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possible way to avoid the itchies!

loralp
loralp
so i recently posted about opana and would i itch. we have all had them at one point or another. so i found a possible way to avoid them!!!! if you are taking a long action pain med plus breakthrough meds do you take the 1stdose together? i have been lately taking my long action about an hour before my IR pain med and since i started doing that i have had NO itching!!!nmaybe its j7st me, but i urge you to try it and see if it helps! hope you are all doing we'll, wishing you all pain free days or at least pain free moments love to all
deleted_user
deleted_user
Just a thought....but it sounds like you take your Breakthru meds are on a daily schedule...

If your Breakthru meds are a part of your daily medication regimen, they're no long Breakthru meds and have become part of your longterm pain management meds. Breakthru meds should only be taken when absolutely necessary....once they become part of a daily med regimen you need to talk to your Doc about adjusting your longterm meds, because you really no longer have a breakthru med.
deleted_user
deleted_user
I'm glad you found something that seems to be helping with your itching, I think the goal of break through meds is to hope you don't need them but if you do they are there for you or they wouldn't write the script to cover it... my question would be are you taking them together? BT and LT I always thought you took the LT and hope your not going to need the BT

try to make sure your spacing out you correctly and on time to stay ahead of the pain

hugs
tori
deleted_user
deleted_user
I never thought of that, Kat. I take my breakthrough meds daily too, simply because I want relief, I thought, the more the merrier, if you know what I mean. Maybe I need to have a rethink. Lorap its great your itching has gone. hugs Susie x
deleted_user
deleted_user
Miss Susielu,

Unfortunately many CP patients don't think about it....the meds are RX'd and the Docs don't always explain that they're not meant to be taken on a daily basis....just one of those things they think you should know.

Any med that you take on a daily basis is part of your daily longterm medication regimin and is not considered PRN or breakthru.

Definitely talk to your Dr. because adjusting your longterm med plan can make a big difference sometimes.

Take care my friend,

kat
loralp
loralp
i understand what you are saying, but i wake up with such terrible pain, yes the breakthrough are part of my daily meds. my ' breakthrough' meds are my standard pain relief, the long term opana just seems to help them work better so i can only take 4 pain pills instead of 8! and so far my PM will not up any doses for me so this is how i manage my painl
deleted_user
deleted_user
Just make sure that your Dr. knows that your taking both meds as part of your Daily Med Regimen, so if something happens, like you were to have to go into the hospital or something, it's on record that you basically have no Breakthru med right now.