this thread is 10 years old. You'll get a much better response if you'll start a new one.
i have read a few of these commentsand i am scared i have been on these meds for years ....7 years...now i am supposed to stop the pain it is still there...what ...how??? how can i do this....i have to do it alone at home then what....what >>>>help<<<< or can I even ask for help i can't be locked up somewhere....i cant be in this kind of pain either....
I know exactly how you feel, I had a root canal that went bad, really bad, this was over a year ago, I had to take pain pills to try and deal with the pain. Somedays the nerves in the gum area are fine, and then without warning, I have a flair up. I have to take the pills weather in pain or not, without them I can hardly function. I am an IT professional, and the medication does not impair my job functions at all, in fact, it enhances them. I like the medication, and the way it makes me feel, I also like the function it performs, helping me to deal with the intense pain on a daily basis. I have been seen by Dr.