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Originally Posted by kittycapucine1974
Hi, Dr. Smith:
Quote: "Not exactly an interaction per se, but since depletion has been mentioned, opioids (and chronic pain itself) can suppress hormones in the pituitary-adrenal-gonadal axis which can result in depletion."
Do you have a link to the documents that mention this? I read everything I can find on opioids to be better educated about this type of medications, considering I will have to take them for the rest of my life because nothing else works against my severe chronic full body RSD pain.
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I sure do:
http://www.practicalpainmanagement.c...y-chronic-pain
http://www.practicalpainmanagement.c...tractable-pain
http://www.practicalpainmanagement.c...in-update-2010
http://www.practicalpainmanagement.c...-pain-patients
The testosterone issue is not limited to men.
Testosterone is just as important for women in controlling pain - just in much smaller amounts:
http://www.practicalpainmanagement.c...-pain-patients
http://www.chronicpainsite.com/Articles/view.asp?ID=117
Many (not all) of these articles are by Dr. Forest Tennant, and more can be found on his two sites:
http://intractablepaindisease.com/
http://foresttennant.com/
You can also google:
chronic pain hormone therapy
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Do you know if opioids, which I will have to take for the rest of my life because of my severe chronic full body RSD pain, can suppress hormones in the thyroid and cause hypothyroidism?
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As I mentioned previously, it's not just opioids -
chronic pain itself can suppress/deplete hormones, and this
does include
thyroid hormones:
http://www.21centurymed.com/?page_id=132
http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic...57450/hormones
You can also google:
thyroid hormone chronic pain
I am currently pursuing this avenue of treatment, and am chronicling it on the
chronic pain forum:
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/thread156416.html
IT'S HELPING!
Doc