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Join Date: Jul 2010
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Posts: 458
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I think that if you find something that works for you, you should take it--regardless of what other people say or what their experiences were with a medicine. Obviously you should talk to your doctor and look carefully at the risks associated with each medicine.. but at the end of the day, why take something that won't help you--and why -not- take something that would?
I am on the fentanyl patch, and have been on oxycodone for months. It hasn't helped me at all. Friday I talked to my doctor and switched back from oxycodone to Tylenol #4. I am getting relief from that--not just for my pain, but for headaches as well. Tylenol can be hard on the body... but so can other things.
I only have one good kidney, and tylenol is all that my doctors will let me take (for pain relief--I cannot take ibuprofen, aleve, aspirin, etc)...
I could stay with the oxycodone and not get any relief, or go to Tylenol #4 which is more mild anyway and get relief. I am definitely going to go with that option.
I have been on Tramadol, Darvocet, Ultacet, Topamax, Gabapentin, Lyrica.. all of those. Some worked, others didn't. In the end, I chose to take what worked best for me.
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♥ "Hope is more than a word; it's a state of being. It's a firm belief God will come through. Life brings rain... hope turns every drop into the power to bloom like never before." -Holley Gerth ♥
My name is Sarah and I am 25 years old. I have a lot of chronic health problems. Peripheral neuropathy and POTS (postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome) keep me bedridden the majority of the time. I also struggle with degenerative disc disease, disc desiccation, spondylolisthesis, arthritis, polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) with insulin resistance, allergies, sound sensitivities, and other health problems.
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