hydrocone vs. roxycodone for break through pain thans, dreebird
pain is misrable,it alters your life,so do pain killers.To everyone who thinks these people are just using , you don't understand true pain.4 is not the limit of Roxies a day,at least not at my Dr. in Fl. I am given 8 30s a day and 8 10 mg. methadones a day.I dont get high,or tired.I also take Xanax 2mg 3xs a day.I try to live a normal life.I am still in pain but i must work for a livin.To the guy that gets treated poorly by his DR. ,I feel very sorry for your situation.With all the medication and information available in this world you should never have to be in pain.All these meds might cut a few years off your life but what kind of life is a life in pain.Take your meds properly,be honest with your Dr. and have frequent blood tests.
I think you all need to get off of these "codone" pills and get on Suboxone! Believe it or not you all are addicted to these damn pain pills! They DO NOT help with pain after 16 years....i'm sorry, but they don't.
Hello,
I'm sorry you're having such a hard time with pain. My story is a little different and the only drug I take that you are on is the fentanyl pain patches. I should never have been put on them. I had four surgeries to remove the large bone in my upper left arm and replace it with titanium. It says on the box "not for post op pain." I had to go to inpatient rehab for PT and a nurse practitioner put me on 100 mcg fentanyl patches. When I was discharged my surgeon and my family dr. were livid that I was on them. My family dr, is working with me to get rid of them. I never got high on them and never abused them. I changed them every 72 hours. Since don't have pain, I need to be off of them. They won't last three days if they are exposed to heat or if pressure is applied. There are about 50 things I can't do while on them.
Finally, my dr. has tapered me down to wearing just one 12 mcg patch. I go to the dr. on the 21st of this month and maybe she will let me stop them.
I think they do serve a purpose for someone who has chronic pain, such as you do. For many people they don't last the whole three days.Has your dr. ever tried morphine for breakthrough pain??
I don't think you're an addict. You're more dependent on your meds. The main thing is for your dr. to find the lowest dose of meds that will control your pain. I hope that's what happens for you. You shouldn't have to suffer. My heart goes out to you. Keep posting.......Take Care.....LS
Hey crazyforlife,I'm jealous about your screename,but all BS aside,I've been
on exactly the same meds as you. Ya,the patches suck,as far as pain releif.
My Pm Dr. started me on them about 4 years ago for the bone-on-bone pain
in my deteriorating hips. I got 50mg's and 100's. If I put one of each on,like
clockwork,24 hours later,I'd be pucking and they never helped with the pain.
The Dr. gave me Methadone and Roxi's for the past 3 years.High does of each,
since I'm a very opiate tolerant person. Well to make this long story shorter,
I ended up using the Roxi's to get high a few times a day,since I had 360/15mg's to play with a month. About 2 weeks ago,I started to taper the Methadone very fast,and by 4 days later,cut back from 80mg a day to 10mg
for the last 2 days.and just stopped cold turkey.Dumb move,but I'm on day 10
and now looking to cut back on my more than a few hundred mg's of Roxi
addiction/day.If it wasn't for the support of this forum,I don't know how I would
have made it through the devastating withdrawls alive. Cutting back on the
Roxi's will be hard work Crazy,but I'm confident you will succeed. You seem to
not be as far gone as myself and other's,but ask your Dr. to gradually taper off
the Roxi's.Get support from everyone you can I know from experience,what a
powerful drug Roxi is.Good luck,and hang in there.We are here for ya.