- IDET not for tears?? 28th April 2004
... few minor opiods all with no luck. The percocet and oxycontin helps, but side effects worry me. So I will try some...
... for >10 min for the past 15 months.
Meds: 160mg oxycontin , 3600 mg Neurontin
Try IDET (11/03). No benefit....
- Any Suggestions? Pain Dr. Wants to do Caudal Block 23rd April 2004
... that way, but no less pain....have cut my dosing of oxycontin from 20mg bid to 10mg tid, w/ BT: (perc 5/325 tid...
... rest.
4) Pain meds - I take exactly the same as you, Oxycontin 10mg/2x with Percocet as a BT. Helps a bit. I know...
- Survey on pain meds Shoreline - please comment! 17th April 2004
... I am kinda suprised at the dosing schedule for the oxycontin that your husband is currently on.most docs don't...
... oxycodone, 5mgs.I would think that maybe the raise in the oxycontin would be in order for your husband.Those short acting...
- Hi! New here but think you guys are great! 17th April 2004
... referred me to one.I think some long acting meds like oxycontin would really be a help to you right now.This is the...
... them with each one that it doesn't work to get to Oxycontin . That is the one that works though. Scar tissue is...
... whatever it takes to get out of this PAIN! What is oxycontin anyway??...
... whatever it takes to get out of this PAIN! What is oxycontin anyway??
With good insurance you can jump past...
- thorasic disc problem 16th April 2004
... physcio which made it worse. I am teken right now Oxycontin 20mg morning and night along with Oxycodone 5mg every...
- Found my ADR doctor! 15th April 2004
... some people with back pain. I am on a whopping 160mg oxycontin , which is a significant amount of pain killer. Even...
... for >10 min for the past 15 months.
Meds: 160mg oxycontin , 3600 mg Neurontin
Try IDET (11/03). No benefit....
- Disc replacement surgery 15th April 2004
... for >10 min for the past 15 months.
Meds: 160mg oxycontin , 3600 mg Neurontin
Try IDET (11/03). No benefit....
... for the past 15 months, constant LBP
Meds: 160mg oxycontin , 3600 mg Neurontin
Try IDET (11/03). No benefit....
- Siatic Pain is killn me. Can you Help? 14th April 2004
... discs will in effect cure themselves. After trying Oxycontin , Celebrex, flexeral, morphine sulphate etc. I had...
- ADVICE WANTED IN MAKING DECSIONS /newbie 14th April 2004
... only varying in severity from 3-8 on a 10 scale. Take oxycontin several times a year when its 7 and above. Otherwise...
... only varying in severity from 3-8 on a 10 scale. Take oxycontin several times a year when its 7 and above. Otherwise...
- 36 Years Of Pain Coming to a Conclusion 14th April 2004
... varying in severity from 3-8 on a 10 scale. Take oxycontin several times a year when its 7 and above. Otherwise...
- Oh the agony 7th April 2004
... drugs than i care to remember including celebrex, oxycontin , morphine, prednisone, flexeral and others. So, have...
- what can i do? (DDD) 3rd April 2004
... and debilitated as time goes on. I am now on 140mg oxycontin (that’s a lot, just to keep me at a pain level of ... Multiple ESI fail, PT makes pain worse.
Meds: 120mg oxycontin , 3600 mg Neurontin
Surgeons say fusion or ADR my...
- Dr. Delamarter - any experiences? 3rd April 2004
... Multiple ESI fail, PT makes pain worse.
Meds: 120mg oxycontin , 3600 mg Neurontin
Surgeons say fusion or ADR my...
- Artificial disks anyone ? 2nd April 2004
... up including hospital stay. Currently I am taking Oxycontin and Oxycodine to "manage" my pain, but it has got...
... up including hospital stay. Currently I am taking Oxycontin and Oxycodine to "manage" my pain, but it has got...
... Multiple ESI fail, PT makes pain worse.
Meds: 120mg oxycontin , 3600 mg Neurontin
Surgeons say fusion or ADR my...
- Having surgery soon... 28th March 2004
... pain meds since my surgery, I 'm still taking the oxycontin and neurontin, but that's about it and hopefully wil...
