Pain medication
 

I have been on Lortab for a year and it just does not help anymore. I have neck pain issues along with really bad headaches. I also am recovering from a fracture to the T3 and T5. Any suggestions on how I can approach the dr about changing my medication to something better without seeming to have drug seeking behaviors. I am just tired of taking something that does not work anymore and still being in such great pain

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Hello and welcome to NeuroTalk. Happy to see you have come to be with us. Just let us know if we can be of any help.

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There are great and caring fellow members here to assist you. Our shouders are here for support in many ways. My thoughts and prayers are with you.

Again welcome, looking forward to seeing you around.

Darlene :hug:

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Hello, and welcome to NT! This is such a nice place with many friendly, caring, and helpful people.

We're so glad you found us! :)

i just joined today been on meds for 20 yrs. just tell the dr. straight if he does nothing time for new dr. after all u r paying him but I know dr. are hard to come by try to stay away from perkoset bad for liver and kidneys . i am takeing 15.mg.oxycodone3 to4 a day seems to help try a regular dr not a pain therapy dr they seem all to be crooks i live in fla. and seems they are all closeing or under investigation so for I lucked out with a regular dr please get back with me to make sure i"m doing this right hang in there

Hi Linda ~ I'm so sorry you have these pain issues. It certainly is no fun. If I were you, I'd ask the doc for a "long-acting medication" because your meds are not working anymore. As you know, you don't want to mention any specific medication as that looks like drug seeking. Just say that you've heard about long-acting medications, and how they work better than the shorter acting meds, and wondered if you could try them.

Hopefully he'll put you on something different that will help to relieve your pain. I certainly hope so. Best of luck and please let us know what happens. God bless and take care. Hugs, Lee

Wow it seems that when someone has true issues and needs meds its so hard to find a dr that can prescribe the "right" way. I have been through the military hospital then was referred to a 'pain" dr. Went through injections to the tspine needless to say they didnt help so I was referred back to my primary care dr for further care. I thought a pain dr was suppose to go through A-Z to help in every way they can. It just seems that its a insurance scam with most of these drs. I got a prelimary bill in the mail for tricare and omg the each injection was $500. And seeing now that they arent helping so its no since in doing them anymore I cant be treated. I feel helpless!

Hi Hon.

I am so sorry that you have been in such pain. Have you ever tried acupuncture? It really helped my husband some years ago.

Have you ever looked into it?

Melody

no i havent tried that. ive asked about it and was told that my injury was to severe for that to help. at this point im willing to look into anything.

Oh, I do hope it works for you. They say, in some cases, where meds don't do anything, that acupuncture (if done correctly) does bring relief.

Here' hoping that 2011 brings you relief.

I'm praying for you.

Take care and Welcome to Neurotalks
:hug:Melody

hi linda and welcome to NT.
i'm sorry you're in such pain. i can relate.

can you find a pain dr who's related to a rehab hospital?
i found someone like that when i was in denver and he was great.

thankfully i also found a good pain doc when i moved to FL. i went thru the injection thing too. but most of my pain was muscular. after seeing him a few times and developing a relationship we found something that worked and i don't take very much.

good luck to you. don't give up. keep looking.