RSD Pain

[InHisHands]

Have you tried this one?? I am about to start it- 5mg every 12 hours... hoping this one does the trick...


I am just curious as to everyone's reactions to it. TY!!

[allent]

I have never tried the methadone, but have tried the MS Contin. MS Contin took away about half of the pain, but after a couple of years I thought it wasnt working so well and complained to my doctor about it alot lol.

Well once I detoxed off of it, I realized how well it was working hahahaha!

Anyways, the methadone supposedly works extremely well. The only draw backs I can see about the drug is that you will get a tolerance to it over time, and will have to up the dose. The second thing is if you ever have to get off of it, it is a real hard one to kick. The withdrawals are extreme and dangerous if not done properly.

If you have to go off of it after a a few months or more, make sure your doctor is helping you. Remember to only lower the dose every 3 to 4 days and  only a little bit at a time until you are on an extremely low daily amount before stopping altogether.

That said, I hope it works well for you as I know anything is better than living in extreme pain.  ;)

Love ya much!  

[InHisHands]

Thanks Allen!


I tried it and had a ton of reactions... I might ask the doctor if we can move on to oxycontin now... this is NOT fun!!

[allent]

I dont think your gonna escape the reactions darn it.  :thk

Sometimes you have to give it some time for your body to adjust, and then you still might have some things that you dont like, but they wont be sooo bad you cant deal with them.

I sure hope you find something that can work, even if it just takes the edge off the pain. At least it would be a bit more bearable.  :thup:

[InHisHands]

Right, thanks!

Am trying it again because I believe that the troubles were my having chocolate allergies and eating chocolate the day I started it!! oops!

SO, trying it again and seeing if I adjust to it!

[InHisHands]

Right, thanks!

Am trying it again because I believe that the troubles were my having chocolate allergies and eating chocolate the day I started it!! oops!

SO, trying it again and seeing if I adjust to it!

[Inpain]

methadone i have been told is one of the best medication for severe pain, it is only one of 2 drugs with NMNP which essentially blocks pain signals in the brain, something oxy-contin ms contin or vicodin do not do. It has a very long half life, which makes it easy to OD, and this is why so many doctors don't prescribe it.
also methadone is easier on the liver and kidneys than other drugs, and when used for severe, intractible pain normally does not cause addiction, something oxy-contin and mscontin are notorious for.
are u taking a cocktail of drugs for pain or just one medication, and can i ask how long have u had rsd?
I've has rsd now for 12 yrs, 9 yrs full body, severe pain etc. my rsd jumped from stage 1 to 3 very quickly, and if not for a group of great doctors i would be in a looney bin now or not here at all.

[InHisHands]

Methadone was a no go for me... I was on it for weeks, it made me drowsy, sick and really disgusting. I hated it, and finally weaned off of it. I am going to start Oxycontin soon.... I hear that helps some folks so I am hopeful!

Pain free hugs xxxxxxxx

[allent]

Yeah the stuff works real well, and is very powerful.

Sounds like your body couldnt handle it. I hope your body can handle the oxy's. They worked for me ok, about 40 to 60% of pain gone on average. It helped to keep me sane, and if I focused on a MMORPG I could shut out most of the other pain in small intervals LOL.

I havent had any pain meds since January of this year, and am lookin forward to getting medicare...................Finally!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 :wav:

Hard to believe I finally won.  :lol:

I hope you get to feelin better  ;)

[InHisHands]

thanks, Allen!

I am glad you will be able to finally get pain meds- how rough it must've been without!

Good luck, and I am happy for you!