- Back Pain Stopping Life & Spoiling Relationship - HELP ANYONE?? 20th March 2004
... Have you taken any of the long acting meds such as oxycontin or morphine? There are a lot of well informed people...
- Good fusion outcomes wanted! 20th March 2004
... my surgery. Thank you...really.
I am currently on oxycontin twice a day and vicodin every 4 -6 hours. I am trying ... to go once a day on the oxycontin and see how it goes. I feel good enough to be up 5...
... only problem i have now is that im addicted to the oxycontin i took for pain control prior to surgury. so, i DO...
- Yet Another Pain Med Question.... 10th March 2004
... something that really works for you.I am also taking oxycontin 40mgs every twelve hours.I suffered some really bad...
... something that really works for you.I am also taking oxycontin 40mgs every twelve hours.I suffered some really bad...
- L-5 fusion 4th March 2004
... After I went to the civilian Dr's, I was on Vicodin, oxycontin , darvocet, and others I cannot even remember the names ... paper lately about how they're trying to reclassify oxycontin and vicodin because so many get addicted to it. It...
- Pain Management Program, what to expect? 2nd March 2004
... several long acting meds for me and I had been on oxycontin for a while so we decided together to try methadone...
... scarey for me.
Is that your only suggestions,.. oxycontin or meth?
thanks
Carmaanne
Hey, I go to a pain ... several long acting meds for me and I had been on oxycontin for a while so we decided together to try methadone...
... several long acting meds for me and I had been on oxycontin for a while so we decided together to try methadone ... several long acting meds for me and I had been on oxycontin for a while so we decided together to try methadone ... feeling.. I was in PM for 7 years .. and they gave me oxycontin , it did stop working and I didn't like the results...
- L5-S1 options 27th February 2004
... I took Tylenol every four hours. I could have had Oxycontin or any othe pain meds that I wanted but I was trying...
- discitis? 31st January 2004
... in pain management since then, currently survive on oxycontin and the love of my family.
I sincerely hope you...
- Post Nucleoplasty - questions 22nd January 2004
... script for Elavil t/b taken @ night in addition to my oxycontin 20mg/2x/day and percocet 5-325/3x/day. He said the...
... script for Elavil t/b taken @ night in addition to my oxycontin 20mg/2x/day and percocet 5-325/3x/day. He said the...
... script for Elavil t/b taken @ night in addition to my oxycontin 20mg/2x/day and percocet 5-325/3x/day. He said the...
- Jan 30th Fusion....I have some questions 18th January 2004
... now taking. I was sent home with prescription for oxycontin & norco. The combination of the two kept me heavily...
- pregnancy and tens unit? 8th January 2004
... out from fusion. OB doctor wants me to stop taking Oxycontin , but that's not gonna happen. I can't function without...
... pregnancy. How are you feeling? Are you still taking Oxycontin ? Or the OB Dr changed your medication? How are you...
- January's Surgery's 31st December 2003
... medication's as I also had the same problem. I was taking Oxycontin and Norco when I came home from the hospital. I had ... thought that it was the oxycontin , but later found it to be the norco for me. I can...
- Mark! 22nd December 2003
... Physiatrist and he gave me an ESI and a prescription for Oxycontin and told me to wait 10 days to see if it helps. During ... if I was in the amount of pain I was in even with Oxycontin , and the fact that I was loosing power in my leg that...
- S/P Lumbar Fusion and still in PAIN!! 21st December 2003
... meds than I was before surgery. Last week, he added oxycontin instead of starting to wean me off neurontin like...
... back and it's very sharp. Since I've been on the oxycontin , the sharpness has turned into aching and stiffness...
... back and it's very sharp. Since I've been on the oxycontin , the sharpness has turned into aching and stiffness...
... believe that is the most painful thing ever. I was on Oxycontin plus Percocet every 4 hours (I was allowed 10 a day...
... INDENT]I am sorry that you are in so much pain. Has the oxycontin been helping your pain level's? I know first hand...
