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...

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I am in an enormous amount of pain.It was going from the lumbar to the cervical area for the past few weeks. My bff gave me a massage saturday and it helped my lower back but I think I am carrying a lot of stress in my back. Mainly in my neck. I don't want an epidural shots, but what else is there?, also I take 7.5/325 percocets, and at one point he gave me oxycodone(which I didn't want to take-it was VERY STRONG, and made me sick) I wonder if there is something between the percocet and the oxycodone that would work? I have been helping my kids left and right, and I have gotten myself in bit of a $$ bind. Therapy is $60 a week cash. No cc. and well right now, I am on disability and even though I get a good amount of income from this it is fixed, and I am not used to living on a fixed income. Not an easy thing to get used too. I have worked since I was 15.
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Instead of getting the epidural/facet injections into the spaces around the spine. Ask the doctor to inject you up and down both sides of your spine directly into the muscles to relieve the spasms.

It is a little bit more than trigger points because you want the max amount of medication allowable to be used. It can also be done at the doctors office

Ouch
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Thanks ouch, but that sounds awfully painful.
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Well actually the percocets are oxycodone, they just also contain tylenol in them. It sounds like maybe your doctor gave you too large a dose of the the pills with only oxycodone. Do you know what mg they were. By the way the 7.5/325 in percocets stands for 7.5 mg of Oxycodone and 325 mg of Acetaminophen (the name of the drug in tylenol). There is a percocet with 10mg of oxycodone which is only a little more than the 7.5mg in the ones you were taking before. It would be really helpful though if you put the mg of the oxycodone in the other pill, so I could see how much is enough to make you sick. Good luck finding a med that helps your pain. After you respond with the number of mg (if you can), I may be able to give more recommendations for you to talk to your doctor about.

I hope everyone is having a pain-free day,
Circa
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Hey Mary. I went to the UM Orthopedic Rehabilitation Center at Cedars a couple of weeks ago. The doctor gave me a script for Lidoderm patches. They are topical patches and deaden the target point, like in your lower back. They work really well, I was really surprised. You can wear 2 of them at a time, they're pretty big, about 4x5 I'd say. You keep them on for 12 hours, off for 12 hours. Ask your doctor to give you a script and give them a try.
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Leslie, I still have some of those left over from my hysterectomy. Do you use them like a patch at the point of pain?, Let me know I will try them out. I have decided to have the surgery. I am setting everything up with GA. I don't know if I am a candidate for the artificial disc, as I remember my surgical instructions were c5-c6, c6-c7...and I think it can only be one disc.I'll keep ya posted.

Circa:((((((20mg)))))
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