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What is a "good" amount of morphine in my new pain pump? I can't seem to get regulated.

Carol
10/12/08

I have only had my pump in for 7 months. Right now I am at 2.300 mg/day on a slow continuous drip. I also take oxy 80 2 times a day. I also use dilaudid 4mg 4 times a day. However, my other question is... my dilaudid don't work  any more. What is something else I could ask my doctor for? I need to have foot surgery and I can't seem to get the pain under control. I also use this for my back pain. What should I try and what number should I be on with my pump?

 

Thanks for all your answers!!  I'm sooooo confused!!!!!!

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carolinajewel03
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carolinajewel03 is grateful for some help

DDD, fusion surgey C7-C6, C6-C5, C5-C4. Blown disks L5-L4...

Monday, October 13, 2008

I don't have answer to ur question, but can u write me back about every detail about getting the pain pump? I need to know from start to finish..like how did they do the trial run, did it hurt? I am thinking about having that done...thanks in advance, Julie

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Monday, October 13, 2008

The best place to get answers to questions about pain pumps is on our forum.  There is an excellent ongoing thread entitled “Willing to share experience with intrathecal morphine pump implant” that was started and is maintained by Bob Englebardt.  If you don’t find an answer to your question already there, please feel free to post your question. 
http://forums.healthcentral.com/discussion/chronic-pain/forums/a/tpc/f/7251032/m/8491036

(Note:  If you've never been to the forum before, you'll have to register separately from your registration here on ChronicPainConnection.  You can, however, use the same e-mail address and password if you like to make it easier to remember.)

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