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Re: non narcotic pain meds, any ideas?
From: Angie (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon Sep 17 22:44:40 2007
Toradol and Ultram are the same medication. I never understood but
every med seems to have two names, the brand name and the chemical name.
At Mon, 17 Sep 2007, luna624 wrote:
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>my doc has put me on Naproxen, then after that did't help she put me on
>Toradol...that didn't really help either so then she tried 800mg
>Motrin...which still doesn't help. She doesn't seem to want to give me
>any narcotics, which is what I need to dull this pain!!! But, out of all
>of them Toradol seemed to help the most, so maybe that will work for
>you.
>good luck
>
>At Mon, 17 Sep 2007, Mary wrote:
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>>What exactly is serotonin syndrome? I never heard of it?
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>>How about Motrin/Advil?
>>
>>Thanks.
>>
>>At Sat, 15 Sep 2007, Jessica wrote:
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>>>Does anyone know of any non narcotic prescription pain meds out there
>>>that are not ultram. My pharmacist just informed me that I shouldn't
>>>take Ultram and my antidepressant amitryptalin together because it could
>>>cause serotonin syndrom. It took my Dr. along time to write me
>>>anything for the pain at all and I know he wouldn't be comfortable
>>>putting me on narcotic pain meds as much as I am on the ultram. He
>>>prescribes 1 ultram every 4 2 6 hours for the pain. I try to not take
>>>them on a reg basis and Sometimes that doesn't even help but I feel I
>>>shouldn't ask for anything stronger because he might just stop helping
>>>me altogether. So I'm trying to find an alternative to the Ultram and
>>>something that works just as good or better without being a narcotic.
>>>Thanks Ladies
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