I also found this -
http://opioids.com/buprenorphine/pain-manage.html

It is about a medication called Buprenorphine, which is often used as a medication to treat drug addicts (similar to the way methadone is used to treat herion addicts). Recently studies have shown that this medication is useful as pain reduction medication. It binds to different receptors in the brain than traditional narcotic medications, so maybe you would not have a reaction or an allergy to it? It's certainly worth printing the study article and asking your doctor about.

More about Buprenorphine and pain management-
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/q...&dopt=Abstract

http://www.stoppain.org/pcd/content/...Management.asp



I'm not trying to overwhelm you with medical information... I just want to try to point out some new options and new treatments. Maybe you have tried them already, maybe not. Maybe they can help reduce your pain, maybe not.

But if you have not tried them, it is definately worth talking to your doctor to see if they would be possible.

There is always hope. I could do google searches all night about new pain treatments - and I will if you would like the information - but mostly I just want to show you that there are options available, there is hope, there are new treatments, and new things are discovered everyday.

((((((((hugs))))))))))

Liz