hydrocodone, Darkness, the kind with ibuprofin in it. It works for me. I know there's a chance of being "hooked" but I think they go overboard with that worry and as long as you need it and don't abuse it I don't see anything wrong with it.

I've had more than one doctor tell me there's not much chance of addiction if the pain is there.

I get the kind with ibuprofen in it because it helps along with the hydrocodone for the pain. You may be different but tylenol is like a placebo to me.

There's also new meds that people with fibromyalgia take that scare the pants off me (and put me on the floor) but you might be able to take them ok. Also, Cymbalta is supposed to be good for pain even though it's an antidepressant.

Some tri-cyclic antidepressants are given for pain, also. (also make you fat, lol!)

sorry about the lol at the end, I know pain is not pleasant, I deal with it 24 hrs a day.

Thanks normalparanot! I will definitely look into that. The pain seems to get worse if I do a lot of lifting or bending. I was at the laundromat for a few hours today. Lugging laundry bags, taking laundry in and out of machines. I'm only 5'3 and some of those big dryers are high. My bones are really sensitive.

I'm sorry that you are in pain 24 hours a day! Hugs! I didn't mind the lol at all. :)

Gotta laugh sometimes, don't we! :-)

Yes, we do. Laughter is good for the soul!

If the bone pain is bad, go to emergency. Note blood pressure measures as well to see if it is increasing. Some pain relievers are hard on the kidneys so also explain history of hyperparathyroidism and kidney stones.

They may also run a test called ESR, in addition to calcium, PTH and phosphate.

If you go to the Doctor instead get your blood work done at an outpatient lab in the hospital as the results are often faster and would be in your patient hospital file in needed later.

I was able to get the bone pain to lessen considerably with motrin. It took a while. I'm on two blood pressure medications. Whenever I was at the laundromat for a few hours doing a lot of lifting, pulling, crouching, and reaching. My bone pain always gets worse afterwards. Good days and bad days. I will definitely go to the ER if it gets bad enough where nothing works. I hope it doesn't get like that though.

Hi Darkness,
I'm 8mths post surgery and my bone pain has always been my worst symptom, it is still increasing even after surgery (they are doing further investigations). Anyway the only thing I have found to work is Zomorph, which is slow release morphine I have 2 every morning and 2 everynight, occaisionally I need to take 3 for my worst days. I also take 600mg of Ibuprofen 3 times a day, which means I have to take Omaprezole to protect my stomache lining but hey it's a small price to pay for effective pain relief. I finally feel pretty much in control of my pain after 4 long years! Good luck, it's a miserable disease, I get sick and tired of feeling sorry for myself!! Take care x

Joanne: I'm glad you were able to find something that works. The bone pain is hard to deal with on bad days. Some days it's full blown and others it's just a dull ache.

Yes it is a miserable disease! I'm glad I don't have kidney stones and hope I don't have them again! The thirst gets to me too. I'm constantly thinking about wanting to drink something. Many days I drink more than I eat.

Joanne G
Just so you are aware Omeprazole is a proton pump inhibitor and reduces the intestinal absorption of calcium. Prior to my child's parathyroid surgery was advised to go off of Omeprazole for this reason.
Your pain medication requires that you take Omeprazole so you are in a opposing situation.
Calcium requires an acidic environment to be absorbed, especially calcium carbonate.
However, Calcium Citrate does not it can be absorbed in an alkaline environment which is what the Omepraole will create by reducing stomach acid.
Down the road if you no longer require Omeprazole, you may try to dose down as sudden stopping the medication can cause an acid rebound effect where your stomach produces too much calcium because you ended too abruptly.
Have Doctors done an ESR blood test and do yoiu have a bone density scan scheduled to maybe assess what is going on?

sorry error in last post
Should have read.... your body produces too much acid (not calcium )
oops sorry for the mistake

Darkness, is one of your bp meds an ace inhibitor? If so, that's a good thing, they help protect your kidneys. Some people like me can't take them because of side effects, but I read that there's an over the counter med that will eliminate some side effects. I think it was milk of magnesia, but not sure. And if it is, that may not be good for people like us to take, either.

Parachild, do you know if we can take a little MOM or not? I think the magnesium in it is the kind that's not very absorbable.

Normal: Yes, I take ramipril 5mg which is an ACE inhibitor. I also take Tiazac XC 240mg( it's a calcium channel blocker) . I'm glad to hear that the ramipril can protect the kidneys. ;) Also thanks for the information regarding milk of magnesia.