Can anyone suggest an alternate nerve pain medication to oxycontin, oxynorm and Lyrica?
My partner has suffered from severe nerve pain in his neck and all down the right side of his body, he lost feeling in his right arm and hand for a while but after surgery managed to regain it. Since the surgery, the pain has onset again and he is finding that the medication (ocycontin, oxynorm and Lyrica) he is on is not very beneficial, only just reducing the pain. Daily,he is currently taking 160mg of oxycontin, up to 100mg of oxynorm and 300mg of Lyrica. I think on these levels of these medications he should be getting more relief than he is, and therefore i am asking if there is anyone out there that knows of a medication or medications that are more effective. Please help!
Neuropathic or nerve pain can be difficult to treat thats for sure and treatment recommendations differ between doctors and between different kinds of pain. The link below provides several different alternatives.
http://www.uspharmacist.com/oldformat.asp?url=newlook/files/feat/jun00pain.htm
On the bright side there is a huge market for a really good neuropathic inhibitor when one shows up. Lyrica was a step forward and its unfortunate its not working in your partner. Pharmaceutical companies are well aware of that and are avidly looking for more answers. The article below also mentions some other options.
http://biopsychiatry.com/bigpharma/neuropathic.html
Good luck
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