- symptoms for tear/facet/si 20th December 2003
... really, really stiff in the morning. But, I am on oxycontin 20mg2x/day and percocet 3x/day. So, I wake up in the ... wee hours, between 5-6:30, and take my oxycontin before I even get out of bed. If I sleep thru to 7...
- surgery vs pain meds 14th December 2003
... Hi Ken :)
I am currently taking oxycontin 2x/day and percocet for breakthrough. It doesn't completely ... trying the longer-acting meds that are out there ( oxycontin , methadone, ms contin to name a few) before I'd go ... I guess. Everyone is different. I started on 10mg oxycontin 2x/day in March, and now am @ 20mg. This keeps me around...
- plesase, you tell me ????? 5th December 2003
... it med fog if you like haha!!
I used to take 120mg oxycontin with percocets for breakthrough, til my "stupid" pain ... switched it to hydromorph contin! I say stupid 'cause the oxycontin was helping better then this one!
Anyway, thanks...
... it med fog if you like haha!!
I used to take 120mg oxycontin with percocets for breakthrough, til my "stupid" pain ... switched it to hydromorph contin! I say stupid 'cause the oxycontin was helping better then this one!
Anyway, thanks...
- Post-Op Meds (Posterior Lumbar Fusion) 5th December 2003
... hospital my surgeon had giving me prescription for oxycontin & norco. The combination of the two medication's had ... times I did feel a little dizzy. I was only on the oxycontin for 2 weeks after my surgery and then only norco....
- Lidoderm Patch 4th December 2003
... been feeling too great lately. I thought that the Oxycontin would take away all my pain but it seems that my body...
... appointment went well yesterday. I remember when I took the oxycontin and that was some strong meds for me. I think that...
- second surgery on the 19th 30th November 2003
... your pain (in that respect anyway). Have you tried oxycontin ? This medication sometimes gets a bad wrap but seems...
... of pain youre describing. I think (not 100%) that Oxycontin is a class II drug. Docs are really hesitant about...
... replies, after my fusion earlier this year I was taking oxycontin 40 mg twice daily but I took myself off it and went ... little more? Is there anything between percocet and oxycontin ?...
... replies, after my fusion earlier this year I was taking oxycontin 40 mg twice daily but I took myself off it and went ... little more? Is there anything between percocet and oxycontin ?
I'm sure there is, Cowboy! There's a WIDE spread...
- Tomorrow? 28th November 2003
... to say she finally listened to me and prescribed me Oxycontin and this is the first time in a lonnnggg time that...
... answer this. Yesterday was the first day I started the Oxycontin . I took one at 12:00 noon and by bedtime it had worn...
... which I have to say doesn't do any better then the oxycontin did!
Anyway, thanks for being such a dear friend ... they finally told me this was permanent!!
As for the oxycontin , I used to be on that too and it's never lasted the ... lasted longer then mine ever did!!
I was on 120mg oxycontin with 6-8 percocet/day!! Both meds would only last...
... INDENT]I am happy that I made you laugh... As for the Oxycontin , I had only taken this med right after my fusion surgery...
- Pain Meds? 28th November 2003
... is has worked wonders.
I also can suggest that Oxycontin is also used for chronic spinal pain. Along with ... the oxycontin , percocet can be given for break through pain, or ... simply additional pain that the timed released oxycontin does not cover. Oxycontin and percocet are both oxycodone ... -- oxycontin being timed release and percocet, 5 mg. oxycodone ... and 333 mg of tylenol in it, oxycontin does not have the tylenol at all.
I have a great...
... that was really helpful. I am wondering though if Oxycontin would be hard on my digestive system. Does it slow ... is has worked wonders.
I also can suggest that Oxycontin is also used for chronic spinal pain. Along with ... the oxycontin , percocet can be given for break through pain, or ... simply additional pain that the timed released oxycontin does not cover. Oxycontin and percocet are both oxycodone ... -- oxycontin being timed release and percocet, 5 mg. oxycodone ... and 333 mg of tylenol in it, oxycontin does not have the tylenol at all.
I have a great...
... I have irritable bowel and I have found that the oxycontin and percocet DO calm my bowels; a wonderful side effect...
