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Originally Posted by kittycapucine1974
Hi, gabbycakes:
Quote: "I just googled this medication and I don't understand why it is used together with opioids." I personally think that naltrexone should not be used with opioids like fentanyl because these opioids will become ineffective because of naltrexone. The fentanyl patch withdrawal symptoms caused by naltrexone are pure hell. I felt so sick I could not swallow anything without vomiting bile and I thought I was going to die. I was not depressed at that time, so these thoughts of impending death were not caused by depression.
I think that when naltrexone blocks the effects of a certain family of opioids, called opioid agonists, it blocks their bad effects (respiratory depression on those who abused opioid agonists by taking too much of them, voluntarily or not) and it blocks their good effects (pain killing effects).
As long as you do not mix this type of medication (opioid agonists, such as fentanyl, oxymorphone, hydromorphone, morphine, hydrocodone, and codeine) with medications such as naltrexone, you have nothing to fear. You will still benefit from the pain killing effects of the opioids. Your doctor can reassure you.
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Hi,
Thank you for the response. But honestly I don't have any idea of starting any of these medications. I have RSD and have seen the good, bad and the ugly of narcotics. And I have taken the approach the less the better and honestly I feel better. To be fair I was diagnosed just around 8 months of on-set of RSD and had very aggressive treatments,3 - 5 day in-patinet infusions with boosters,many Stellate ganglion blocks, many different medications and other modalities I can't even remember. But I the ketamine is what stopped it in it's tracks. I haven't done a booster since January 09. I also had a top Pain Managment doctor in NYC who was the smartest doctor I have ever met. I think god just was on my side. Hope you are feeling better.
gabbycakes