severe pain from lumbar damage, onset arthritis Posted: 01-29-08 00:49am
I have been reading a lot on the boards
and Oxycontin keeps coming up or
Oxycodone. Is that the usual route that a
doctor will go with. I have a meeded up
back (lumbar damage, onset arthiritis, and
something about a disk). I was forced to
go to the ER last Friday and was given an
anti-inflammatory shot, steroids and
Lortab 10. I have been taking the meds but
I am STILL in severe pain. I have taken
more than prescribed on the pain meds and
still no relief at all. I went back to the
ER on Sunday and they gave me Ultram and
Flexeril (muscle relaxer). They said that
the Ultram was weaker than Lortab and I
couldnt get them filled anyway because
Medicaid had already paid for the Lortab,
so I took the Flexeril and they have done
NOTHING AT ALL! They make me drowsy, but
NOTHING ELSE. I have to have something
stronger or something better. Is Oxycontin
the way to go with this or is there
something else? What should I ask the
doctor for? I am going back to the ER
tomorrow (Tuesday) to see if I can get an
MRI there and see if I can get some better
pain meds. I have to work and with this
pain, I CANNOT. I am hunched over walking
and limping because the pain is shooting
down my leg. It feels like someone has
stabbed me in the back and left the knife
in my back. I cannot sit for an exteded
period of time and I am not getting any
sleep due to the pain. ANY info would be
GREATLY APPRECIATED.
