when the pill your taking does not work

[smilempty1]

not having a good day at all, im tapering down thought about just quitting cold but i had a surgery on jan 18 this year, rotator cuff was 80 percent torn my arm is still in this dreadfull sling that i which i could burn the problem is the pain medication i am currently taken does not even work, it is like taken nothing at all, im not trying to get messed up just want my shoulder to stop hurting as much. my question is why cant i tell that i just took something i dare not take more than it says to but why    i know about tolerance but come on now i just started taken this for about 2 weeks now still nothing i am talking about opana and dilaudid i have not and would not take them together this is just what i have been giving

[smilempty1]

yeah you are right about the pain from the shoulder surgery, here it is the 13th almost a month later and it still hurts like a mf@ker. i just hate it that i still have to take something i have backed down a great deal im just taking perc 10 now, they help at least but this were the ones i really knew what i can get away with taking, i have taking alittle more than what i should i feel bad about it i guess that is why it is hard to taper.

[smilempty1]

when i talked to the dr assistant and let her knw what is going on wth me, she thinks a lower dose would be more helpfull, i still dont really understand why these stronger ones dont do a thing for me but i guess thats for the better giving my addictive ways

[smilempty1]

thank you for letting me know your experience with this, i talked to the dr assistant yesterday and she said on top of possibly just having high tolerance could be i am experiencing hyperalgesia. have you heard of this? it is not a true tolerance so as you are going up on these pain meds could have a higher chance of od, i got really scared after i put on the fentenal patch and started feeling sick, this is a common side effect but i didnt want to take any chances so i took it off at 6 hrs, didnt take anything for 27 hrs actually started feeling alittle better as far as pain im having from shoulder, but not so good becuz of wd, so then i thought of just tapering down

[smilempty1]

its nice to talk to somone that has had this surgery, how long did it take you to heal i know everybody is different but maybe i can get a good ideal what to expect. i talked to the pm clinic today, they are going to discuss it with the dr and get back with me tomorrow. i told them how things are still goin not to good for me, the  no sleeping trying to keep up with what i had last, i know im going to not feel the same as i do now but as far as im concerned the going number 2 is sooo great as im sure everybody has been through the not going as far to the point as u think u could be giving birth to a sh!t baby.

[kyle505]

I had the same shoulder surgery. Next to child birth, it is one of the most painful things you can experience. I was taking meds and they did nothing but get me hooked. It was like popping sugar pills. And it gets worse when the physical therapy starts. You should let your doc know your concerns. If you keep going you will have a very difficult time getting off the meds - meds that aren't really helping with the pain.

[bama88]

Dang  phone. i meant to say get over the surgery then worry about tapering....yohve got to have pain control now...shoulder surgery is one of the most painful ones you can have so I've been told

[bama88]

Oxycontin is far stronger than vics....i thought opana was as high as you can go other the diladuid...everyone is different. if the meds don't work switch to what does. you need to work thru physical therapy first than worry about detox taper whatever...you just had major surf.

[Sarah11212]

I am only going to speak from experience here...
I have had many surgeries. Any that I've had, I've always been put on dulaudid. Worked great every time in the hospital. Anytime I was rx'd that outside of the hospital, it did not work, at all.
I have always had a very high tolerance to pain meds and anastheisa. To the point of- I have to be completely knocked out for any surgery that normally they only make you groggy for. Otherwise I can feel everything they are doing.
And even more strange, Percocet doesn't do anything for me but Vicodin does and Percocet is pretty much the same as Vicodin, but stronger. OxyContin is basically the same as Vicodin but w/out the Tylenol in it and stronger so go figure.
You may be like me and have a really high tolerance or different pain meds work differently for you even if they are stronger.
Have you tried not taking the pain meds and possibly something OTC?
I just would really hate to see you become addicted.

[ricart70]

if they aren't working I would just drop them because it sounds like this is an all risk no reward situation from wht you say.Sorry about all of your pain.Have you asked them about toradol? I hear alot of great things about it

[smilempty1]

this all started with first neck surgery ended up on methodone damn near killed me went ct off that now here i am back for more started again from 2nd surgery now having to have shoulder surgery has got me back on this i know its the addict part of me but when they gave me these scripts i was like yeah cant wait to try them and to my supprise my pain got worse and i felt like i wasnt even taken anything. it is probaly like you said would take taken more i dont want that anymore

[smilempty1]

makes no sence to me either that is why i went ahead called pm to see if going back to lower meds might work to controll shoulder pain then come off of all

[smilempty1]

yeah i know, i have only been taken them for about 2 weeks its just that they dont do anything for me. i called the pain management ctr today i think i dont want this anymore but dont want to be in pain from surgery i had starting pt tomorrow. hopefully they just dont drop me all together i dont know maybe they should, i am trying tapering

[ricart70]

Hey I had pain but I have alot more experience just being a plain old junky.
I did want to tell you that I used to get a real good feeling from the dilaudid but since I got on oxy it seemed like dilaudid did nothing unless I took way more 8's than I should have.It may be that you're just to tolerant for these pills to work for pain.I hope the physical therapy isn't too hard on you.I should have done more with my broken arm and now I have limited range in it.It is so totally annoying.Good luck to you and hope you feel better

[smilempty1]

started out with vicodin went on to percocet, ocs now here i am with these bad boys, i dont even like them the feeling must be mutual cuz not working.i wish i could just take this sling off say im done and just be done but i still am hurt from the surgery just a few weeks ago, pt starts tomorrow,cant wait for that, i just know thats going not make my situation to much better.

[charliej41]

That will happen with u cutting back and u are in paing  on top of that I feel for u I know  how u feel trying to deal with pain that make it harder but u can do this it just takes time hope your day gets better

[bama88]

Oh that's so true...first tolerance builds than you change the does then next comes addiction...i know from experience...if they don't work why take them?

[ready2bfree49]

BE CAREFUL.....cause you're messin' with the devil.....your body has probably gotten use to the amount you were taking...some people also have a higher tolerance than others.....just be careful with the opiates/pain pills cause they will sneak up on you before you know it....sadly,I am speaking from experience....

[bama88]

Wow those are strong meds...can't understand why that amount dosent work...what dose were you on before?