Hugs Kimmi
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From: rowdyladyrose@aol.com
To: "Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS"
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Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 7:24 PM
Subject: Re: Are you getting adequate medication? Please share...
> At Thu, 6 Dec 2001, Helen Dynda wrote:
> >
> >If you are getting adequate medications for the pain of adhesions, please
> >share the following information:
> >
> >1.-3 and 5.) What drug or drugs have been prescribed for you? What is the
strength (mgs.) of each drug? How many times a day are you supposed to take
each drug? Are you taking another drug for "break-through" pain?
>
> Keep in mind that I also have fibromyalgia, migraines and 2 types of
> arthritis and the adhesion pain (at this time) is the least of it all
> (knock on wood)
>
> Neurontin 1900 mg - 400 a.m., 300 noon, 1200 p.m.
> Tylenol 1200 mg 2x daily
> diazepam 5mg 2x daily
> amitriptyline 25 to 75 mg at night (try 25 mg, if not asleep 1 hour
> later take another 25 mg, can do one more time....then just stay up)
> Vicodin 1-3 daily (as needed for breakthrough)
>
> >4.) Did your doctor or a pain managment specialist prescribe this drug or
> >these drugs?
>
> They are all now prescribed by my internist. My pain mgmt. doctor
> refused to give me any more diazepam, amitriptyline or Vicodin.....he
> decided I was just a lazy drug seeker.
> >
> >6.) How do you determine when you are having "break-through" pain?
> When the arthritis strength Tyelnol and diazepam don't stop it from
> being around 3-4 on scale of 10. (never have anything less than 3)
>
> --
> kcmo ro(se)
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> If you can't learn to do something well, learn to enjoy doing it
> poorly.
>