Good luck,
Rick
At Sun, 20 Jul 2003, D & A wrote:
>
>hi
> my doctor gave me nubain in a bottle were i can give my self a shot when i
>really need it i don't like what it does to me makes me feel so cold and
>have to pee alot from it and then knocks me out for a few hours how much did
>he give her my doc told me 2 cc im glad it help her maybe 2 cc is two much i
>don't know
>alaina
>
>>>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Rick (Craig RIchardson)" <mahi007@yahoo.com>
>To: "Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS" <adhesions@dns.obgyn.net>
>Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2003 12:29 AM
>Subject: Nubain- Pain medication
>
>> Nubain Searched this word and found nothing in the database. So I
>> wanted to throw out what happened today and also ask a question. I
>> thought it might be interesting to those that are not getting pain
>> relief.
>>
>> My wife's pain has not been releived in the slighest in weeks. She has
>> had 24/7 pain and only a day and half releif when she tried Xanax. But
>> that was short lived. Don't know why.
>>
>> NO pain medication gives her any releif. We have used and overused
>> Vicoden, Percocet, Fetanyl (Actiq) lollypops and currently on 200mg
>> Kadian (MS Contin). She does not even get the slightest edge off of her
>> pain. She can't take the pain anymore. Her doctors have given up on
>> her. Tonight I called a housecall doctor. We had asked for a Demerol
>> shot to give her a few hours peace. When he got here, he felt giving
>> her Demerol would be a waste since these types of drugs have had no
>> effect on her. Instead, he injected Nubain. 15 minutes later, she was
>> laughing, ( not seen in a month), eating, (not seen in a month )and in
>> no pain.(not seen in a month. From what the doctor told me, he gave her
>> a different class of pain relief. This makes me think that in some
>> women that are not getting releif from the standard pain medicines,
>> might find some releif in another class.
>>
>> >From what I have learned of Nubain in the last few hours, I would highly
>> recommend no one even think of this as a long term pain releif.
>> Apparently it is highly addictive and will destroy one's life. For my
>> wife I don't worry becasue she is soon to leave for surgery.
>>
>> But, what I take away from this expeirence that might help others, is
>> maybe the area's of the brain where the adhesions are causing pain, can
>> be helped by a different Class/type of drug.
>>
>> I hope I have not bored anyone with my lengthy story, I just can't
>> beleive the amount of pain women are expeirencing with this illness. If
>> this helps one person, that makes me feel great. Usually I don't have
>> time to write such a long email, but wife is sleeping like a baby for
>> once.
>>