[Inpain]

In His hands:
sorry to hear abt methadone not working for you.
i am wondering did you start on the lowest dose? or get switched over on a comprable dose to the meds you were taking prior?
the drowsiness and "doped" feeling is normal in the beginning. It wears off ~1week. I was started on 10mg, which i couldnt handle, so the doc told me to cut the pills in half and start 2-half tabs per day and titrate up to a therapeutic dose which took 1 month to do.
the reason why i ask is bec. in all the documents dealing w/chronic pain,
Methadone seems to be effeicient for chronic pain v. oxy contin and even MS contin.
VERY IMPORTANTLY, it is ONE OF THE SAFEST DRUGS TO BE ON LONG TERM, ESP. FOR THE LIVER, KIDNEYS AND OTHER organs affected by the drugs we take.
2. While methadone is broken down to morphine by our bodies, if you are allergic to morphine or the sulfate compound many narcotics are made with, methadone shouldnt aggravate the allergy, although everyone's body is different.
Lastly, and you may want to consider this-
oxycontin is longacting codiene- your body can only breakdown and process so many mg's of codiene before it just stops- unlike morphine or synthethic morphine drugs.
you may want to talk to your MD about this. i don't know the mathematical formula to compute max. codiene levels, but every doctor i spoke to when i made the switch told me this.
Did you discuss MS contin v. Oxycontin with your MD? just to get the best painkiller that works for you, and for the long term wellbeing of your organs.

lastly, just fyi, My doctor gave me Oxy-IR -immediate release codiene for breakthru pain, a codiene derivative- to take in between my methadone doses -methadone is considered a long acting drug like oxy- and MS- contin, and is hence also dangerous- because it has a long half life in the body.
Only you can determine what suits you best and alleviates your pain the most effectively, all i am trying to say is dont rule our the methadone - unless it didnt really agree with you,
and maybe discuss with your MD MS contin v oxycontin for primary painkiller.
I have a friend that lost function in one of his kidneys and 35% in the other kidney bec. he was on oxycontin for pain  for 9 yrs, plus the other drugs he was on- muscle relaxers, neurontin, they didn't help either.
With RSD, who knows? I've had rsd now for 12 yrs and counting, and by the way i feel on fire now it isn't going anywhere anytime soon.
I hope you find the right meds - painkiller and cocktail for your pain.
I hope i didn't come across like a methadone salesperson or an old [39] yr-old jewish mother.
12yrs of pain/rsd and it sometimes feels like a lifetime, and sitting in the waiting room for hrs talking to other pain people, probably like you, and you get an education on medication.
good luck-
InPain [bunny]

[Euphoria]

In His hands:

sorry to hear abt methadone not working for you.

i am wondering did you start on the lowest dose? or get switched over on a comprable dose to the meds you were taking prior?

the drowsiness and "doped" feeling is normal in the beginning. It wears off ~1week. I was started on 10mg, which i couldnt handle, so the doc told me to cut the pills in half and start 2-half tabs per day and titrate up to a therapeutic dose which took 1 month to do.

the reason why i ask is bec. in all the documents dealing w/chronic pain,

Methadone seems to be effeicient for chronic pain v. oxy contin and even MS contin.

VERY IMPORTANTLY, it is ONE OF THE SAFEST DRUGS TO BE ON LONG TERM, ESP. FOR THE LIVER, KIDNEYS AND OTHER organs affected by the drugs we take.

2. While methadone is broken down to morphine by our bodies, if you are allergic to morphine or the sulfate compound many narcotics are made with, methadone shouldnt aggravate the allergy, although everyone's body is different.

Lastly, and you may want to consider this-

oxycontin is longacting codiene- your body can only breakdown and process so many mg's of codiene before it just stops- unlike morphine or synthethic morphine drugs.

you may want to talk to your MD about this. i don't know the mathematical formula to compute max. codiene levels, but every doctor i spoke to when i made the switch told me this.

Did you discuss MS contin v. Oxycontin with your MD? just to get the best painkiller that works for you, and for the long term wellbeing of your organs.



lastly, just fyi, My doctor gave me Oxy-IR -immediate release codiene for breakthru pain, a codiene derivative- to take in between my methadone doses -methadone is considered a long acting drug like oxy- and MS- contin, and is hence also dangerous- because it has a long half life in the body.

