Chronic Pain

Greetings to All!

I am pretty new to this forum, and I am looking forward to hearing from other members to share experiences and learn new things - and possibly to help someone else at the same time.

I was just prescribed hydrocodone 7.5 mg/500 mg for chronic neck and back pain. While it seems to really be helping me with the neck pain, my back is still killing me. I am not sure if it is because of my posture - the way I sit when typing or reading - but nothing seems to help the back pain. Are there other, stronger pain medications that any of you might recommend? I have read about morphine pills, but I have never taken any of them. I have also seen something about a morphine pump, but I am not familiar with that either.

I don't get any relief from NSAIDS, Ultram or Darvocet. I went to a chiropractor and a physical therapist and, in my opinion, they made matters worse.

Anything you might be able to suggest would be greatly appreciated. It would give me a good starting point for discussion with my doctor at my next visit.

Thank you for any help you can give me.

Kay

Hi Kay,

Welcome to the ChronicPainConnection forum. We're glad to have you but sorry you have a reason to have to be here.

There are some stronger medications––oxycodone and morphine come to mind. However, both are Schedule II controlled substances with high potential for abuse, therefore most doctors are hesitant to prescribe them for chronic pain. Personally, I have no experience with morphine and have only taken oxycodone once for a temporary problem. There may be others here who can share more personal experiences with you. Of course, ultimately only you and your doctor can determine if either would be appropriate for you.

If you're thinking about a morphine pump, check under General Discussion on this forum. There is a thread titled "Willing to share experience with intrathecal morphine pump implant." There you will find several pages of posts with people sharing their experiences with the morphine pump. This link should take you to the first page of the discussion: http://forums.healthcentral.com/discussion/chronic-pain.../f/7251032/m/8491036

Please keep us posted on how you are doing and let us know if you have any other questions.

I wanted to know if anyone you takes pain meds for chondromalacia and plantar fasiitis.I have for the past 4 years i take ms contin and hydrocodone.i have had chronic pain this whole time and i just wanted to if iam not only in this. thank you

I am prescribed a time-release morphine called Kadian. I also get Oxycodone 5 mg @ (3) to be used for breakthru pain.

This is pretty much standard now by pain specialists.

Hope you are able to find the pain relief you need.

i'm on:

vicodin (hydrocodone)
Percocet (Oxycodone)
Nocro

i change it up daily because i hear that's a way to "delay" the abuse affects. unfortunately, they don't do much and they only last a few short hours. i'm thinking of asking for some morphine pills, but, again, i don't want to get stuck on those either. i've taken to the thought of only taking it when absolutely necessary (as in, laying in bed/floor crying) and taking as much advil as i can cram down my hatch to deal with it otherwise when possible. although, the pain has been REALLY bad these past few weeks, so i've been taking them up to x3 daily (not good!). i'd be lying to myself to say that there isn't some form of a physical addiction (my mind says "no", but my body has a different opinion - mind is still stronger than the body..) that i will have to adress as soon as i'm physically capable. i'd really like to get off these painkillers, but, as of now, i haven't any choice..

anybody have any ideas of what else i can ask the doctors for that will:
1)help to relieve the pain
2)keep the pain at bay for longer than 4-6hrs
3)doesn't leave me unable to function (like driving)
4)doesn't carry such a high risk of addiction..

Yes...ask for KADIAN...it is a time release Morphine.

There is also MS Contin which is a time release Oxycodone...but this is the med that the feds are trying to take off the market cause they say the bad guys are selling it...they want to forget about us good guys in pain!

yea, really.. they're trying to take psuedophedrine off the market, too.. all because some people decide to use it to make methamphedimines, the rest of us will not be able to relieve our colds as well. i say, let 'em blow up their houses - it's their choice to do so. it doesn't really matter what anyone comes up with to help people out, someone will always find a way to abuse it..

Hello all
New to the post but not to pain.I have been taking morphine sulfate and ms contin for 2 years now and the duragesic patches for 2 years prior to that.I hate taking pills ,but we do what we have to.These 2 pain meds are about the best for back pain I have tried.
The hydrocodone and meds like that work for a little while but i have found my body built up a tolerance for them.
hope things get better for you.

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Originally posted by Feya:
Yes...ask for KADIAN...it is a time release Morphine.

There is also MS Contin which is a time release Oxycodone...but this is the med that the feds are trying to take off the market cause they say the bad guys are selling it...they want to forget about us good guys in pain!

I see that this is a fairly old post, but I saw it and wanted to say...that MS Contin is NOT controlled release Oxycodone, it's controlled release Morphine. OxyContin is controlled release Oxycodone.

My question back to you is, how have you convinced your doctor to prescribe pain meds in the first place? It has been my experience over the past three years in dealing with chronic pain associated with MS that a doctor who beleives in prescribed pain meds is virtually impossible!