Addiction

[Tom G.]

Is there an altenative to narcotics for pain relief? I have tried the neurontin, and topomax but they provided NO relief. I get spinal epidurals every six-eight weeks which only provide about 7-10 days relief. 3yrs ago I had a lumbar laminectomy and got a disc space infection from the operation which went undiagnosed for approx. 3.5 months. As a result the infection destroyed what I had left of a Disc and progressed into osteomylitis. The damage caused by the infection required a second operation which involved fusing my vertabrae and installing rods and screws to stabaize my spine. Following the operation I was in ICU for three days. I was MISERABLE. I still have considerable nerve pain in my hip and leg as well as my entire lower back. I am currently being treated by a pain specialist that performs epidurals and perscribes morphine er and ir. I take a total of about 250mg per day which takes the edge off of the pain.
    I have been reading the posts on this board because I know I am taking an extremely addictive medication and am wondering if they are able to correct my back condition am I going to have a problem going off these meds? I have forgotten to take a dose before and started yawning for no reason which I have read is a symptom of addiction??  Thanks in advance for your professional and experienced advice....Tom G.

[cindi]

He is happily living life ever after...but...that's ok,  maybe, I am not sure but just maybe he is living his own private hell...and you know what, and tom, please forgive me if I sound cruel and unforgiving but I hope he is miserable...Tom,  this is so hard for me, but there was a child that resulted from this man, I could not keep....I was forced, (and when I mean forced I am not exaggerating) to abort...which was another nightmare...I had the abortion done I was about 5 weeks pregnant and 3 months later found I was still pregnant The dr. missed the pregnancy...I had a sonogram done and the baby was severly deformed meaning no limbs etc. from the previous attempted botched up abortion...so I had to have another one done.....where upon this time I hemorrhaged and became so massively infected I almost died....I wanted this baby more than life itself I was so against everthing but it was like I was not in charge of my life....regardless of who the father was,even if it was against my will this was my child.....this is the hardest thing next to burying my mom that I have ever had to do and to talk about it with anyone ...well, it is something that I have not done very much....You probably ask y did I let this guy do this to me?  I didn't let him, I was very young, vulnerable and I cannot explain it.....does that make sense?   anyway, after 15 years of torture in my soul, I have these 2 beautiful kids of mine, and of course they were miracles because I was not supposed to conceive again after all of that...but God saw fit for me to give birth twice..I know I am truly blessed....Why am I telling this for all of the forum to see?  I don't know...I may be judged and condemned I don't know...but the only thing that came out of any of this for me that was even half good was the fact that my mom and my child both of whom I love with every fiber inside of me are now together...my mom probably rocking and singing to my baby as I type this...On this Easter she is without her 4 grandchildren left on earth but there is one waiting for her in Heaven...Love to all              cin

[Thomas]

you have endured more than one person should have to in one lifetime. I am happy to know that, after that awful first experience, you've got two fine children to love and to raise. Life truly is a mix of blessings and curses.

[siliconboy]

well - didn't intend to invalidate you in any way - BUP will most definately enhance yer mood compared to opiate withdrawal or even nothing at all. I honestly did NOT experience any down side WHAT SO EVER.
L8R

[cindi]

That is kind of ironic that one of the very first drugs (other than oral) I shot into my body to get high was the buprenorphine...then I went on to more powerful stuff and kept the BUP just in case....you know for the WD's and stuff...wow, I could have been onto something had I used my brain at all...this was when BUP was new many years ago...and maybe, just maybe I could have figured it out to wean myself from the demerol etc using the BUP....and save myself the real agony of detox...it was not cold turkey , back then they only allowed me librium q.i.d. and clonidine...whoopdeedoo....I guess it was better than nothing......you know if I was still working at the hospital it is used for surgical patients and it is not locked up or it wasn't 5 years ago, i could be getting my hands on it and giving it out of course following spook's guidelines on administration (a nurse has to take a docs orders) to help people get clean..but, if you read my last post about all my felonies I'm sure I'd get busted, that seems to be my middle name but at least my intentions would be good....just a thought, it is late, I've had a lousy day and to top it off I can't sleep even with my valerian root.....have a good one  and SPOOK, did ya get the email addy fixed yet?     love to all   cin

[Thomas]

not to oversimplify things but I think spook is trying to set up a hotmail account which requires that you give microsoft a valid return e-mail address. I think he's trying to avoid this and hasn't found the right combination of anonymous servers, satellite dishes, deep space probes and alien space ships to bounce communications off of.

[Frank Lee]

I was just told by an overseas pharmacy that the following were equivalent to buprenorphine...Mogadon and Macrobid? I doubt it, but does anyone have any knowledge about these two?

Thanks,

Frank