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I don't know where you live or if your doctors are provided by the VA or some HMO that greatly limits your choice of doc, but given the type and level of pain you describe,  I think that you should be seeking other doctor's opinions.   I don't think that anyone should suffer so much when there  are so many pain medications available.  If you live in a rural area with few doctors, you might want to consider traveling to get better medical care.   You may have already considered all of the above, but if not maybe it can help.  Hope so and good luck.

tabt

I don't know where you live or if your doctors are provided by the VA or some HMO that greatly limits your choice of doc, but given the type and level of pain you describe,  I think that you should be seeking other doctor's opinions.   I don't think that anyone should suffer so much when there  are so many pain medications available.  If you live in a rural area with few doctors, you might want to consider traveling to get better medical care.   You may have already considered all of the above, but if not maybe it can help.  Hope so and good luck.

tabt

Good Morning nv,

 I don't have tmj but, I'm curious to ask. They're only giving you

ibuprofen for the pain?? There are a bunch of pain killers that'll do

better than ibuprofen that are "not-addictve" and there a difference in

being dependent and addicted. I use tramadol 3xday and voltaren 2xday as and soma

at bedtime for my base pain meds. I think you should at least try for

the tramadol, there's an extended relief version too.

 I don't know much about tmj but, I know there are other meds you

could try without going to narcotics, is it there choice or yours and

is it a va doc telling you that?? Not try to be nosey but, as vet myself

I'm curious.

Chuck

After fighting with doctors for years who said I was overweight and needed to take an aerobics class to finally find out I had rheumatoid arthritis and get pain relief was wonderful. From then on though, I always put that I was not allergic to all those anti-inflammatories but that I just couldn't take them. If any doctor asked further, I'd mention nausea, diarrhea, all those things they don't want to hear. Eventually I found out I had Hepatitis C from a tatoo back in 1974, so it is a very good thing I didn't take all those Motrin they tried to give me.

I think you definately have every reason to find a new doctor, put on the initial form that you can't take ibuprofin due to your ulcers and get a decent 2nd opinion.

I wish you the very best of luck. Oh, by the way, Ultram (tramadol) is a narcotic although it doesn't have the side effects that other narcotics do.Char