hotrock77After 22 years of dealing with the pain of Osteoarthritis in my neck my doctor finally put me on Percocet 10/325. This, of course, was after a tirade of why I should not be on pain medication even though I have been in a lot of pain for over two decades. I have just changed to a new doctor who has put me on Morphine (MS Contin) for the pain. I don't start taking it for 5 more days due to the fact that they didn't have it in stock. I don't know the dosage yet, but I do know that I will have to take it 3 times a day. I am very nervous after reading some of the posts in the group about being considered a "junkie". I am also Bipolar and on 40mg of Celexa once a day (which works better than anything I've taken in ten years after being diagnosed Bipolar... I swear I was a guienea pig for a decade) and the new doctor is also putting me on Flexeril in the hopes that it will help ease the pain in addition to the Morphine. In addition, I will be taking Tramadol for inflamation. I also have to take Zantac 150mg twice a day due to overwhelming heartburn. I will also be taking a sleep medication which I will not find out the name of for two more days. Without something for sleep, I toss and turn for hours before getting to sleep and then wake up every 45 minutes to an hour all night. I have taken Temazepam 30mg for 5 years but it is no longer effective alone so I have to take it with 2 200mg Advil PM's just to sleep so the new sleep med is necessary. This new doctor is the first doctor I have ever been to that has really listened to me and understood the situation I am in with both chronic illnesses. I am currently on unemployment and on CICP (Colorado Indigent Care Program) which reduces my doctor visits from $75 a visit to $7. It also reduces the cost of my medications from between 90% to 95%. At this point I have no choice but to trust in the new doctor. Am I out of my mind to be putting these medications together? Also, why does the medical profession put such a stigma on people with chronic degenerative pain? I once even actually had a doctor tell me he wouldn't give me anything for pain just due to the fact that I am Bipolar... like that makes me an automatic pariah and pill seeker. I hate the fact that I have to take pills for the rest of my life but the simple fact is that it is what it is... I cannot change it so I just have to deal with it. Any thoughts would be appreciated.
Just got put on Morphine (MS Contin) and what I'm reading kinda scares me!?
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- 21 Feb 2011 by hotrock77
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- advil pm, ms contin, percocet, zantac 150, osteoarthritis, pain, morphine, temazepam, tramadol
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Mary63200921 Feb 2011
Hotrock, just curious of what kind of doctor put you on these meds? A Pain Managment doc or your Primary Care physician? Pain managment docs know pretty much more about what they are doing. If you are uncomforatable with your new script, call you doc & have a conversation. Just a suggestion. Good luck.
Anonymous 22 Feb 2011
Hi hotrock77,
Welcome if you are new to this site!
The combination of Tramadol and Celexa has a small potential to cause serotonin syndrome, as Trams have an SNRI quality to them. That does not mean you will experience it however.
The MS Contin should relieve your chronic pain. You may even be able to take two a day at first and see how you feel, perhaps you will be lucky and have relief from only two... it could happen!
You certainly are no pariah, and if a doctor makes you feel that way, run do not walk out of his/her office!!!
Best wishes and let us know how your new meds are working for you!
sweetlemon
caringsonbj22 Feb 2011
what works for one person does not always do the job for another, the doctor had me on MS Contin I was unable to take it BUT it was because my system did not seem to adjust to the dose, prior to that I was on Dilaudid, I got a fall and the medication lost its effectiveness because I had been on it for a good period of time and then I caught another fall after we had an Ice storm, I have been placed on another medication called Opana I take it every 8 to 12 hours and it seems to work well for me, ask the doctor about the tramadol, ask if he wants you to continue to use this with the MS Contin, my reason for saying this is this is also a pain medication, as long as you take the MS Contin and the other medication as directed by him you should be fine, also ask him if he wants you to take the Percocet it too is a shot acting pain medication, Just want to be sure that everything goes well for you, please feel free to keep us posted, My first name is Billy my site name is
midwestma
22 Feb 2011
You are correct caringsonbj, I should have noticed that the first time I read this post, my percocet is for my break-through pain, however to take two different ones, really shouldn't be necessary, if it is then the MS Contin should be increased and one or the other of break-through meds should be discontinued, super observation on your part caringsonbj!
midwestma22 Feb 2011
Hello hotrock77~
I am 57years old, have had pain since the early age of 20 , the same time I was diagnosed with Systemic Lupus, recently Fibromyalgia, anocolysing spondolosis, have had six spinal fusions now, and a couple of lamenectomies, crohns disease, IBD etc. and depression. So I do understand your pain to the max! I had to see so many doctors before finding one that would work with me, and not treat me as a "drug seeker", pill popper, whatever you want to call it, I dealt with it for years now.
