ENDO Messages for October, 2004: Re: Going off of long term pain meds?

Re: Going off of long term pain meds?

From: Angie (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon Oct 25 15:01:24 2004

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Thank you Lisa!! Yours is the first positive message I have seen. I guess I will expect the worst, then if it's not that bad I will be very pleasantly surprised!!

Here's the weird thing. My pain mgmt doc told me I should only take the MS Contin on my pain days (5 days at ovulation, 5 days with period). Then I had a follow up appt about a week later with the nurse practitioner, he said I had to take them daily which was consistent with the research I did on chronic pain treatment. So 2 months go by and I see the doctor again. He's wondering why I'm taking the meds daily. ??? I told him the NP told me to. He said why take them every day when you only have pain 10 days per month? It was weird.. like being put between the two of them. I asked him if I would have withdrawals if I stopped taking them, he said he didn't think so but if I did I could just take them daily. By the way, the NP told me I would have withdrawals if I stopped and started which is also consistent with the research I have done. ANYWAY, I tried to stop taking them and it didn't work. I got chills, sweats, the works. So the doctor said OK, take them daily. So when it's time to go off of them, I am praying that the NP is the one to taper me off of them rather than the doctor. He seems absolutely clueless about withdrawal!! He also told me that the length of time you take the drug is irrevelant to withdrawal. He said it would be the same if you took the MS Contin for 1 day or 1 year. I'm thinking WTF?????

PS: Anyone please feel free to email me!!

Thanks again, Angie

At Mon, 25 Oct 2004, Lisa wrote: >
>I know what you are going through!! I also tried to come off to quick
>and it was HELL!! But, if you let the doc guide you on a slow decrease,
>you will not have a problem. When I finally got my doc to help me it
>was very easy. YOu just have to go slow....
>Prayers of health,
>LisaK
>
>At Sun, 24 Oct 2004, Angie wrote:
>>
>>I have been on MS Contin 45 mg 2x per day for the last 4 months. I just
>>had a lap on October 8th and my surgeon feels confident that he was able
>>find and laser off all of the endo (it was minimal). Once my healing
>>period is over, I am looking forward to going off of the MS Contin. I
>>realize that I will have to taper off of the drug, does anyone have
>>experience with this? Will I still have withdrawals? I experimented a
>>little this weekend and it was hell. I think I tried to go down too
>>much (15 mg twice a day). I had periods of sweating, alternated between
>>being too hot or cold, and no appetite to speak of. I went back up to
>>30 this evening and am just starting to feel like a human being again.
>>This weekend has left me scared of how it's going to be when I go off of
>>it for good!! I don't have any sick time at work (I work full time), not
>>to mention the fact that my husband and I work opposite shifts so I am
>>basically a single mom to 2 boys during the week. Yikes!!
>>
>>Thanks in advance,
>>
>>--
>>Angie
>>

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