Wanting to get off the Fentanyl patch and oxycodone

[xlraudioman]

Hello all I am a new person on this forum.

I have something called ankclosing Spondlitis. Its a form of Arthritis in sorts. The meds im using to control the pain is. Fentanyl pain patch 100mch/hr and 15mg of oxycodone 3 times a day. I live in Florida and of course the laws here have gone totally nuts. I was getting my meds from my rheumatologist and all was good with the world. With the law change I was shipped off to pain management. That needless to say has been a total cluster to say the least. I get that in their eyes im using these meds for a saturday night party. Thats the standard dogma. But they treat me like im some scum off the street. I have had a long medical history and 19 years of being misdiagnosed  for what was wrong with my back. It started off with another issue. I do not wish to bore you all in any way. So my question is does anyone know if there is a safe way to wheen off these drugs without having to go into a treatment program. I have been on these meds since 05 and basicly can not live without them. But I have found some herbal things that have promise in treating the pain. Not sure how effective they will be. But after 29 years of dealing with all the hoops I have to jump through I am no longer willing to play the games that they want me to. I just have no fight left in me. I am dealing with the side effects of long term Opiate use. I have to take a drug called Embrel for my condition. So thats a needle in my leg every week. Cause of the long term use of opiates my testosterone level is down. So I have to take depo-testosterone shots once every two weeks. Thats an inch and half needle in my thigh mucsle every two weeks. So im just done and over all of it. I want out I am so sick and tired of being forced to shove pills down my throat every damm day just to function. I have thought about going cold turkey. But to be honest im not sure I would survive it. So any anwsers to a safe way to get off the pain meds would be a god send. I hope I did not bore anyone with my story, I really tried to keep it short HA HA HA. I will add one thing that this situation has not killed is my sense of humor ;). For that to happen one has to have a state of mind. Being I have no state of mind Im good to go in that area. Any info would be awesome. God bless all

[all_alone1]

Hello and welcome.....although I don't have any experience with this med...I am certain there are a lot of individual on her who can help with your question for this avery knowledgable community...I am only sorry I couldn't be of more help.....I wil help bump up this thread so others can see and assist you....

[xlraudioman]

To make more sense of what I wrote. The whole thing that started me off with all of this. Was when I was 12 I was told I had ulcertive Colitis. Thats a ulcer in your large intestine. Well it got so bad over the years that I had to have my large intestine removed. This was my first autoimmune disorder. That led to the Ankclosing Spondilitis. The basic rule of thumb is if you have one autoimmune disorder you are likely to get others. That is what has happend to me. So since age 12 I have been taking pills. Just to stay alive. During all of that I was in the hospital 120 times and Im being totally serious about the amount of times. 5 blood transfusions alone 7 years. So my want to get off these meds is from dealing with years and years of being told you have to take these to function. I have heard stories of people using herbs to treat the pain. At this point I am willing to try it. The laws in Florida are making it almost impossilbe to not to mention so costly with all the added fees even with insurance that its killing me. In both my walet and my over all will to go on. I get it my health *****. But there has to be another way. And I will find it. So I ask for info pleading for someones advice who is dealing with this. Hearing other peoples thoughts knowing that im not alone would be most helpful at this point in my life. Because no one other than someone who is dealing with could possibly know what I am feeling. Its just to hard to explain let alone understand.