coasted aspirin helps eliminate - or at least reduce - ulcer risk, too.

NSAIDS thin the blood and are risky for those with liver disease . As aways it's best to consult your Dr.

Like shadow, Tylenol doesn't do a thing for me - however, I won't take any other NSAID - ESP. aspirin. So I either just deal with pain and get to have a pity party or take an oxycodone and get a bit of a nice buzz & pain goes away - my doc. gave me a very small dosage and a VERY few pills, so I hoard them like a squirrel. We heppers can safely take pure opiates (I am pretty sure I'm right about that) - oxy or dilaudid, not easy to GET them since a lot of docs think we are former drug addicts - and maybe some of us were, but I'd venture to say that was a LONG time ago - but I finally convinced mine to give me a few 5 mg oxycodones. I take them ONLY for high level pain - because they certainly do put my mind back into remembering why I liked that stuff so much back in the day. And I will NEVER go back there.

Same here Cat. Tylenol and ice packs on achy joints. I have a standing Rx for Oxy but Dr. wathces my consumption so I never take it for more than one dose every few days. I was somewhat dependent on it last year for disc herniation and it was VERY NASTY to get off of.
NO NSAIDS for me ( I miss my Advil) but love my liver more!

Wish I had some oxy's today...they go really well with vodka..

Sorry, it's not necessary to post every dopey thought in my head...

Kat, I was thinking the same thing, only my drink of choice was wine or champagne. Of course, those martini's with green olives, yum.
I have been a good girl now for a long time!

I tried looking for acetaminophene at a regular strength dose the other day and the stores only now sell extra strength.

Jess ..it doesn't matter what you take just how much in a 24 hour period. Acetaminophen is found in many over the counter drugs so read the labels.
Max dosage for a HEALTHY person is 4,000 mg in 24 hour period BUT for those with reduced liver function half that amount 2,000 mg in 24 hour period .. so .. you can take 1 extra strength (500 mg) Tylenol, every 6 hours.
Discuss this with your Dr. and/or your Pharmacist.

uhm I don't think my Dr. would be giving me a Rx for morphine Shadow ..at least not until my "bucket" days ..lol

My Doctors give me both oxycodones and oxymorpohones, and the "morphones" I take are long lasting - time released and the "codones from oxyland" for when I need breakthrough pain relief which happens all the time especially when it's raining or is really, really humid or if I do too much physical stuff around the house...

Both drugs don't have any detrimental effect whatsoever to my transplanted liver...These also make my life tolerable these days despite all of my illnesses, yet if I could take something that's a cannabis based or weed itself... I believe the same could achieved with respect to pain relief although I may experience an increased appetite, and I really need to be very careful not to gain any weight now that I have lost over 180 lbs. of water and currently weigh only 273 lbs.

So until PA becomes another state that decriminalizes "Mohtah" and I can switch to that instead of what I'm currently on... I'll just have to accept the "codone's & morphones" that are oxygenated to relieve my miseries from all of this pain I experience on an almost daily basis...

Finally, if I could move to a state close by like New Jersey which is decriminalized, I would have done so but since I can't afford to, I humbly wait until the changes for the better become a reality. :>) ;>) ;>)

NEVER GIVE UP - NEVER GIVE IN!!!

Respectfully,
HANK

Shadow both Morphine and Oxy are single drug, not combos.
In normal dosage levels they are low risk for liver damage.


Opiates are a class of medications used for management of moderate to severe pain. They act on what are called opiate receptors in the nervous system and the brain, and diminish the experience of pain by the person. Medications in this class that are commonly used by experts in pain management are:

Single drugs (used for control of moderate to severe pain) such as:
Morphine (e.g., Roxanol, MS Contin, Kadian)
Oxycodone (e.g., Oxycontin)
Fentanyl (e.g., Duragesic patches, Actiq)
Hydromorphone (e.g., Dilaudid)
Methadone (e.g., Dolophine)
Many of these drugs come in both short-acting (lasting for 3 to 6 hours) and long-acting (lasting from 8 hours to 3 days, depending on the type of opiate) forms.
read more at:
http://www.americanhospice.org/articles-mainmenu-8/caregiving-mainmenu-10/233-use-of-opiates-to-manage-pain-in-the-seriously-and-terminally-ill-patient

Hey Shadowdance/Q! "Opana" or "Numorphan" for Numorphone are the brand names for the drug which is generic for oxymorphone... They're a morphine based, semi-synthetic type of pain relievers and very much like hydromorphone as they are both schedule II class opiates...

The oxymorphone I take are 20 mg. time released are supposed to last twelve hours which I take two daily... They usually sufficient unless on occasion, the pain becomes unbearable around the ninth or tenth hour...

This is when I take the lower dosage of oxycodone of 5mg. and it acts in a relatively short period of time when I need to break through the debilitating pain that sometimes overwhelms me especially in lousy weather... I

usually don't take more than 2 or 3 a day but then again, when the pain intensifies I don't hesitate to take more than four a day until the pain subsides and that will happen in one or two days...

IMHO, the oxymorphones are much more potent than the oxycodones yet there are some days when I just need to take the oxycodones when my pain isn't as intense as it normally is...

And I usually have the luxury of rolling over my prescription amount just in case I need a whole lot more than what I'm normally prescribed on a monthly basis, so I always got extra JIC!!!

Here's link for the oxymorphone:

http://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/drug_chem_info/oxymorphone.pdf

Other drugs in the same class:

Other drugs in same class: Oxycodone, Hydromorphone, Morphine, Fentanyl, Methadone, Tramadol, Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen, Oxycodone/Acetaminophen, Tapentadol, Meperidine, Loperamide, Levorphanol, Remifentanil, Sufentanil, Hydrocodone/ibuprofen, Loperamide Hydrochloride, Alfentanil, Hydrocodone/Homatropine, Tramadol hydrochloride, Oxycodone Hydrochloride, Codeine/Guaifenesin, Hydrocodone/Chlorpheniramine, Morphine/naltrexone, Oxycodone/Ibuprofen, Tramadol/Acetaminophen, Fentanyl Citrate, Hydromorphone Hydrochloride, Propoxyphene Napsylate, Tapentadol hydrochloride, Meperidine Hydrochloride, Methadone hydrochloride, Oxymorphone Hydrochloride, Levorphanol tartrate, Propoxyphene/Acetaminophen, Hydrocodone/Pseudoephedrine, Sufentanil citrate, Propoxyphene Hydrochloride, Alfentanil Hydrochloride, Acetaminophen/Caffeine/Dihydrocodeine, Oxycodone/Aspirin, Hydrocodone/Homatropine methylbromide, Remifentanil hydrochloride, Dihydrocodeine/Aspirin/Caffeine, Hydrocodone/Pseudoephedrine/Chlorpheniramine, Dihydrocodeine/Chlorpheniramine/Phenylephrine, Dihydrocodeine/Phenylephrine/Guaifenesin, Propoxyphene, Dihydrocodeine/Brompheniramine/Phenylephrine, Dihydrocodeine/Guaifenesin, Dihydrocodeine/Brompheniramine/Pseudoephedrine,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxymorphone

http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/summary/summary.cgi?sid=841905

http://www.rxlist.com/opana-drug.htm

That's it for now... Later baby!

Respectfully,
HANK