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Re: Chronic back pain during pregnancy

From: Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 2 Sep 1999 20:56:59 -0500 (CDT)

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At Thu, 2 Sep 1999, Dorene wrote: >
>I am 33 years old and have suffered with chronic back pain for the last
>9 years. My back problems resulted from a car accident and subsequent
>three spinal operations. The final operation was a L4-S1 CD fusion
>(with hardware). I have tried many therapies to try to live with the
>chronic pain, however nothing has helped except pain medication such as
>Oxycodone (Percocet). Now that my husband I and want to have children I
>am very concerned about being pregnant and taking medications. I have
>tried many times to live without the medications, but with no success. I
>am interested to find out if there are pain medications that can be
>taken during pregnancy, and how can I find a doctor in my area
>(Westchester, NY) who specializes in working with women who have chronic
>pain and are pregnent.
>Thank you.
>
>--
>Dorene Zhulkovsky
>

Percocet is a no-no in pregnancy and weight gain and postural changes from pregnancy may make pregnancy unbearable.

--
Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. FACOG, FACS
Great Neck, New York
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