I have severe pain in my back and neck due to a spinal condition. Percocet is no longer working, neither is Lortab, Norco, Vicodin, Oxycontin, Fentanyl, MS Contin,Valium, what am I supposed to do?
Q: I have SEVERE pain due to spinal condition. Percocet used to work. Now nothing works.PLEASE HELP
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10/13/09 12:31pm
Hi my name is Gloria,and i use to be like you pills after pills and test after test,and thay had done m.r.i.'s finly a dr. took a m.r.i from my neck to almost my but and finly thay found a tumber on my spine that had been ther ten pluss yr.'s and i had constent back pain and neck pain. Also it was not cancer but i do have cronic nerv damage i cant feel my leg's but i can still walk but not long disternce but god blessed me with a power chair,so my advice to you is get with your dr. and have a m.r.i. done it couldnt hert and you will be in my prayers im sorry you have to suffer like that,there talking about putting a morphine pump in im on the pills and its nice not to be in pain 24/7. Dont get me wrong i still have a little pain even with med's.but not like it was yes im disabled but im still alive for my children.i pray thay find out what it is and im so sorry you have to suffer so,pece be with you and remember what i said about the m.r.i,onyour neck,back and exedara and good luck. Sencerly and conserned Gloria
10/31/10 1:44pm
I assume that you have talked to your doctor? What did he/she suggest? Or did they just tell you that it's fine what you are taking and they can't do anything else>Well then you need a pain specialist. I don't know where you live, but if you can find access to a pain specialist then go! I hope that you are not talking about a pain specialist letting you suffer like this. There is help out there. You listed some medications that you have been on, did they give you a regimine for breakthrough pain? Maybe higher dose of morphine or fentanyl patch and percodan instead of percocet? There are also pain pumps they can insert into your body at the site of where you have the most pain. I am not a doctor, just a chronic pain survivor for 15 years. I live a normal life with my meds. I would not be able to do so had I not gone to a pain specialist. Bring all of your records and test results. Good Luck to you and God Bless you, I will pray for you. P.S Have you ever tried Kadian or morphine sulphate? Or a Lidoderm/Lidocain patch?
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