15 Mar 2011
you know no matter how scared you are you need to give it a chance, I felt the exact same way that you felt finaly I thought if it doesn't work then I can always keep track of the things it does that make it difficult to take, I would keep a journal daily then I could always give the doctor legimitate reasons of what it did and did not do, other than it being a medication that highly constipaed me
but otherthan that I adjusted to it and other than to try and balance that around they out me on dose of Opana and it seems to work well and the bowel problem seems to be a ting of the past, Well I just wanted to check in and let you know that I am starting to come around, I think I will be fine, this has just been a true shock and I think with some time things will come around.
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first of all I have a very good friend who has Bipolar, and am blessed to have made more I can't see that this has anything to do with it, if the doctor knows what he is doing he should be able to observe for himself the problems that you describe need attention, its important to deal eith the whole picture not just one part of you, it sounds like you need relief from the Chronic pain and that you also need an adjustment in your medicine that helps you sleep, I am not qualified to advise you when it comes to you being uncomfortable, if you don't feel comfort with the medication he has precribed for you for pain then you need to talk with him about this, MS contin is a medication often given for Chronic pain and just because you try this it does not indicate that you or a junkie, if you discuss this with the doctor and want to try it then at least you will have an idea of how if affects you. let us know how you get along, Caringsonbj my first name is (Billy)
I friended you so in case you would like to talk with me and ask any other questions I am always glad to help if I can, all you need do is friend me and then we can talk in private if you wish. I wish you only the best
WOW! This doctor was not the wise person I thought he was. I was on the Morphine for 15 days and on the 16th day I had to go off of it cold turkey because my doctor wouldn't respond to my frantic calls. That was followed by four days of horrible withdrawl symptoms. I had over two dozen side effects, one of which was so painful I lost all feeling in my legs and feet and bled. I was perfectly fine on Percocept, but due to the abuse of this medication by so many, people like me who really need it can't get it. I'm back with my regular doctor and feeling like myself again. I was in such a fog for those three weeks I don't remember more than glimpses of that time. Luckily, I have a referal to a pain management clinic and a physical therapist that I pick up tomorrow. I may be in pain again, but at least I'm actually living again instead of just existing.
Hotrock, glad you are ok! My pain managment doctor put me on Embeda (a long acting morphine), & apparently I'm allergic to morphine. I woke up & couldn't hardly breathe, & my eyes were swelled shut. When I called them she said I could take MS Contin (which is also morphine)! I couldn't believe it! Sounds like you had a bad reaction too. I'm back on Methadone which I really wanted off of because it made me so sleepy all the time. I made the mistake of telling them that, & now will only give me Methadone 20mg a day. That's it! I was on 50 mg a day. Good luck with your new doctor. Hope you don't live in my community because the long acting drugs are the only ones they will prescribe here. They tell me they can't write scripts for Percocet or Vicodin or anything that actually HELPS me. Afraid of the Feds.
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I swear it's the truth! So all you others out there count your blessings! Wish I lived where you do so I could get some relief! Sorry hotrock, guess I needed to vent about that. I sincerely do wish you well, & hope all goes well for you.
hotrock, I'm sorry . I meant to tell you that my hubby is bipolar also & had tried suicide about 8 times before he was diagnosed. That is why a lot of doctors will not write scripts for bipolars. They are afraid they will OD on them. Believe me I know all about that. Anyway, once my hubby was diagnosed & got on the correct meds for his depression, no one had a problem with writing him a script for his pain or anxiety. Just wanted to let you know. Mary