I take a pain pill with my MORNING meds -- just to keep on top of the pain - to keep it from getting out of control....sort of like a pre-emptive 'strike'!
I find if I do that I will have less pain later, and will therefore need to take less.
When you first start taking pain meds, they can often kick your butt - so you have to keep looking and asking until you find something that will help with the pain - yet not 'knock you out' or make you a loopy idiot.
As you continue with pain meds however, most people tend to become more tolerant of them - either needing to take MORE of the same med - or switch to a different med.
Good luck finding what works for YOU.
-------------------- DR. Wiseass NOT a real doc - just a real wise Posts: 792 | From USA | Registered: Jan 2005
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Yes, but none of the narcotics worked for my pain. I guess it depends on your type of pain. I have bad nerve pain. I have found that clonazapam is helping a little (also take topomax at bedtime), so I take it as soon as I get up, 3 times daily. Just masking the pain, but allowing me to live and not want to give in to the pain.
-J
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Aniek
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Annette,
I responded to your other posting. But I have a question. How long did you try Ultracet? If you tried it once, then I would give it another shot. It sometimes takes a few times to get used to a pain medication. If you took it multiple times, then it's not right for you.
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GEDEN13
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i take pain med's. lot of them,but i am dealing with alot of pain.i try to take them before the pain get's to much to handle.
i have untreated lyme,dxed lyme arthritis,rsd(reflex sympahtetic dystrophy) ,fibro and getting ready for a knee replacement.
the pain is unbearable at time's.i am using the duragesic patch 100mcg's every 48hrs,vicodin 7.5/750 ,lexapro 20mgs daily,nortriptyline 40mgs daily,neurontin 2400mgs daily and dialantin 200mgs daily.
all this is perscribed by differant doc's,for differant pain's.but they all know what i am prescribed by the other.everyone is on the sam page.
i do have the effect's of being(high). but my pain is that bad.i can funcution,but not work(ssi).hopefully all this can end soon.my appointment's start next month..
if you need to know which of these med's might work for you,i need to know what your pain is..write me,i will not tell you wrong. , gary
p.s. reason i ask you to right me,i will forget this post and my reply.use the private email.they will send me a reminder.(lymenet)
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Before I was diagnosed with Lyme and viruses, I took pain meds (Ultracet) just to ease the pain and stiffness. They don't seem to work for me anymore.
Now I take a very low dose of Oxycodone (Percoset) 7.5. I've read on another forum where people are taking 20 and 30 but that would put me in la-la land.
First thing in the morning I only take 1/2 a tablet because it is stronger on an empty stomach.
Herxing really, really makes me need the meds more. I use to only use them in the afternoon.
Another thing pain meds do for me is help me be able to do house cleaning and normal chores. Otherwise, I just can't get up the energy to do it.
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I just last week went to a pain dr for the first time. He actually BELIEVED me. Rx'd Methadone tablets for everyday and Lortab for breakthru pain - I am learning how best to take it as what was prescribed is a bit too much. However, the 3rd day I woke up in the morning pain-free, with energy and I thought: A-HA! THIS is what normal feels like! I hadn't experienced "normal" in over 30 years, so it was great. *Bit*
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The only pain med that I take is Ibuprofen. Usually about 1200mg per day (not all at once though) sometimes more sometimes less. It's the only way I can make it through the day.
I have issues with swelling (high sed rate) and this seems to help.
Hope you find something as the days become very long otherwise.
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Andie333
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I take tramadol just once a day (at night for pain). Found out the hard way there are two different types of tramadol: one that left me throwing up and completely unable to think or function.
The other which seems much less...horrible...and has a buffering thing in it.
If the pain gets nasty during the day (like today) I try to stick it out. If it gets worse, I take several ibuprofen. If it's really unbearable, I have tramadol...but that's only happened once or twice.
Andie
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