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Old 03-05-2008, 09:34 PM #1
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Hello Peter, I take Lunesta 3mg, that usually knocks me out for the night... which is a good thing because I wouldn't be able to sleep otherwise.

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Hi Michele. Have you found a dependency on it?
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Old 04-03-2008, 04:29 PM #2
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Hi Peter, I take tramadol, or I should say use to. I took 50mg, every 4 to 6 hours. It did not have an effect on me. Before that I was on the fentanyl patch, 50mg and then a month later went to 75mg. I have Peripheral Neuropathy caused by diabetes. I was on that for a month and then withdrew myself from that drug because I had an elephant sitting on my chest and it was hard for me to breathe........ my pcp wants me to stop taking tramadol all together, actually she wants me to not take any narcotics. She said people with chronic pain do not do well with narcotics. Yea right, she doesn't know what pain is like......... Anyways since tramadol does nothing for me, I am waiting to go to a pain management specialist at the end of this month.

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I used to take Tramadol too and I hated it. It didn't help past he first month. I am seeing a pain mgmt Dr for the 1st time April 9th....how did your appt go? What did they put you on?
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I used to take Tramadol too and I hated it. It didn't help past he first month. I am seeing a pain mgmt Dr for the 1st time April 9th....how did your appt go? What did they put you on?
Kristin, I saw the pain management doctor for my back, because I have a bulging disk and a degenerative disk, back on the 13th for a cortisone shot. That shot landed me in the hospital on the 18th of March. I was in their for 5 days. 12 other people got sick from the same shot. The health dept. is investigating. I heard the medicine was bad. Anyways I go back to the pain management doctor on the 9th of this month also. This time I am going to see him for my neuropathy in my feet. I just can't stand when my lyrica and cymbalta doesn't work, because then the burning stabbing pains really hurt my feet. Whatever I get I hope it works. Let me know how your appointment goes.

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Hi Peter,

The issue with my former chronic pain is totally cleared up now, so I'm not worried about that.

My own personal experience is that codeine has almost no effect on me (other than increasing drowsiness), it certainly isn't useful in fighting pain unless taken in very large doses.

Since my "tramadol incident" a few years ago I don't like to take *any* opiates, codeine included, unless absolutely necessary - I think the only time I've taken any medication including codeine since was when I herniated several discs last summer and was in total agony.

Certainly right now, as tramadol is much more effective for me than codeine, it's a case of taking as little tramadol as possible and still be effective, heh.
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