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Jeff L

Former military, former teacher

posted 09/13/2009, comments (9)

How addictive is Tramadol ?

I have been taking Tramadol (and neurontin, flexeril, and vicodin) for quite some time for nerve damage, fibro, and lower back pain. At my last vist to the pain clinic, the guy working at the front desk pulled me aside and warned me that tramadol was addictive and I should be careful about taking it. He said he and his wife both took... Read more Chevron

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Will Rowe

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posted 09/11/2009, comments (2)

FDA Acetaminophen Recommendations

An FDA Advisory Committee recently recommended some changes regarding the use and availability of the very common pain medicine acetaminophen. The Advisory Committee was acting on concerns over the incidence of acetaminophen overdosing that have resulted in serious harm to the liver and sometimes death. To address these concerns the... Read more Chevron

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posted 09/10/2009, comments (0)

Septembr

September is pain awareness month! I hope we can all contribute in some way to help spread the word to help improve the access to quality care that, as chronic pain sufferers, we so desperately need.

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posted 08/28/2009, comment (1)

for any addicts out there

I go to NA meetings daily, but decided to go to a Pills Anonymous meeting last night, thinking maybe I could connect a little bit more. Ohhhhh no. That's not recovery, that's martyrdom. There was quite a bit of actual "one-god" religion involved, and one girl said that if god's plan for her life was to spend the rest of it in pain, then she'd... Read more Chevron

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posted 08/24/2009, comments (10)

chronic pain and addiction/recovery

I don't know if there's anyone else on here with this....but I know I'm not the only one out there, so maybe someone has some ideas for me. Chronic lower back and leg pain/numbness. Always treated with pain meds. Stopped meds 19 days ago because wasn't sure anymore if I was using them for pain in my body, or pain in my mind. Taking more than the... Read more Chevron

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