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#91027 - 10/07/06 08:20 PM
Re: Pain medicine
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Dotsie, I can take only a few things since my heart attack, but Advil is one of them. That's ibuprofin I think. I can only take 2. It is what I take for my almost constant back pain. It takes the edge off, but that is all. The one thing that does work is tylenol with codeine. Unfortnately, the doctors don't want me to get hooked so they won't give me anymore. However, for you...I would think you could take it until the knee pain is relieved. My back pain seems to be chronic and I am stalling getting an epidural injection for the past 9 months. It looks like I will have to give in soon.
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#91032 - 10/08/06 08:59 PM
Re: Pain medicine
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Registered: 05/24/04
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As a warning, I used to take Excedrin Extra Strength. It has caffeine in it so with a cup of coffee, it got me up and running in the morning. But, I began to wake up with horrible headaches and had to take more and more Excedrin. My sister said that it, in itself, will begin to create headaches so I had to wean myself off of it.
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#91035 - 10/09/06 07:45 PM
Re: Pain medicine
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Yes, especially when they are a nurse! Codeine makes me vomit for some reason.
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#91036 - 10/10/06 01:37 AM
Re: Pain medicine
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Registered: 03/22/05
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Codeine makes me violently ill too. I don't take much medication at all, but for headaches I use Advil (or Motrin) - both are Ibuprofin. Dotsie, what does the doctor say about the pain...how long did she/he say to expect to be in such pain? Any relief in near sight? I'm keeping you in prayer and wishing I could be there to make you a good, soothing hot cup of tea...
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#91040 - 10/11/06 02:10 AM
Re: Pain medicine
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Registered: 11/08/03
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Dots, I'm just so glad to hear you sounding a little better. I'm sure it's the prayers and the fun too. Even with medication, pain can drag you down.
I was in terrible pain from my first 13 fractures at fifteen. I coped by staying terribly busy and having a wonderful time. I smiled a lot and it helped. Narcotics only made me goofy. Aspirin helped and I took it four times a day, but it caused me to bleed out twice so I had to stop. All through my teens I was a cheerleader and danced on stage. The pain caused me to cry and throw up, but I kept doing it because I loved it and I loved the endorphin rush when I was onstage. It was one of few painfree times. I guess I learned to manage my own endorphins. But age makes all that impossible and I think pain changes at midlife too.
So since you can't dance, I say call that doctor back and get tough with him. Tell him you can't take that medicine and demand something else. Then keep raising cain until he gives you something that helps. Pain delays healing so you need some relief. Maybe you can sic Ross on him too.
I'm praying for you again tonigh and we're all sending love. Love can do anything.
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#91042 - 10/13/06 03:34 AM
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Dots, you sound a little stronger with each post. Keeping busy on the computer should help keep your mind off things and you need an outing once in a while too.
Glad the doctor is on top of the ibuprofen. I only wish I could take it. It helps so much. But no more bleeds for me.
When all this is over, you may need to go on a series of probiotics to restore the normal flora to your gut destroyed by antibiotics and steroids (both of which are almost always necessary in orthopedic surgery). We should talk more about that when you're past the worst. Doctors don't seem to know much about it, but I keep reading more about it. I did it and hopefully it helped avoid some of the problems.
Keep getting better. You are in my prayers. smile
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#91047 - 10/19/06 09:27 AM
Re: Pain medicine
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Registered: 10/14/06
Posts: 180
Loc: Stars Hollow
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As for the combo of Advil and Tylenol...I am always very careful and very conservative about what I take.
I don't think that we should combine medications unless so advised by a doctor. Always better to be safe than sorry! (Something my mother always told me!)
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#91054 - 10/22/06 03:43 AM
Re: Pain medicine
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Registered: 10/14/06
Posts: 180
Loc: Stars Hollow
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Dotsie, are you feeling better now? I hadn't seen the post about your surgery...I hope you're well on the road to recovery! Best wishes...
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#91055 - 10/22/06 09:22 PM
Re: Pain medicine
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Registered: 11/11/04
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Loc: Colorado
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Dotsie, Smilinize has made a good point that I had in my head but was too inarticulate to post. An example is this: my mother had a mastectomy, and refused to take any pain meds after. She was going to PT to gain use of her arm, but her PT had to be curtailed each session because she was in too much pain. My mother never did regain full use of her arm because she could not get past the pain into PT. Also, she went into a depression 1) related to having cancer and the loss of her breast 2) because she was in too much pain and could not get to sleep. Nowadays, she asks herself "What was I thinking?" in other words she feels she lengthened her healing time & recovery by being afraid to take the prescribed pain medicine. Dotsie, you are not prone to addiction. An addict is always looking to repeat the first euphoric high, which you do not experience on Percocet. You say you feel drugged, and you don't like it. That does not sound like someone who could start on a med for one reason (to reduce pain) and continue for another (to get high.) I think you are being so hard on yourself. I hope your pain subsides in one way or another very soon.
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#91057 - 10/22/06 11:59 PM
Re: Pain medicine
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Registered: 07/06/06
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Loc: Alabama
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JJ,
It's just tylenol and benadryl. You can just take benadryl if you aren't having any discomfort.
Most of the OTC sleep meds are benadryl which shouldn't be a problem for occassional usage. Disclaimer...of course check with your physician before taking this or any other medication...
Dotsie,
When I had shoulder problems the doctor gave me a mild sleeping pill. This really helped because pain meds usually make me feel bad and I don't sleep. You might check with your doctor.
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