I used to be prescribed 120 30mg roxicodone per month. I have moved and changed states and doctors and the spine Dr. I see now, began prescribing me 180 10/325 mg percocets per month. Has since decreased that amount by 10 per month until now i receive only 40 Percocet 10/325 and 60 tramadol per month. I am in such pain that it is common for me to take 10 or 12 OTC meds in addition to my prescriptions. Such as tylenol, ibuprofen, naproxen etc. Because of past bleeding in my stomach and ulcers, I am told not to take nsaids, However, due to my pain, i have felt i have had no other choice. I take so much tylenol that i well exceed the daily limit. My back Dr. says we should fix my problem not mask it, yet it's not fixed NOR masked. What do i do? what should i take that will be safer that all the otc meds? The roxicodone worked very well for me, and NO, i didn't start out at 30mg doses. But one every 6 hours was all i needed to control my pain.
for the last year or so, I've had on and off nausea, vomiting and diarrhea that will last for days and occur many times through out the day.
I had some blood work done recently because i was so sick, every time i would eat. My liver to my surprise looked fine, however my kidneys were out of whack. My potassium levels were pretty high and she wants to refer to me to GI specialist.. She's concerned all the meds are affecting my kidney function. I am going to be referred to a pain management doctor, because the spine doctor just isn't able to help my pain any more with injections and burning nerves etc in my back... plus it scares me every time he does it.
What is the safest narcotic pain relief considering my stomach and kidney issues? Is it safer to take the roxicodone, vs the ones with the Tylenol?
Please help...
Brandy
What Narcotics are the safest, with stomach problems and on the liver?
- Posted:
- 9 Dec 2009 by brandynix
- Topics:
- percocet 10/325, roxicodone, pain, nausea/vomiting, tramadol
Answers (2)
Buddy19719 Dec 2009
I had somewhat of the same problem. I used to drink alot & worry about my liver. The first thing I would do is get your doctor to write oxycodone 5mg No TYLONOL!! The stuff is hell on your liver. I don't know your whole condition but you mentioned spine & I've had two C-1 C-2 fussions and even though I'm on alot stronger narcoticts(Dilaudid & was also on 100mg M.S. Contin,but I felt that even though the Dilaudid doesn't last as long,I felt it helped with the pain better. So I dropped the Morphine and increased the Dilaudid. I still have pain mostly headaches & the narcoticts didn't help at all. I started taking Ibuprofin( usally 800mg or 1000mg). My doctor said that the Ibuprofin is safe at that level,but caused stomach upset but I haven't had any ill effects,& I get bad stomach pain from spicy food and take a med that's like Zantac but doesn't cost $4 for 4 tabs.
5 Sep 2010
Honey, you need to find another doctor, seriously!!! My husband was also taking the 30mg roxicodone (I think in another post I referred to them as oxycodone, but it was the roxi). That's an awful big jump in medication: Going from 4 30mg roxi's down to 6 10 mg percs. a day. It sounds like you're gonna have some major withdraw. Why in the heck did he prescribed a med. with tylenol in it when you already have stomach and ulcer problem??? What school did he go to???
If it were me, I'd schedule another dr. appt. WITH A DIFFERENT DOCTOR!! Find a "pain mngt.'' clinic in your area instead of a regular doctor.
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I take the 10mg oxycodone when i take the percocet, and it really doesn't touch the pain. thats why i take so much extra tylenol, ibuprofen and such over the counter... i have a bleeding stomach, so i'm not supposed to be taking ibuprofen, or aleve or any of those nsaids. I do take neurontin, but it doesn't seem to help much... i also take mobic from time to time, but its also a NSAID, which i'm not supossed to take, and that leaves me with either narcotics, or tylenol... never tried diladud. someone gave me one one time when i was in alot of pain, but i don't really remember how it helped.
I'm curious if the drug oxycodone alone has much damage on the kidneys. My doctor know won't prescribe it because he says people can shoot it up and stuff so he will only prescribe it with tylenol in the form of percocet 10/325. I'm curious if when i go to the pain management dr. which medication i should suggest for my pain with the circumstances of my stomach and kidneys.
Thanks for responding.
Brandy
i have alot of back problems and i am suppose to have surgery but am trying to put it off as long as possible i am 25 yrs old and feel i am way to young to go through that kind of procedure.. anyways i am perscribed to 100mg of methadone. it is one of the safest drugs i heard of its safe for pregnant women, yes it is a narcotic. but its also an opiate blocker. Methadone is used for a pain medication it was invented back in WWII i believe..im not 100% positive but i know it was invented in on of the wars lol.. anyways my doc told me that methadone is safer then tylenol because it doesnt mess with your organs. (Liver, Kidneys, Heart, Lungs, ECT..) Methadone is also used as an opiate blocker. which means it is used to help people get off drugs suck as (Oxycotton, Heroin, Vicodine, Percocet, Morphine and so forth.) i really hope i had helped you figure out what you were looking for.. good luck..