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Old 11-29-2010, 07:46 PM
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Default be careful of pain meds

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Originally Posted by Vonn07 View Post
if I could cut my left leg off at the thigh - I would be normal (well, close to it) .. the nurse called back (had to refill on copax and up the gabby, if possible) .. the pain doesn't go away, the tramadol doesn't take any edge off ... and when I walk - I have to "think" to move my left leg forward ... anyone deal with this?? is this how MS comes about? I haven't been pain-free with this leg for over 3 weeks now ..

my left side and my right foot drop, and some other issues - threw me into the MS category ...

thanks - any ideas? or vitamins?
I have left leg pain and have had it for several years, due to surgery---a flap graft closure of a hole in my leg made by a dr. who was removing a sterile abcess and dead tissue from an injection of phenergan. I also have nerve pain in the soles of my feet due to MS. I started on Lortabs, then they sent me to a pain dr. who gave me Kadian, fentanyl patches, and now years of MS Contin. I am trying to get off the MS Contin but am getting withdrawal symptoms and the pain is worse. I've managed to decrease the amount of the morphine by 2/3's the dose I was on, but am stuck at still taking 120 mg/day to stave off withdrawal symptoms. PLEASE try everything short of narcotics to deal with your pain. It isn't worth getting dependent on drugs!
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