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CMondo 07/21/2010

I was in a car accident last Friday and I am glad to report that only the right side of my back was hurt. I have been taking pain relief medication and muscle relaxer to help healing.

The problem is that the medication takes away the pain but makes me dizzy. Not a good thing when I am alone.

I don't know if I should stop the medication and deal with the pain or take the medication and deal with the dizziness...

Any suggestion, please?

deleted_user 07/21/2010

Call your doctor! See if they can prescribe you a lesser dose and/or replacement.

Rman 07/21/2010

Can you decrease the dosage, so that you only feel a little pain and a little dizziness?

deleted_user 07/21/2010

Could you try just taking half a dose of the med that makes you dizzy?

deleted_user 07/21/2010

Figure out which one is causing the dizziness, then call the doctor to see if there's a different Rx you could try.

deleted_user 07/21/2010

warning , big bias included since I'm personally anti-pharmaceutical:

you might want to look into non-pharmaceutical additions to your recovery, depending on what kind of injury you sustained to your back and budget/benefits

-physio
-chiropractic care
- massage therapy
- ice

deleted_user 07/21/2010

Try eating or drinking milk when you take the meds... it may help with the dizziness....

lycesq 07/21/2010

C - what are you taking? I know most of the pain meds.

Lynne

CMondo 07/21/2010

Hi Lynne - I am taking Tramadol for the pain and Cyclobenzaprine (sub. for Flexeril). The second medication is the one cauzing dizziness.

Thank you all for your suggestions. The doctor's office is closed for lunch now and I left a message with their after hours service to call me back.

deleted_user 07/21/2010

CM...try asking your doc for a different muscle relaxer...they have ones that won't have the same drowsy/dizzying effect of the flexeril

deleted_user 07/21/2010

Yes I would just call the Doc and see what they say.

I don't understand people who are anti-pharmaceutical. I'm not sayin take a pill for everything...thats up to the individual. I'm not a pill popper....but if push comes to shove and I need it I have no problems taking one.

CMondo 07/21/2010

I called the doctor and he said that the dosage is already small so he would not recommend reducing the dosage at least for now. Since I am not driving this week, I think he is forcing me to rest. Truth is that I have been working long hours and not being very good to myself. Maybe I should use the hint :)

deleted_user 07/21/2010

lol...yes...use the hint!! get some rest!! like I said before though, if it gets to the point you still need the muscle relaxers, there is another one, I think its Soma, that doesn't cause the drowsy/dizzy effects...

deleted_user 07/21/2010

Ask your doc if there is a different pain killer you could take...or take it when you are laying down and not doing anything and take something like tylenol when you have to be up and about

CMondo 07/21/2010

thank you for the tips. They make me feel better already - someone out there cares :-)

MsViv 07/21/2010

I would ask the Doc for a different pain killer. Even if it is a small dosage it may not be right for you.
I know if I take percoset I get very loopy, but if I take vicodin, it just takes away the pain..

But get some rest anyway. Are you using ice on your back? very helpful. I even use ice packs on my back when I drive.
Oh yeah, and rest - did I mention you should get rest? lol

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