Just read the post about how to drop down a menu and all. Oh boy do I have a lot to learn! ginnie

Not really Ginnie- Ijust followed those steps and brought you into my post right here-

Just read the post about how to drop down a menu and all. Oh boy do I have a lot to learn! ginnie

Give it a try and see if it works for you. It should do just fine. One more point for you on computer awareness, then you are off and flying.... pretty soon putting those pretty, and interesting, and often funny rib ticklers into posts like Rae does!

Yep!
Mark56

[Half time, will try on the PC to do it!. I think I get thrown off by the number of steps in a process. I will copy the post off to printer, and read it step by step. I am determined to learn! ginnie

By following the directions Mark gave on the copy/paste technique, you will be able to show new members how to get to the other forums by posting the links to the other forums!

Just wanted to say thank you for sharing this! I'm so glad this works for you! I hope it lasts and gives you longterm decrease in your pain

Rae

Ginnie,

The Oxycotin ER is given as a time release so you always have some in your system on a schedule. The Percoet is a form of Oxycotin, in a smaller dose which is all at one time., i.e., 5mg, usually given with some amount of Tylelnol added. Mine also says Oxycodone (generic for Percocet) I take the 7.5mg-325. The 325 stands for the amount of tylenol. This dose is called breakthru because it is releasing the ingredients all at once time. This is to help, when the dose of regular pain med, whether, Oxycotin, Morphine is not enough and you have a sudden onset of extra pain.

It helps eleviate the pain quickly; but does not last as long and does not come in a high amount of mg's. The Oxycotin and Morphine are very similiar. My doctor would use either the Oxycotin or Morphine for me. I have had some hallunications some time back with the Morphine. It did not help with the pain; but saw bugs crawling on the ceiling which I knew were not there. So I told my doctor that I would rather not be prescribed the Morphine. This happened when I had been given some Morphine after appencix removal.

Also, the Oxycotin ER comes in much higher doses and is what the addicts are crushing so the can get the hit of whatever; 20mgs -30mg-40mg and up to 80mg. When crushed they can get the dose which is quite dangerous all at once. .Oxycotin manufacturers have come out with a coating for the Oxycotin to prevent the breakage into a powder form. But, they usually will find a way around these coatings., etc. This is the reason so much attention has been given in the press regarding the Oxycotin. Unfortunately, the addicts make it difficult for people who need this for pain.

Mark, How wonderful that you were able to experience restoration. I am not sure what law you practice, but is it possible you could lend support/guidance to those whose insurances deny treatment as experimental/not covered? I lost a friend that way - she shut down after the first rejection letter. Is there no "real" ombudman/champion for the individual when it comes to insurance? (I know, I read the Rainmaker...)

Hi, and thanks for your response about the different medications. I am taking the exact thing you are for breakthrough pain. I am allowed up to 4 per day, but I am keeping to just one. If I have to walk a distance, or I can't sleep at night because of the pain, that is when I take it. I have become very sad over my inability to walk. My ankles are shot, basically. My pain doctor is not overly pleased that I needed more medication. In fact I went in twice to ask him. I wound up going to my PCP for intervention on my behalf. I am being forced to do a surgery I really do not want to do. I am kind of in a stuck situation. Through all the spinal and ankle problems he seems to want to go down in mediation, and I would be grateful just to stay where I am. If I go down anymore I will be in a wheel chair. ginnie

The only real answer to your question right this moment is the state governmental insurance department which provides oversight in the matter of insurance failing to live up to its language of the policy with an "experimental treatment" exclusion of claim. Such office in my home state is not bashful about taking on an insuror oh so willing to accept premium dollars only never to pay a righteous claim. Other methods include fighting through litigation if the client presents a fair winnable chance througgh their facts, but the analogy of being a hair on a gnat taking a bite in the hide of an elephant rump is reasonable in commenting on that approach.

I have a wide ranging litany of experiences as General Counsel to corporations. It does not sound glamorous or especially useful when compared against the very compelling importance of the questions you present, but I have found such a place of servanthood through the career which propelled my family through life once, then lapsing for about seven years due to the wreck, and now renewed again with my re-employment.

Many blessings and prayers upon you and the family of the friend whom you lost thusly LN,
Caring deeply,
Mark56

Ginnie,

Are you sure your label says Oxycontin? I'll bet it says oxycodone w/APAP 5/325. There are other ratios as well - 7.5/325, 10/325. There used to be higher APAP/acetaminophen ratios, but I'm not sure now that the daily maximum for acetaminophen has been reduced.

The active ingredient in both Oxycontin and Percocet is oxycodone. Oxycodone is prescribed by itself (sometimes called IR for Immediate Release), combined with acetaminophen (Tylenol) under the trade name Percocet, and in a continuous release formulation called Oxycontin (the Oxy part comes from oxycodone - the contin part stands for "continuous".

There was a time a few years ago when it was thought that the patent had expired on Oxycontin, and it was sold generically as oxycodone CR (continuous release), but Oxycontin CR is redundant. The mfr. (Purdue) went to court and had the patent date extended, so now the only continuous release form available legally in the US is brand-name Oxycontin.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxycodone

I know it's confusing, and I don't often get picky about posts, but in the case of medications, I think it's important to be clear and precise. Often just a letter or two difference can mean a lot. For example, some people misspell Oxcontin as oxycotin. However there's another substance - a hormone - called oxytocin. There are more and more cases of misspellings of medications causing serious problems for patients:

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/11/he...ted=all&src=pm

One convention that helps some is that brand-names are/should be capitalized, whereas generic names are not (as above).

Hope this helps,

Doc