Posts Tagged ‘Chronic pain’

by milesgehm

Question by stormee777: Does anyone know what “Methadone” is and what is for?
A friend said she was going to get it but I heard it has herion in it…She was in a car accident and is taking pills.Now,she told me she wants to go to methadone…

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Answer by crazeej
umm..
its usually used as an anti-addictive.. meaning it helps drug addicts to get over their addictions to heroin and such.
although..
its also used in managing chronic pain… (long term pain)
Opioid medications allow us to treat chronic pain as aggressively as we would any pathogen, but we must first overcome ingrained misconceptions about patients’ motivations for seeking treatment and about the addictive properties of the drugs. With controlled use, the newer sustained-release formulations give real hope for safe and sustained pain relief.

Question by so_fresh: Still addicted…?
I’ve tried over and over so many times to quit using narcotic pain killers, but I can’t last more than 3 days. How are people supposed to get clean when they can’t afford help? I know I’m addicted, I know I need help, but I simply don’t have the money for any kind of treatment. I know I could go to NA but I think it would just give me more access to drugs- we all know who hangs around those meetings, right? Anyway now I’m looking on here to see if anyone has advice or ideas on how I can quit… I feel like there’s no way out, like I know where I need to go, but don’t have any idea how to get there.

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Answer by Pretty
You are just the only person can help your self to make you out in that situation!!!. . . Try some diversion activities

Question by Bonnie W: how does the pain medicine fentanyl effect you, and can you still lead a fairly normal life?
i have chronic pain and am getting ready to try duragesic pain patches for the first time as prescribed by md, please let me know of your experiences or those of loved ones? how do you shower with one on? if it makes you feel worse, how long til it gets out of your system? i have read bad stuff about it, but surely they must do something good to still be on the market? my dose will be 25mcg which i assume is a low level, am wondering if this will make me a zombie, if the pain relief will be different from oxycodone and methadone, and if i can take them off and put them back on here and there to minimize the dosage or avoid addiction, which when you are going to have pain the rest of your life, addiction no longer matters as long as it won’t make me a zombie or turn mean or whatever, and how does it effect your driving? do people walk around in public normally with these patches on? i am just very fearful, hoping for answers to my pain, hoping that this will be a good thing if i do things correctly. please tell me anything you feel like sharing, i appreciate it. -i am a seriously screwed up crippled person in pain, not a druggie here so please no fast attitudes…
just wanted to say i’ve already been brushed off by busy doctors at clinic and pharmacist who said read the enclosures everything will be fine, i am trying to gather as much knowledge as possible…thanks….

Novus Medical Detox Addresses Drinking on the Job — Channel 10 News – Novus speaks on the consumption of alcohol while working; company risks can be heavy, and Novus says it should be treated as soon as possible. Alcohol is the…

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Philip Seymour Hoffman autopsy ruled inconclusive by New York medical …
Hoffman, who had spoken candidly about his history of addiction and had claimed to have been clean for decades, entered a detox program last year after relapsing. Cops have confirmed that heroin found in Hoffman's apartment after his death was not cut …
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MaineGeneral Health's new Narcan program aims to stop overdose deaths
“Inherent in chronic pain and detox patients is a high risk for overdose, intentionally or unintentionally,” said Dr. Mark Bucksbaum, medical director of rehabilitation services for MaineGeneral Health. “This is designed to give them a home rescue,” he …
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Question by Killer: my brother is addicted to weed?
I’ve been smoking weed every day for 2 years now, and I’m not addicted. but brother started last week and now he’s addicted! what should I do?

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Answer by The Big E
If you have smoked weed every day for the last two years, you too are addicted whether you admit it to yourself and others or not. Insofar as your review of your brother’s weed smoking habit, that is especially not for you to be judging in light of the example you set for him. The blind are enviably not in a credible position to adequately lead the blind as both suffer the same impaired judgment before the process even begins. The greatest lies that hurt us most are the ones we tell ourselves.

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The 3 Levels of Pain Management Treatment in America – Pain management treatment in the US is broad and includes much more than just narcotics. If you have acute or chronic pain from a herniated disc, back pain, …

Fort Lauderdale Pain Management Clinic, Complete Care Medical, Now Offering …
Fort Lauderdale pain management clinic, Complete Care Medical Center, is now offering self pay pain treatment. The treatments are offered by Board Certified pain management doctors and include individualized therapies that have very high success rates.
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The Texas Pain Relief Group (TPRG) and Physicians Partners of America (PPOA …
Dr. Gari, with over 25 years of medical experience in pain management, commented, “Often, we see patients whose lives have been destroyed through an injury or disease not of their making, only to be further victimized by inadequate treatment." (PRWEB) …
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