At Fri, 23 Jul 2010, Ms Lee wrote:
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>>Has anyone tried Nucynta for pain? Just wanted to know what you thought
>>of it- good/bad.
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>My Brother took them for 3 days and had terrible side effects. He had
>diarrhea and bad "jitters". It has the benefit of narcotic but does not
>attach to "mu" receptor so there is NO euphoria or "high" feeling.
>Hence, no street desire or abuse value.
>
>He got so sick off these pills, and they put him back on hyrdrocodone
>10mgs [has back disc problems]. The jitters and feeling over caffinated
>was scary too him. He is a hair stylist and he could not function. It
>took 2 days after stopping to get past the side effects.
>
>His other complaint was the COST--Get a coupon from your Dr. They were
>couple of hundred dollars per script.
>
>My Docs have me on oxycodone 5 mg plain pills with NO tylenol in them.
>This way if I obstruct [causes vomiting], the meds can go up the rectum
>[6 pills]. I have never had to do this but if I need to I have
>something to combat the pain.