I have herniated discs and spinal stenosis and was already on 10 mg of Perc and Valium 2x daily with very little to no pain relief, but when she added the MSContin ER tabs she changed my scrip for Percs to 7.5 3x daily and 10 mg Valium 3x daily. Ever since I started the MSContin I have noticed extreme edema in my legs and ankles. Has anyone else had this problem with MSContin and is it something to worry about? I already have Hep C but my viral load is so low it can't even be typed and I have no liver damage according to my Infectious Diseases doctor, but I sure don't need to worry about my liver or for that matter my kidneys either. Would love to hear from someone else who has experienced this type of edema. By the way, my pain has been helped greatly with the addition of the morphine.
Pain - My doc recently prescribed MSContin ER 15mg 2x daily?
- Posted:
- 5 Nov 2010 by coni612player
- Topics:
- valium, pain, herniated disc
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christine...5 Nov 2010
Hi again coni612, As a matter of fact, I had the same issues a few months back. The remedy was very simple, increase the water consumption by a lot! I know it sounds simple and obvious, but it really worked for me. I thought I had maybe injured my spinal cord and this was causing the swelling. Fortunately, I didn't and the swelling went down with the increase of water. Give it a try and see if this helps you too.
Good luck to you and best wishes,
chris
happy to hear the ms contin is helping :-)
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As usual, thanks again Christine, I've got the next 2 days off from work and since reading your post at 5 pm, I've already drank about 4 bottles of water. Legs are still swollen, but I'm hoping the water will help It is logical to flush my liver and kidneys out. Will keep you posted and thanks again. You are always a great help to me.
Connie
My pleasure Connie. Give it a couple of days for the swelling to come down. Keep increasing your water intake and once you start urinating more often, you should see a dramatic decrease in the swelling. Enjoy the time off work!
best wishes again,
chris
Already noticed an increase in urine output. Legs are going down. Before, I had to start wearing a pad because my urine would just seep out all day long so it wasn't like I was producing no urine, but now the pad seems less wet and my actual urination is better. Will keep drinking water and try to stay off my feet Sunday. The water intake seems to be helping. Again, thanks a lot!
Happy to hear you're seeing improvement. Keep drinking lots of water. Even if you are up in the middle of the night, don't decrease the water intake. You could also try cranberry juice, decaffeinated coffee, tea, etc. The tea and coffee are good diuretics and always better (and safer) than using water pills. Have a great Football Sunday and keep in touch.
:-) chris
Hi Christine! How are things with you?. Legs are not going down so I'm seeing the doctor Wednesday. I just want to make sure that I don't have any liver or kidney stuff going on. I'll let ya know what they say. Gotta spend another $40 that I don't have and they'll probably just give me some water pills (more money again) but got to do what I got to do. Just not being in constant back pain is worth the swelling in my feel and legs! I really looked funny yesterday wearing slippers to work but good thing my company understands! LOL
What happened? It sounded like things were improving with the swelling. Good thing you're seeing the doc soon. Tell me about it! I can't afford my regular monthly meds, let alone adding anything on top of that. I'm very interested in what the doc has to say about this. Thanks for keeping me posted.
Good luck to you,
chris