Medication For Pain Relief Posted: 02-07-06 06:49am
Hi,
i've been having back problems for the
past 18 months, and still trying to find
out the cause, just wondered if anybody
knew much about mixing painkillers.
At the moment i'm taking
2 x 50mg tramadol every 4 hours
1 x 90mg dihydrcodiene every 12 hours
1 x 30/500 cocodomol a day
3 x 25mg amitryptiline on an evening
before bed.
1 x 50mg diclofenac 3 times a day
these have been prescribed by my dr but
bit worried as it seems a lot to be taking
especially for the amount of relief it
gives (very little).
Does anybody have any suggestions on what
I could maybe look at taking to get relief
but cutting down on the amount of
tablets.
Thanks in advance
tony
p.S sorry if some spelling wrong
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eddieeddie
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 26 Feb 2006 Posts: 5 Location: Massachusetts
Posted: 02-26-06 11:13am
Toni-there are many many meds -it sounds
to me your taking too many - ive suffered
back pain for 17yrs. I finally found a
doc. Who listened -i went from 9 meds to
4 -methadone is a great pain mngt.Drug for
nerve damage.Sometimes the less you take
the better -ice and even the smallest
amount of movement can help -good
luck/wrespect eddieeddie :(
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Tamadrummer
Active User, Really EHEALTHy
Joined: 15 Oct 2004 Posts: 710 Location: Zephyrhills,Fl
Posted: 02-26-06 11:37am
You are on a very low dose of actual pain
medicine, it seems as though they could
increase the dosage of opiate pain
medicine and lower the dose of
anti-inflamitory or even change it to
something else.
The tramadol is actually a very effective
break through med if you have adequate
pain relief from your big pain med. It
doesnt sound as though you are being
treated with any seriousness and the doc
you are seeing may not think you are in as
much pain as you are telling them you are
in.
You might ask to be sent to a pain
specialist to see if they can offer some
different treatments and also some other
medicines. I cannot say what is right for
you, but if you are as much pain as you
say you are in, you need to be seen by
someone that will actually help you and
your doc is not doing that right now.
Good luck and let us know how it goes,
brian
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Twisti
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 30 Sep 2005 Posts: 14 Location: Texas
Posted: 03-31-06 16:03pm
I know this reply is kinda late but...Ive
found stedol nasal spray works pretty good
for back pain (doesnt last long tho) I
actually take it for my migrains but it
works for other kinds of pain too
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sandyallen
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 02 Feb 2004 Posts: 4580
Posted: 03-31-06 17:22pm
Hi there! Kind of late, has he done an
mri on your back? To see what may be
going on?
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