cali Jul 2012 #10

I'm with you about not wanting to seem whiny. hedgehog Jul 2012 #11

This may bring some hate mail, but are you in a state where Karmasue Aug 2012 #12

OK - you need to know that anon223 Oct 2012 #13

I know this is late SoloInPoconos Nov 2012 #14

They Won't Like Prescribing It. . . ProfessorGAC Nov 2012 #15

What's the difference between percocet and percodan? cali Nov 2012 #16

Side Effects WIth Neurontin? ProfessorGAC Nov 2012 #17

I felt like I was in a fog at a therapeutic dose- could have handled that but cali Nov 2012 #18

I Feel Your Pain ProfessorGAC Nov 2012 #19

Patch is Awful otohara Dec 2012 #27

Percocet has Tylenol in it and Percodan has Aspirin Horse with no Name Nov 2012 #20

Percocet has tylenol and percodan has aspirin Seedersandleechers Dec 2012 #25

Cymbalta is GREAT for nerve pain southern_belle Nov 2012 #21

Wish I could take something for the pain I am constantly in. CraftyGal Nov 2012 #22

I was given extended release morphine recently ... Akoto Nov 2012 #23

Spam deleted by hlthe2b (MIR Team) dicapslo Dec 2012 #24

Timed Released otohara Dec 2012 #26