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Med increase

lovebaby8
lovebaby8
I went and saw my RA doctor yesterday who upped my ms contin to 300mg a day 100mg 3 times a day. and he gave me 180 perocet 10/325 a month for break through pain. So far all I have done is sleep so hopefully my body will adjust to this med increase I don't like sleeping so much but if I am sleeping I can't feel the pain so I guess thats good. Hopefully the long acting ms contin will work and I won't need the perocet but I guess time will tell.
deleted_user
deleted_user
lovebaby,

I too had an increase in my Gabapentin, and noticed that I was more tired. I think once our body becomes used to the increase we will stabalize and not feel so exhausted all the time. Take naps, they do help me a lot. Like you said, if we sleep, we don't have to feel pain or deal with it, thankfully. I was also told by my PM doc that my having Fibro that sleep is a good thing. I only sleep about 4 hours and then I am tossing and turning. I just get out of bed and then take naps during the day. I told my hubby that I have a doctors note for naps, lol.
Kansass
Kansass
Kim, a doctors note for naps, I like that. Yes everytime my meds were upped it would make me more tired. After awile you get used to the new dose and it's not as bad. At least that's how it worked with me.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Yes, I feel like you,,,,, at least when I am sleeping, I can't feel the pain! I hope that the new dosage gives you better pain relief, you know one thing.... you might want to ask your Doc to give you something without Tylenol for break through pain. As you know too much Tylenol is not good for your liver, and with all of the meds that people like us take, every little help that we can give our liver is a good thing. You take care, enjoy the naps, and keep us posted in your pain relief. Hugs,
deleted_user
deleted_user
that was me when I had my upped gabapentin and increased pain pills in the same week all I did was sleep however the feeling went away fast and now I hardly feel it so I am sure it will improve for you as well I am glad your doc is willing to help you with what you need
deleted_user
deleted_user
Hopefully you will get used to the meds and be able to have a good quality life....Good luck with that,,,,,What type of dr is RA? I recently went to a pain mgmt dr and he put me on ms contin 30 mg 2 times a day and perocet 10/325 1 every 6 hours.....the ms contin doesnt seem to help as well as the perco, I guess because it is long acting...i am hoping it will kick in soon so that i can feel better. it does not make me sleepy at all...I am not complaining i am grateful to be able to go to see him without insurance....thanks for sharing.
lovebaby8
lovebaby8
Hey tipper I did ask about the tyneoal level. I guess the body can safely do 4000mg a day so as long as I am not going over that its okay. the only tyenoal i take is in the break through preocet so its no where near the 4000 but I did make sure to bring that up to him and thats the reponse I got.