Only you can determine what suits you best and alleviates your pain the most effectively, all i am trying to say is dont rule our the methadone - unless it didnt really agree with you,

and maybe discuss with your MD MS contin v oxycontin for primary painkiller.

I have a friend that lost function in one of his kidneys and 35% in the other kidney bec. he was on oxycontin for pain for 9 yrs, plus the other drugs he was on- muscle relaxers, neurontin, they didn't help either.

With RSD, who knows? I've had rsd now for 12 yrs and counting, and by the way i feel on fire now it isn't going anywhere anytime soon.

I hope you find the right meds - painkiller and cocktail for your pain.

I hope i didn't come across like a methadone salesperson or an old [39] yr-old jewish mother.

12yrs of pain/rsd and it sometimes feels like a lifetime, and sitting in the waiting room for hrs talking to other pain people, probably like you, and you get an education on medication.

good luck-

InPain [bunny]

I am sorry, but I just had to reply to this thread. I came across this thread while searching some things, and this is just the most ridiculous, and most insanely wrong post I have EVER read, in my entire existence. It really isn't safe to start spouting out information about something that you obviously know NOTHING about. Let me just try to dissect this worthless piece of propaganda that you just posted.

Here we go, let's start here:

2. While methadone is broken down to morphine by our bodies, if you are allergic to morphine or the sulfate compound many narcotics are made with, methadone shouldnt aggravate the allergy, although everyone's body is different.

Wrong. Methadone is NOT broken down into morphine in our bodies, I have NO idea where you got that information, but it is perhaps the farthest from the truth I have ever heard.

Next on this list:

oxycontin is longacting codiene- your body can only breakdown and process so many mg's of codiene before it just stops- unlike morphine or synthethic morphine drugs.

Oxycontin is NOT long-acting CODEINE. Oxycontin is time-released OXYCODONE. The same thing you will find in Percocet, and Roxicodone. It is not even similar to codeine. Secondly, what are you talking about that your body can only process so many mg's of a certain drug? Obviously you have never heard of tolerance? If you start off at 40mg of Oxycontin, basically what you are saying is, that if you try and take say, 60mg of Oxycontin, your body will not be able to "process" it, and the effect of the drug will stop, or it won't be any more effective. I am sorry, but that is completely wrong. Your body can handle as much as you put in it. It doesn't "stop" at a certain dose and decide that it doesn't help you anymore...your body keeps "processing" it no matter what, until you actually overdose. If your body just "stops" processing it, then overdose wouldn't be a concern, now would it?

Tolerance makes it so you have to take more of the same drug to get the same results...so that just blows that incredibly naive theory you posted completely out of the water.

One more for the road, for shits and giggles:

lastly, just fyi, My doctor gave me Oxy-IR -immediate release codiene for breakthru pain, a codiene derivative- to take in between my methadone doses -methadone is considered a long acting drug like oxy- and MS- contin, and is hence also dangerous- because it has a long half life in the body.

Once again, Oxycodone IR is NOT, I repeat NOT CODEINE. It is not a CODEINE DERIVATIVE either. It is OXYCODONE.

Methadone DOES have a unusually long half-life, but Oxycodone DOES NOT. The half-life of Oxycodone is 3-4 hours.

I understand this thread is like a year old, but I just HAD to reply to this, before someone went to the doctor with this information and got looked at like an idiot because "bunny" gave them the worst information and advice I have EVER seen.

[allent]

Hi euphoria

Thanx for joining!

I was wondering if you could enlighten us on the drugs. Like tell us what they are and how they work now that we know what they arent, and how they dont work. We arent doctors, just a bunch of unfortunate folks in serious pain.

Do you have chronic pain too?

Most everyone I know is on these very drugs, and most of the time they dont work as well as we would like for them to. It would be nice to know more about them.