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Originally Posted by poseyc77
im taking 2 60mg,6 roxy15,60mg,2 60mg cmybalta,4 350mg somas and 5 to6 lunesta. i still cant sleep i have the spinal cord stimulator as of 8/01/11 still ne releif from chronic back and leg pain i need help with some suggestions thanks
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Welcome to NeuroTalk:
I really don't think it is safe to take 5 or 6 Lunesta a night.
Taking opiates long term has been shown to increase the number of pain receptors in the brain. This is sensed by glia
which are the brain's support cells.
Here is a typical paper explaining this tolerance and it uses morphine as an example:
http://www.anzca.edu.au/fpm/events/f...tolerance.html
So I am sorry that there are no easy answers for you.
One avenue to explore is Vit D testing. There are new papers showing chronic pain patients are typically low in Vit D...and by raising the levels in the body some pain relief may be possible and even lowering of pain medication dosing.
http://pain-topics.org/clinical_concepts/vitamind.php
Your doctor can order the testing for you, so you can determine how much to use.
For more information see my Vit D thread here:
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/thread92116.html
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