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Tuesday, December, 02, 2008

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lyle j van ess
06/23/08
lyle j van ess
Category:Chronic Pain

how do you get off of hi does vicondon

my son who very bad neck pain frome a apperation ,fuesing his neck boens together with wire. and he has been on vicvodin for 5 years he has very much pain.whate can he do.to reliev his paine?

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vickie bouten
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I was in a bad MVA in 1985 where I broke and crushed a lot of...

Sunday, June 22, 2008

Your headline says to get off of high doses of Vicodin, I would suggest if you want to get off the meds to taper off slowly with your doctor's help.  Cold turkey is very hard trust me been there done that and it's not fun.

If from the body of your note your son is not getting good pain relief send him to his doctor, neurosurgeon or ortho who ever did the surgery or his primary care doc and have him get a referrel to a pain managment doctor.  They can get you on a regime that will help with pain from meds, to exercise and physical therapy to other forms of pain relief.

Good luck

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