Fibromyalgia Support Group
You're not alone in your pain. Fibromyalgia is a condition that can be difficult to diagnose and manage. If you're trying to cope with pain throughout your body, sleep problems, general fatigue, or other common fibromyalgia symptoms, you're in the right place. The community is here for you to talk about therapies and share your challenges.
My doctor is asking me to consider switching from Vicodin to Duragesic pain patches to help control my pain for longer periods. I'm nervous about changing. Does anyone have any experience with the patches?
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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...
I have been on them , when I had breast cancer. They help with pain but very hard to function you get very drowse. Big thing is to watch the dosage . Start very low, also you can put a tape over half the patch so it goes in slower. It does last for 4-6 hours, fantastic, but wears off after that. You also must make sure you put the next patch on at the correct time or a bit earlier otherwise you will get really bad pain fairly quick. Hope this helps , do you know what strength he wants you to use? Isabee
I forgot to tell you I use Ms. contin , it works good for pain, no bad side effects. lasts for 6 hours , I also have hydro-morph for break through pain. isabee