Chronic Pain Support Group
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I've been cursed with sinus troubles since childhood. I get the worst headaches in my face & teeth, & I feel so sick to my stomach. I see spots, like i do before a regular migraine, but the nausea makes it so much worse. My regular doc gives me nausea pills but i just realized I either lost some or I've been taking more than normal. That makes sense as I've had a terrible summer/fall/early winter. But I got the pills only 6 months ago. Anyway, I went looking for another bottle, somewhere I might have put them in so I don't have to take the whole bottle when I travel for work, and I came across my Darvon.
For those of you who are new, Darvon was a drug prescribed for pain that didn't do much for most people. I preferred Darvocet, and took it with or instead of MSIR for many years for breakthrough RSD pain. But the FDA found some problem with it and pulled it off the shelves, the same time my doctor died last year. (If I recall correctly.) But it was bad for the heart and I took it for years, so when I took myself off it (I had a month's worth to cut down slowly but I just quit taking it.) I decided I wouldn't ever take it again.
Fast-forward a year to migraine sinus hell. I took a breakthrough MSIR and am laying back down after this, but it made me wonder if anyone here used to take Darvon or Darvocet. If so, do you miss it?
B/c my morphine was changed with my new doc this spring (just into a higher long-acting and less short-acting) and I'm in the middle of what I call Humidity Hell (that can be in cold weather too- rain brings humidity) I have to admit it would've been nice to take a Darvon with a tylenol and get some relief. I was one of the few people that Darvocet worked on. In the summer I could skip the MSIR for breakthrough most of the time and take Darvocet. But all that tylenol was probably damaging my liver, and I want to live a long life.
This is turning into more of a journal entry, but I am curious if anyone else misses it. Maybe it's just oddballs like me for which this med helped, and I have to say that it was in top of the MScontin that is always in my system. But at times like this, I miss the Darvocet.
It took me awhile to realize that this is probably why I've been in such pain lately. Not only am I taking less MSIR per day for the Winter RSD, but I'm taking NO Darvocet . I'm SURE that has a LOT to do with it.
I noticed that it hasn't expired yet, so I wonder if my doc would okay me taking it on a terribly bad pain day? Probably not, as it's no longer prescribed. Oh well, just a thought. I only have a few capsules anyway. Time to trash it, or hand it over to the pharmacy.
But I am curious- anyone else missing the Darvon/Darvocet?
For those of you who are new, Darvon was a drug prescribed for pain that didn't do much for most people. I preferred Darvocet, and took it with or instead of MSIR for many years for breakthrough RSD pain. But the FDA found some problem with it and pulled it off the shelves, the same time my doctor died last year. (If I recall correctly.) But it was bad for the heart and I took it for years, so when I took myself off it (I had a month's worth to cut down slowly but I just quit taking it.) I decided I wouldn't ever take it again.
Fast-forward a year to migraine sinus hell. I took a breakthrough MSIR and am laying back down after this, but it made me wonder if anyone here used to take Darvon or Darvocet. If so, do you miss it?
B/c my morphine was changed with my new doc this spring (just into a higher long-acting and less short-acting) and I'm in the middle of what I call Humidity Hell (that can be in cold weather too- rain brings humidity) I have to admit it would've been nice to take a Darvon with a tylenol and get some relief. I was one of the few people that Darvocet worked on. In the summer I could skip the MSIR for breakthrough most of the time and take Darvocet. But all that tylenol was probably damaging my liver, and I want to live a long life.
This is turning into more of a journal entry, but I am curious if anyone else misses it. Maybe it's just oddballs like me for which this med helped, and I have to say that it was in top of the MScontin that is always in my system. But at times like this, I miss the Darvocet.
It took me awhile to realize that this is probably why I've been in such pain lately. Not only am I taking less MSIR per day for the Winter RSD, but I'm taking NO Darvocet . I'm SURE that has a LOT to do with it.
I noticed that it hasn't expired yet, so I wonder if my doc would okay me taking it on a terribly bad pain day? Probably not, as it's no longer prescribed. Oh well, just a thought. I only have a few capsules anyway. Time to trash it, or hand it over to the pharmacy.
But I am curious- anyone else missing the Darvon/Darvocet?
darvacet never worked for me but if it does for you,if they are not out dated,,,i would keep them for a bad day,if you tell your doc,he will most likely tell you not to take it,,,,
its a shame your having such bad headaches,i am too,im on fioricet for mine,it works well....
hope you feel better!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I called my doctor to see what he'd replace it with, and I'm taking hydros instead. It took me a while to realize they are helping pretty much the same as the darvocet. I do hate it, though, when something works great, then they find something wrong with it!
I hope you're able to find something to take its place.
We had to fill in pain and med logs and if I go over mine I see that on the coldest days or if I was doing a lot for work, I would take the highest dose allowed. That was 2 MSIR every 6 hours, never exceeding 8 a day and THAT was only if it was super bad. But the MSContin was lower, almost by half. I am pretty sure that taking 1.5 of the MSIR with the higher MSContin I take now would give me better relief.
I mean, I'm not dying here, I can and do live a regular life, but I didn't sleep last night and now I've had a rough day running all over for my son and work and Xmas stuff. My foot is pretty bad. I'm sorely tempted to take another half a pill, but I won't. I've never taken above what I'm allowed and I won't start now. I do wish my doc would prescribe the MSIR differently. For ME it is a good medication, if used in the right doses. But I agree with his decision, when he took me on, to keep me on only 3 msir a day, if only b/c it is the "rules" the govt has, at least for now.
I know he wants to help b/c when I 1st met him he said he wished the MSIR came in a higher dose. I guess the rule is that you're not supposed to take more breakthrough meds than long-acting. I take 3 long-acting a day, so 3 is the # of breakthroughs I get. It's fine in the summer, but I'm wondering what will happen this winter. I'm trying to be strong. What is so weird is that for well over a decade I took the same combination of mscontin and msir and it worked. I mean, I never was at a high pain level b/c it worked. But my 1st doc retired, my new doc then kept me on it, even though he mentioned that a higher mscontin might work instead of so many breakthrough.
He was stunned when I was fine on what I'd taken for years and we got along very well. But he passed away and I'm not sure what to do about the new doctor. I like him, we get along well, but I'm nervous about asking for an extra pill a day. And I won't b/c of the "rules". But I also don't want to end up on a stronger medication just b/c some doctor in the govt thinks breakthrough meds should only be 3 a day, or whatever. And now w/o the Darvocet as well, I face a long winter.
But mainly, I just want to get back to where I was- not really feeling the bad pain unless I forgot a pill or overdid something. I guess we'll see what happens. At least I can tolerate the pain so far this winter. When the real cold hits, it'll be interesting.