Re: to Toni, re: meds
From: toni welsh (twelsh1@hotmail.com)
Tue Jan 30 09:13:53 2001
At Tue, 30 Jan 2001, karen wrote:
>
>Hi Toni,
>
>Right now I have stopped pain meds...they were not helping and I got
>disgusted putting those things in my body. I am basically taking Advil,
>2-3 tabs, every 4 hours. I was on Cataflam, an antiinflamatory. Dr.
>also put me on Vicodin...what a joke...now I know how people get
>addicted. I could not function AT ALL, even when I cut it down to 1/2
>and then 1/3. Also tried Neurontin, made me very sleepy. Naprosyn was
>also on the list for a long time, although it wasn't working. There
>were others, but I can't remember them. Don't want to take narcotics.
>Have heard Ultram works, but my insurance won't cover it. I do take a
>Darvocet when the pain gets unbearable, but again, I try not to take any
>narcotics. I am also on Serzone for depression and clonazepam. Hope
>you find something that works for you.
>
>Take care,
>Karen
Karen,
I am also taking Neurotin, I stopped it for awhile, I was so tired, and
I take an anti depressant called Trazadone, and I take it 100 mgs at
bedtime. It makes me tired, but I have not been able to fall asleep
lately. I am takign oxycontin 3 times a day, and it no longer helps
either. I was just put on prevacid for GERD, and I think that is
helping me. I am just afarid that taking meds will hurt my stomach, but
for now I am sticking with these, even tho I do not get alot of relief!
Take care,
Toni