At Tue, 30 Nov 1999, Helen Dynda wrote:
> >I received an email from a fellow adhesions-sufferer who has become >dependent and has developed a tolerance to the medication he is taking. >Dihydrocodeine is an opiate agonist medication. In his letter he said: > >"The pain controlling medication that I am using is Dihydrocodeine >180mgs a day. Unfortunately I have become dependent on this and it no >longer offers the amount of pain control I now need. I am also on >Amitriptyline but only 25mgs a day." > >Since I do not have an addiction and tolerance to the medications which >I take for chronic pain, I would like to know if any of you have >experienced addiction and tolerance to any of the medications which you >have taken...and if so, were you able to be detoxified successfully from >that medication? > >Thanks for sharing your experience! > >-- >The 15th century proverb which summarizes the purpose of medicine is: >* To cure sometimes, to relieve often, to comfort always. * >