... her I can't take this pain anymore so she put me on Oxycontin so this is the first time in a long time I have had ... to me though!! Yesterday was the first day I tood a Oxycontin but for some reason when it wore off I felt sooo depressed...
- Need a New Drug 22nd November 2003
... lower back. I'm considering a stronger drug, like oxycontin or duragesic. Any recommendations??
Does the duragesic ... Problems with it?
How do people feel when they are on oxycontin ? Drugged out? Can you function?
My pain M.D. first...
... you think would happen if you jumped straight into oxycontin ? You would do some heavy snoozing, lol. :p Why not...
... something in between, like Vicodin or Lortab/Lorcet?
So oxycontin is really sedating??...
... for awhile with no problems. Try to stay away from Oxycontin & Oxycodin it's very addictive, and can give mood...
- Post-IDET Report 18th November 2003
... try me on another long-lasting opiate and put me on oxycontin . They had me on the lowest dose of the drug and said...
... by one week, I might be able to cut out either the oxycontin or percocet all together! The reality is - @ 5 days...
... by one week, I might be able to cut out either the oxycontin or percocet all together! The reality is - @ 5 days...
... weren't working so well for me so I swtiched back to oxycontin . You've been in my thoughts. I'll have to catch up...
... fast and then went into withdrawal. I went back on oxycontin and my doc finally got my insurance to pay for it...
- November Surgery's 10th November 2003
... meds, he's adding to them. He wants to start me on oxycontin on top of the Norco 10/325. He also does not want...
- 4 months post-op from lumbar spinal fusion and laminectomy 8th November 2003
... for me. Then when I came home the combination of the oxycontin & norco made me into a zombie and I was always dizzy...
- PLIF Post Operative Leg Pain 7th November 2003
... I sure did so much sleeping, but I also was taking oxycontin & norco. The combination of those two medications...
... medications also made me tired. At first I was taking oxycontin and norco. The combination of those two medications...
- Newbie has ?'s for the back pros :) 30th October 2003
... 800mg 3 times a day, Indocin SR 75mg 2 times a day and Oxycontin 10mg 2 times a day. I had my 3rd ESI yesterday and ... 1st ESI
10/03 2nd ESI
10/03 3rd ESI
Current meds: Oxycontin , Neurontin, Indocin, Skelaxin, Valium...
... 1st ESI
10/03 2nd ESI
10/03 3rd ESI
Current meds: Oxycontin , Neurontin, Indocin, Skelaxin, Valium...
- Severe Pain after Caudel Block 30th October 2003
... thats how often I go there. I am currently on 60 mgs. oxycontin 2 x's day and Percocet 4 per day. DOes that seem like...
- What happens right after Lumbar Fusion surgery 27th October 2003
... hospital I was giving prescriptions for Norco and Oxycontin . I was also sent home with a walker and a raised toilet...
- Nucleoplasty tommorrow. Thoughts and questions? 19th October 2003
... IDET. NOPE!!
14AUG2003- New PM Dr. switched me to Oxycontin , 20mg/2x a day.
Lorocet+ 2x per day, no releif. Need ... 3x/day Oxycontin , or ESI's to start to help.
EMG says severe nerve...
- question on back pain 7th October 2003
... could try is going higher on the med dosage, or go to oxycontin , which i really didnt want to go that way. Anyway...
- Pain Patches 7th October 2003
... patch. I would think that if your Dr switched you from oxycontin then it would be the fentynal patch. Good luck. Mo...
... switched to the patch 3 months ago after almost 4 yrs on oxycontin now I have the patchI change every 72 hrs and it doesn...
- Back pain getting worse 1st October 2003
... my family doctor told him everything he put me on oxycontin 10 mg. 2 x a day. I feel so much better. I just...
- 4 months Post Fusion- Pain meds pro/cons? 29th September 2003
... Hi, I have been on the oxycontin for about 5 months. I started off with 10 mg 2x a...
- Still in constant back pain after fusion 29th September 2003
... that could be controlled by the meds I'm taking now - Oxycontin and Vicodin. Can't sit here any longer - have to go...
