Chronic Pain Support Group
Physicians and professionalsdefine pain as chronic if it lasts longer than three to six months and is persistent. It's distinct from acute pain that is a direct result of injury or trauma. This support group is dedicated to those suffering from chronic pain. Discuss treatments that have worked for you, find advice for your specific experience, and find support. You're not...
I just picked up my prescription last night and saw that I was given the new "op" version of the oxycontin pills. I dont know how I didn't hear about this...and I REALLY don't know why they didn't say a single word to me at the pharmacy...a "hey, this medicine is different now" or something...but i didn't notice until this morning that it isn't the same as the meds I've been getting for years now.
I did some research, and I see that purdue has changed their formula...now its harder to crush up, and hey, I'm ALL for deterring abusers and addicts from using my meds to get "high"; but I'm NOT cool with a new formula being given to me without even an acknowledgement from the pharmacy. When there used to actually be "generic" oxycontin; they all hurt my stomach and my doc had to write my rx for "brand name only". I still had a few of my old ones left, so I haven't taken one of these new ones yet...I am scared it will mess w/ my stomach again.
ANYWAY, I searched forums on the web but it only seems that I can find opinions from junkies (go figure, huh??); have any REAL CP patients who TAKE THEIR RX AS PRESCRIBED had any problems w/ this new formula? I read that it can take up to 48 hours to work in your system (when swallowed)...def not down w/ that if its true. I called the pharmacy this AM and they obviously dismissed me as a junkie, upset that I couldn't snort or shoot or whatever they do w/ these new pills; but I am honestly concerned!!
Yet another example of being treated like scum for being a CP patient...if this was my blood pressure meds I'm sure it would have already been fixed and I would have been treated w/ respect.
I did some research, and I see that purdue has changed their formula...now its harder to crush up, and hey, I'm ALL for deterring abusers and addicts from using my meds to get "high"; but I'm NOT cool with a new formula being given to me without even an acknowledgement from the pharmacy. When there used to actually be "generic" oxycontin; they all hurt my stomach and my doc had to write my rx for "brand name only". I still had a few of my old ones left, so I haven't taken one of these new ones yet...I am scared it will mess w/ my stomach again.
ANYWAY, I searched forums on the web but it only seems that I can find opinions from junkies (go figure, huh??); have any REAL CP patients who TAKE THEIR RX AS PRESCRIBED had any problems w/ this new formula? I read that it can take up to 48 hours to work in your system (when swallowed)...def not down w/ that if its true. I called the pharmacy this AM and they obviously dismissed me as a junkie, upset that I couldn't snort or shoot or whatever they do w/ these new pills; but I am honestly concerned!!
Yet another example of being treated like scum for being a CP patient...if this was my blood pressure meds I'm sure it would have already been fixed and I would have been treated w/ respect.
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My 6mo twin DD's are EBF and just started rice cereal on the first. Everything has been going fine except this morning one of them had a diaper rash (lots of redness around her anus). I read this as one of the signs of an allergy. BUT I did just buy a different brand diaper yesterday (which they have used randomly before w/no issues). Do you think its the cereal or the diaper? Im ready to start...
You're having an allergic reaction to something in the medication; it's not going to get better until you switch to another medication (e.g. methadone, Opana ER, etc.). Please do not let your doctor continue to torture you or erode your skin with steroid creams (it will only cause your skin to thin and cause even more problems).
I was able to get my doctor/hospital pharmacist to find enough of the old OxyContin OC to allow me to actually start tapering off the OxyContin all together (my choice to do so instead of goign straight to methadone). With all the vomiting and abdominal pain I had with the new OP version (even with more than ample doses of my breakthough medication), my doctor now had OxyContin OP listed as an allergy in my medical records. Tonight (well, 2 hours ago) is my first night on 10 mg only...I don't feel as good as I did on the no longer available 20mg tablets (organ pain sucks!).
But please, do not keep taking something you are allergic to. You can do a direct swap from one medication to another; no need to taper off or down. There are equivalency tables for changing patients from one medication to another that all doctors have access to in order to make the swap easier for their patients and avoid any unneeded pain and suffering.
Here's a link to one of the equivalency websites:
http://www.globalrph.com/narcotic.cgi
I'm hoping ChronicIL can explain the "incomplete cross tolerance"; I think it means that not 100% of all medication is absorbed and that needs to be taken into consideration when converting from one medication to another, as well as one form to another (e.g. 100% of IV Dilaudid is absorbed versus less than 50% of oral Dilaudid is absorbed, etc.). But I make no guarantees on that part.
I wish everyone well and hope you all have a pain free and adverse reaction free day.
And please, make you own reports on any and all adverse reactions to the FDA at:
www.fda.gov/medwatch