I take oxycodone and Norco. Your aunt is right Doc's do not like to write scripts for it. You can tell your Doc that the meds your on don't help and make you sick. If I was you I would start with Vicodin or Norco. If he refuses to give it to you ask for a refferal to the pain clinic they are more apt to give you want helps take the pain away. I will pray for you that things work out....V

I take vicodin, which is a narcotic, when the pain is too much for me to handle. I have been extremely lucky in that my doctor prescribed it for me with no resistance at all. We developed a good repore(SP) right away, and she has never seemed to doubt what I tell her about my symptoms or pain. I have had severe side effects to almost every daily med we have tried, so the vicodin is the only way I get thru the bad days. I think it would be ok to tell your doctor that you want something to help take the edge off of the severe pain. Maybe then they will prescribe you something more beneficially for you. Hope this helped.

I would definitley tell your doc the problems your having with the nsaids, talk with him/her about diff pain medications you could take, it is true that some doc's don't like to prescribe narcotics, but not all are like that,if he/she does not help you out then ask to be reffered to a pain specialist

Hi,

My Rheumototlogist prescribed mmany things that did not work or I expereinced horrible side effects (whichIS part of having Fibromyalgia - being ultra sensitive to meds that is)......the only 2 that help are Oxycodone & Ativan....been on thema year - they help take the edge off. Good luck.

I am taking oxycontin and percocet. I would recommend seeing a Doctor at a pain mamangement center as they seem to know how to treat chronic pain disorders better.

Please tell your dr all of this
my do said i was too young to start pain meds, i am almost 50
a friend gave me some vicodene & took 2 one morening & was actually able to function,

was able to shower,
dress,
drive to store & even a couple other errands
never felt groggy or brain fogged
by dr said that it is a very strong narcotic,
next time i go in i am going to tell her that it makes no matter to me if it is narcotic, it "WORKS!!!!!
NSADIS make me sooo sick,too
drs are under the microscope because of the drug abuse but damn, i just want some pain relief that allows me to function
this Elavil they gave me is not helping, it is supposed to be anti depressant that helps pain, but all i want to do is cry all the time & i feel like crap & groggy, with that brain fog too

I DON'T UNDERSTAND DR.S LIKE THAT. I FEEL LIKE THEY JUST DON'T BELIEVE ME, JUST ANOTHER JUNKIE LOOKIN FER DRUGS, NOT TRUE, I WOULDN'T BE HERE IF I WEREN'T IN PAIN, BUT THE DR'S HAVE BEEN USED TOO, BY PEOPLE WHO ONLY WANT THE DRUGS FOR RESALE OR TO GIVE AWAY,GOTTA FIGURE OUT A WAY TO GET THRU TO THEM, I AIN'T GOT THE ANSWER YET, BUT MAYBE SOMEONE OUT THERE CAN FIGURE OUT SOMETHING....LOVE...HELEN----YOU NEED STRONGER DRUGS MY SWEET....

I am on oxy and loricet and find that the combination of the two work great. If your doctor cant or wont try different things do try going to a pain management clinic.

I've had OA & FM for over 5 yrs & I finally had to go to a pain management clinic for the narcotics that were the only drugs that helped me to be able function. I take morphine and oxycontin. And yes, most - the vast majority - doctors either won't write for Schedule II drugs or put ya thru so many changes that ya just wanna tell them where to go. They DO think that alot of us just want the narcotics. Some of them just don't get the fact that we are in PAIN. Very bad pain. Disabling pain. I wish that these docs would have to suffer for one week - 7 lousy days - like we do. Betcha they'd change their tune ASAP. My advice is to go a pain management clinic. They are the ones most likely to give you the relief you need and DESERVE AS A HUMAN BEING. We have diseases, but one of them is not drug addiction. Every other medical specialty's docs don't hesitate to prescribe the best, most appropriate drug for the illness. So why don't Rheumatologists and any Internists who treat people in chronic pain get with the program? Sorry, this subject is a real sore spot (pun intended) with me. But my advice, learned the hard way, is to go to a pain management clinic, explain your situation, & ask for the kind of medicine that works for your condition. If you don't succeed with one doc &/or clinic, go to another. There ARE docs out there who will treat you so you are not in pain, but you gotta find the right one.