I may Be having a reaction, advice please......

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I had a car accident 3.5 yrs ago and with it brought permanent injuries. I am still battling with my insurance company which I have been with since I was 17 yrs old and I am now 46 yrs old. This is the only major accident I have been involved in which wasn't my fault.
I had a great neurosurgeon that was handling my case but he suddenly died last month. His office referred me to a pain management dr in the same building which has an agreement to return all clients to their practice when the new dr takes it over. I saw the dr on Monday who decided to change 2 of my meds and added a new one. Along with chronic pain, I have COPD. He prescribed Kadian ER 10 mg which I started taking today after previously taking Percocet 7.5 since Sept 2011.
I feel horrible my breathing is what I would call strained and my O2 level drops as low as 92 when I try to do anything, I have to laydown to bring the level back up. My heart rate goes to the high 90's to compansate for the low O2. I told the dr I had breathing problems when another dr had me on Fentenyl patches 2 yrs ago which were discontinued for me. I have very low energy and no ambition which is a complete change since yesterday. This is after 1 dose so I'm not looking forward to the next dose also it is not doing very much for the pain. I'm not sure about what I should do, these people aren't in the office till tomorrow and I'm worried about my breathing when I go to sleep tonight. I always make my bed as soon as I get up and I shower every day but today it was 6 hrs before I forced myself to make the bed took a rest then forced myself to brush my teeth and wash my face.
When I listed my meds and my allergies I got a warning about since I had a reaction to Ultram many yrs ago and numberous warnings about the COPD with it. I did forget to list that on the forms for the new dr since it was so long ago and there were so many forms.
Please some advice on this one, I wish my insurance company had a nurse line at the moment.

[Anonymous]

opiates are central nervous system depressants. so yes this may be affecting your breathing. when i was on methadone, my asthma worsened.

get medical advice

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I don't know if this is going to work for because at this point the only time my oxygen and heart rate are what they should be is if I just lay down. I'm so tired but I haven't tried sleeping since I'm concerned with what will happen with my breathing. I didn't sleep well last night because I kept waking up from the pain in my wrists and hands along with my neck. I wasn't taking this yesterday and I felt like myself now I just feel exhausted but that has to do with my breathing. I have no appetite so I haven't eaten anything today. I never felt like this with my normal meds so I thought I would see if I had reason to be worried. Between how I feel and it isn't working on the pain I feel like just stopping all meds and just living with the pain. If I'm stuck laying around all day I might as well be able to breathe and feel like myself again.
I think I will call the dr's office tomorrow and talk to them either about switching or just stopping everything because this is no way to live. I'm really disgusted at the moment.

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Just an update I called my insurance company & they did have a 24 hr a day nurse line so I called. She went over my symptoms with me & told me to go to the ER since these are bad for having COPD. My heart rate was 107 at its highest & my oxygen was in the 80's to the low 90's unless I completed rested also a concern was the extreme tiredness, all severe reactions.
I decided to try & call the new dr's office & they had the dr in charge of the facility call me back. I explained to him what was going on & he said to discontinue the Kadian. He said to notify the office tomorrow & the script needs to be changed. If there is anyone else who reads this that has any dangerous health condition please contact your dr immediately. I hope this ends up helping someone.
I hope I will be able to sleep tonight & wake up doing better but it does take 24 hrs to get out of your system.