... advice and what people go through (withdrawals) from Oxycontin - it definitely has me scared..but I'm more scared...
- what should i expect my doctor to do 26th September 2003
... lorocet, Norco, percocet, duragesic, and finnaly Oxycontin before I found a med and a doc that would control ... IDET. NOPE!!
14AUG2003- New PM Dr. switched me to Oxycontin , 20mg/2x a day.
I need 8hr doseing as I get 100% releif...
... lorocet, Norco, percocet, duragesic, and finnaly Oxycontin before I found a med and a doc that would control...
- New Discogram Sched for 10 /6 26th September 2003
... it down. I am hurting this am....should've taken my oxycontin when I woke up @ 4 to go to potty. Instead.....woke...
- Getting off oxycontin before surgery 15th September 2003
... surgery in November, so I'm starting to get off the oxycontin and back on to percocet. I hope that won't cause ... management doctor next week.
I like the convienence of the oxycontin , but do feel a lot more doped up than when on percocet...
- I do not understand this 14th September 2003
... I tried to stop taking my oxycontin a month ago. I actally did it c/t. I was prescribed ... mistake because of the pain so He put me back on the oxycontin and told me to go back to my pain doctor. I went back ... pain doctor and he was asking why I was back on the oxycontin and I told him I had made a mistake and that right ... next surgery, so he wrote me a prescription for more oxycontin dated for the 30th and he asked me to start using...
... post is somewhat confusing. I assume you know that OxyContin is a highly addictive narcotic. Abuse of OxyContin ... maintaining records on you. If you pick up a script for OxyContin and some other doc calls in Xanax for you, hopefully ... combining the two may result in your demise.
Quitting OxyContin cold turkey is also very risky. You are flirting with...
... medication and had replied. When you no longer need Oxycontin , the dose should be gradually reduced so that you ... to gradually decrease the dose and when to stop the Oxycontin . I also can understand why your doctor wants you to ... use your local pharmacy. Combining Oxycontin with some other types of medication such as sleeping...
- Not Sure What to do? Surgery or not? 10th September 2003
... surgery last year to put in rods and screws.... Live on oxycontin . All from being too impatient and thinking a simple...
- My Pain Management Experience!!!!! 6th September 2003
... there were no other meds he could give me I suggested oxycontin and he went off saying I refuse to prescribe oxy I...
- pain meds are not working 6th September 2003
... ask for help.
There are other drugs stronger than Oxycontin , There is doses up to 80mgs to start and there is...
- Microdisectomy Recovery - I think I messed up! 5th September 2003
... IDET. NOPE!!
14AUG2003- New PM Dr. switched me to Oxycontin , with percocet for breakthru untill my dose is stable...
- im lost 31st August 2003
... wondering if all this pain is normal for ddd?I take oxycontin and percocet but when they ware off I can really tell...
- Back Pain Still 27th August 2003
... so I am in some kind of pain all the time! I take oxycontin 20mg 4 times a day and percocet 4 times a day, and...
- C2-3 problem w/headache.....anyone every have a Disc-O-Gram ??? 27th August 2003
... 50mg of hydrocodone per day, she put me on 40mg of oxycontin 3x per day. For the first time in 5 years I don't...
... thank God for the meds.
Speaking of meds.....I am on Oxycontin 24/7, how will that effect me being able to feel the ... during the test ????, and what is versed ???
With the Oxycontin , if I catch myself doing something that I know would...
... Hiya Barbi~
Oxycontin should pretty much take away your pain, thats some...
- need some info on Neurontin!!! 27th August 2003
... was just prescribed it for back pain and also take oxycontin 4 times a day and percocet twice a day. I had surgery...
- Pain Meds not working 26th August 2003
... egenerative discs above where I had the surgery. Now I take oxycontin 4 times a day and percocet twice a day and just got...
... Dear Pinecone,
My but sags at my age too!!! I was on oxycontin at one time and it made me so spaced out I couldn...
- Pre-fusion mega jitters...help! 26th August 2003
... When I came home from the hospital I was taking the oxycontin and norco. I was taking two a day. My neuro had told...
