"Noddy" <me@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "Jason James" <at@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > If you have periods where your pain is beyond the relievers you now
use,
> > and
> > codeine is a good PK for mild to moderate pain, you need an appraisel
by
a
> > pain clinic. These places are only really interested in devices
(external
> > and internal nerve stimulators) and injections of anaesthesia at or
near
> > the
> > painful site.
>
> I've been there and done that, and unfortunately it's not a long term
fix.
> There's also the problem of the more injections you have the less
effective
> they become, and you can permanently damage nerves with over use.
>
> I've had 6 thus far in the lower back, and that's about it they reckon.
Me too, back in the '80s and 90's. The whole principal was based on
BS,..that somehow the 12 hour relief would act permanently,...yeah right.
> > Beyond that they give up and may recommend Oxycodone in SR
> > form (2 tabs a day with an extra for "breakthru pain"). Morphine has
> > fallen
> > from grace even in SR form (MSContin) according to nursing staff at
the
> > Sydney hosp I was at last year,.."it's too addictive". They prefer to
use
> > Fentanyl or OxyContin a slow release (1 twice a day) big hitter. If
you
> > are
> > having trouble, it's a long journey to get proper relief,
> > unfortunately,..unless half your head is split open or you have
cancer.
>
> Yeah, you need a terminal illness to get anything really effective.
At the moment Oxycodone (12 hr per tab(s)] is considered OK, for
intractable
pain, which I find slightly amusing, as its only difference is that it
acts
faster than morphine, and is about 1/3 more powerful. Dont give up
whinging
about it, for as night follows day, they'll interpret that as you being OK
if you say nothing. Capadex or dextropropexephine/paracetamol is a good
gap-filler between codeine and the big-hitters.
Jason
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