Re: HELP-Pain Meds Suddenly Stopped Working.

From: Tami (tamitorres@hotmail.com)
Mon Nov 11 01:00:12 2002


Dear Tish, I don't know if you got my message earlier today on the board or not, but I've been in bed for aweek now. I started the patch last Thursday, and it's made me nausious and very sleepy. I'm on 2 25mg patches and the suckers 1 every 12 hours. I think you should call your Dr tomorrow and tell him whats going on. What strength are you on ? Maybe it's time to up them. If you are using just 1 patch then try 2. My doctor had me try 1 for 24 hours to make sure I didn't have a reaction and then he had upped it to 2 patches. Maybe mine is too strong is why I'm so sleepy. I do think the pain is a little lighter because I've been able to sleep alot, but I still have some. Keep in touch and let me know what you decide. Your friend, Tami

At Sun, 10 Nov 2002, Lynn Creacy wrote: >
>At Sun, 10 Nov 2002, Tish wrote:
>>
>>Hello To All My Fellow sufferers..I hope this finds you at least comfy
>>today..
>>I just wondered if anyone has a clue what might be going on with me..i
>>have been in pain management for about 6 months now..and on the
>>duragesic with lorcet for breakthrough...and this has been working
>>really really well..so far..but just a few days ago it seems like the
>>meds have just stopped working ..i have not had any real relief for
>>several days now...and i am simply in misery..i cant do anything...and i
>>was functioning fairly well..but now its all gone.
>>I just wondered if anyone else had been through this..and if so what
>>should i do..should i call my Pain dr..or try to suffer through until
>>the 21st when i have an appt.
>>Any insight in to this will be greatly appreciated...
>>Thank You
>>Hugs and Love
>>Tish
>>Ohh yeah i did go to the ER the other day..and the ER Dr said well its
>>probably just the adhesions pulling..well duhh..and he gave me an Rx for
>>antiinflammatorys hehe
>Tish,
>First thing is the ER dr is an idiot!!! Anti-inflammatories is almost
>laughable but it hurts to laugh so I won't. Tish, you have been such an
>angel to everyone, maybe I can help you this time. I just started the
>patch last week and I can't tell too much difference either. The first
>one made me really sleepy for about 4 hrs then it felt like it wasn't
>working. I really think that you need to call your dr and let him know
>what is going on since it has been helping until now. There is
>absolutely no reason to suffer through because you have already done
>that for years. Please call your dr and let me know what he says. I am
>seeing my dr tomorrow to see if they will up my dosage since this one
>does not seem to work. I will let you know what he says. God bless and
>please know that we are here for you.
>
>Your friend
>Lynn Creacy
>jlcreacy@gte.net
>
>--
>A new friend
>


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