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Hi All,
I am in quite a lot of pain. I have fibromyalgia as well as lupus. I was thinking of asking my doctor for one of these patches to help control the pain. My tramadol is not working.
Does anyone have an opinion on either duragesis or Norspan? Which one did you prefer? How effective for pain relief was it and did they make you terribly sleepy?
I prefer to use the patches because I am scared of getting addicted to the stuff and I feel patches give you less opportunity to do so.
Other names for the drugs when not in patches are fentora and actiq for fentanyl and temgesic and , suboxone for buprenorphine.
Thanks for taking the time to read :)
Coralie
I am in quite a lot of pain. I have fibromyalgia as well as lupus. I was thinking of asking my doctor for one of these patches to help control the pain. My tramadol is not working.
Does anyone have an opinion on either duragesis or Norspan? Which one did you prefer? How effective for pain relief was it and did they make you terribly sleepy?
I prefer to use the patches because I am scared of getting addicted to the stuff and I feel patches give you less opportunity to do so.
Other names for the drugs when not in patches are fentora and actiq for fentanyl and temgesic and , suboxone for buprenorphine.
Thanks for taking the time to read :)
Coralie
Coralie
sorry to hear about your personal
suffering. I haven't been in here,in forever.
unfortuately,I know quite a bit about
pain management.There are a few things to consider...such as each of our situations
are much different,and judgement is not allowed!!!!we are too busy trying to cope and
get on with life,some days with unbearable pain.I have had lupus,since 1987.I did without regular pain meds,for many years.now I'm dependent.I'm on fentanyl(duragesic)
patches,and lortab,10/500,prn daily.
It still only brings my pain level to a daily 5..but that's me,and this question was about you!I'm sorry,but they(pain meds,opiates, are
all addictive).It gets to a question,of
whether you need them to function ,or if all
other avenues of relief have been exhausted.(such as all physical therapies and such.)
I did resort to all other treatments,until they no longer worked for me,but that's alot of years!so,I don't ever want to discourage you.I even used accupuncture,stretching,ice massage,deep tissue massage,cortisone/lanacane injections,tens units,and on and on.I finally excepted,I had no other choice as things progressed with me.It is a personal choice..I hope this has helped.
never give up! I wish the best for you.
I'm not judging anyone on their method of pain relief- certainly not!
I know for me- if I had narcotics in a tablet form.. I would take more than prescribed on a night like tonight where it is 3:30 and I can't sleep (pain makes me an insomniac!) It wouldn't be to get high,it would be to make me drowsy.
I've been down that road with clonazepam for exactly the same reason so.. I know my limitations and narcotics in any immediate dosage form is not a good idea until I get the sleeping issue sorted which may be never.
I've had fibro for 12 years and also have lupus and rheumatoid arthritis. I tried hydrotherapy and loads of other stuff in the beginning. Doesn't seem to work for me now :(
I ended up getting the norspan patch which I've had on for 36 hours and hasn't done much for me that tramal wasn't already doing. Apparently it takes 72 hours to get into your system fully. I'll see how it goes.
Thanks for commenting edyebeady and tazesmom :)
Coralie XXX