- duragesic patch 23rd August 2003
... My doctor recently changed my pain medicine from oxycontin to duragesic patches. I've just put on my third one...
- Decompressive Lumbar Laminectomy 23rd August 2003
... withdrawal symptoms slowly wore off. I was on Percocet, Oxycontin , and Skelaxin for a month.
I didn't intent for this...
- Fusion Surgery - Recovery 23rd August 2003
... experience what I have. When I first came home I was on oxycontin and norco. Now 8 weeks post opt I am only taking ES...
- Fusion Recovery & Leg Pain 23rd August 2003
... refered me to a pain managment doctor and he had me on oxycontin 20 mg 3 times a day. took those for like a month and ... I kpt hearing so many horror stories about the oxycontin so one fine day I decided to stop taking it and flushed ... to help with the w/d feelings.So after stopping the oxycontin I could not even get out of bed without crazy severe ... and my medical insurance so he put me back on the oxycontin 3 times a day and I went back to work.Well after a...
... 199 which is not good.
OK, as for meds I was taking oxycontin and norco after surgery. I was a walking zombie and ... prescribed. Also I don't believe they can abruptly stop oxycontin as you have to be weaned off of that medication. You...
... up front about the fact that the time release med( oxycontin ) allowed me to go back to work for a few hours a day ... need to be taking that so called "bad stuff"( the oxycontin ) because right now I must go to work or loose my insurance ... everything else I have worked for over the years!! If the oxycontin will help me deal with my pain to a level I can get ... will do since my ortho doc has put me back on the oxycontin and percocet and Wellbutrin, because now I am taking ... more oxycontin than I was before(prescribed 4 a day) and I am so...
... and he knows what Im taking, then I said I also take oxycontin 4 times a day and I think she feel out of her chair...
- morphine sulfate kadian 23rd August 2003
... contin), it is a 24 hour time release pill. i am on oxycontin 20 mg 3 times a day and still feel a little tired...
- ali_moran, please read 20th August 2003
... long term plans for your back? Currently I am taking Oxycontin 20mg 4 times a day, Percocet 4 times a day, and today...
- Discogram question 20th August 2003
... IDET. NOPE!!
14AUG2003- New PM Dr. switched me to Oxycontin , with percocet for breakthru untill my dose is stable...
... 2003
[*] Facing 360 fusion, trying to hold out.On Oxycontin since 1996
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- Spinal Fusion- How long will the pain last? 18th August 2003
... heal. I haven't used Ultracet, but I've been taking Oxycontin for over 2 years with no side effects and good results...
- Fantastic Fusion 15th August 2003
... I also noticed that was when I stopped taken the oxycontin . Between the pain and Oh My God the depression I started...
- back pain meds?? 14th August 2003
... above where I had the fusion, I am curently taking oxycontin 20mg 3 times a day and Elavil but I still have a great...
... Neurontin for pain, and Clofen for the spasming but I know oxycontin is similar to morphine and is strong anyway.
How...
... risky??What do you think? All I know is I take the oxycontin 3 times a day and Elavil at night and I still have...
- Results from dicagram 14th August 2003
... lower back.This sounds scarey to me!! I am taking oxycontin 3 times a day for pain. Any suggestions? By the way...
... lower back.This sounds scarey to me!! I am taking oxycontin 3 times a day for pain. Any suggestions? By the way...
... took a hard fall, he called the doc back and he is on oxycontin 20mg 3 times a day and percocet 4 times a day and...
... prescribing doc the same one who did discogram? You say oxycontin 20mg 3Xday. What strength are percocets?
If the...
... another twist and beefed up the meds. now im taking oxycontin 20mg 4 times a day, percocet 4 times a day, and soma...
... took a hard fall, he called the doc back and he is on oxycontin 20mg 3 times a day and percocet 4 times a day and ... Duragesic patchs. I know folks who have taken 40mg of Oxycontin 3 times a day, and percocet 7.5 6 times a day. These ... IDET. NOPE!!
14AUG2003- New PM Dr. switched me to Oxycontin , with percocet for breakthru untill my dose is stable...
