Ms Contin Prescription Withdrawal (Page 4)
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Im a 58 yr old woman. I'm bipolar, reclusive and my husband is an over the road trucker. 4 years ago i was put on Percocet 10/325. The dr missed a broken shoulder bone so i switched Drs who added MS Contin. I had rotator cuff surgery but within 3 months I went to bed at Thanksgiving and woke up at the hospital on Xmas. I had severe pneumonia - they induced the coma as my oxygen was mid 60s, and after 3 chest tubes failed, they had to go in and physically debride my lung. So besides shoulder to wrist pain I have phantom nerve pain over that scar.

My dr told me the nerves cant connect. I don't take street drugs, nor seek drugs, but my vision is bad and my husband left a tablet in a dish by my chair which i thought was a Percocet and took it. Well, it wasn't. I knew i was going to have a UA on my next visit, but due to this, (and there is no way whatever was left in my system was high levels at all) he dismissed me as a patient and will not even talk to me nor offer advice how to quit. My husband took me to the ER Saturday night because I woke up screaming because my calves were cramped like rocks. Last year in a trip that got delayed i ran out of meds for about 8 days and i know whats coming next.

I have NO ONE to even keep an eye on me let alone help me. I don't think i can survive either physically or mentally. I've tried calling doctors, the hospital, and no one cares. I'm older, just a bottom feeder in Purdue's pharmaceutical ruin of this country. Other than writing a will, is there ANY help for me? I have no family. Although my Dr knew i needed mental services (esp after the coma), none were provided. What do i do? Im running out of time and energy.. help me please.

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I have to say that the drugs she was on is nothing compared to what you mentioned. There not pain meds. She is a pain patient and yes you can die from withdrawls. She cannot just get over the effects to come. She needs help and her doctor should have never dismissed her without giving her some sort of options.

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I am reading all of this and I am scared to death. I just went through a spinal fusion with rods and bolts to keep the spine in place. I am 3 weeks out and am coming up for what I thought was going to be an easy refill for my pain medication (Oxycodone 5-325). Now I am so freaked out that they won't taper me slowly as I was on Tramadol for 6 years before my surgery. My PCP kept writing my rx until I became my own advocate and wanted x-rays, MRI, and Cat Scan. Finally I was referred to a Nuerosurgeon for an opinion and he did my surgery after several spinal inj's. all while my PCP was still writing my rx for tramadol. Now post surgery I am 3 weeks on this oxy and think I am going to need one more month of pain meds. After that....who should I go to for tapering off these opioids? I don't think my PCP wants any part of my surgery recovery. Why is this so hard to get what is needed?? I am baffled by healthcare anymore.... Seems they all want to shove you to the next doc who will see you... If you can find one. Where is the hypocritical oath our Drs take to get their License to be a Doctor!! Scared pt. who needs some advice?

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I read your post and I'm so sorry to hear your going through all of this. Yes it is crucial that you seek help. Tell them that you were a pain patient and what happened. I would also call your doctor for they cannot refuse you some sort of help after all they took the Hypocratic oath to help people. I don't think your a drug seeker. You made a mistake. Nobody is perfect! If the doctor still refuses to help you go to the hospital and tell them that your doctor will not help you. You have legitimate health problems so please keep is informed on how you are doing. God bless you

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It sounds like you failed your drug panel. I am grateful my pain doctor has a protocol for failed drug panels. The way my doctor works is if you fail a drug panel he requires patients to see a drug rehab counselor. And at that point if you fail another one he puts you on suboxone to come off pain meds and then he releases patients. I think his protocol is fair for the people who don't want to follow the pain management agreement. People blame the doctors too much for why they get kicked out but there is a pain management agreement from the very first day of treatment and if people are in serious pain you have to follow it.. I am not pointing fingers and my heart goes out to all who suffer from chronic pain. I suggest you to go to your hospital and explain to them why you are there and they are required to admit you at your request and treat you for withdrawal syndrome. Withdrawals can cause a person to die and every Healthcare professionals knows this. If your pain doctor had any sympathy he would have put you on suboxone to get you by until you could find another pain doctor. I will keep you in my prayers and I hope you don't do something that will cause you harm. You sound like you have a loving husband who works hard, don't forget about him. All I have is my husband and he has helped me come out of severe depression not to mention severe panic attacks. I would be lost without him as would your husband without you.. GOD BLESS.

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Oh my gosh are you kidding me right now??? Seriously I am so f***ing mad that the Doctors do this crap. I have a situation right now very similar to yours...I am 56 yrs young and I have been going to a pain management clinic since 2001 and yesterday I called to let them now I went to a Casino and lost my meds and I got a phone call back and was told the best they can offer is withdrawal medication whatever that might be...I have been going there nearly 20 years as a model patient never have lost a medication or had a inconsistent U/A, never a miscounted a pill count and this is what I get? I told them I curse the day I even came to this place. Now if I had hypertension or any other disease where I need meds I would be able to get a refill but because of the hype on pain pills I have to go through all this??? She said we do that for everyone and I said everyone of us are different and unique, just because someone else is a drug seeker doesn't mean I am, so I don't want to be treated like someone else. I can understand if I did this thing on a regular basis but the first time in nearly 20 yrs and if I was going to do this I would of called the first week, not like only a week before i get a refill. I hate this place in Kalispell MT, they make me feel like a stupid little kid. I am so pissed right now.. If anyone knows of a Doctor in Idaho or Spokane area that isn't intimated to help with prescribing pain meds please let me know. Also I wish I could help you but the losers ruined it for the people that have real pain.

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I have a daughter who was addicted to many pain medications because of pain management who just kept adding more and more and stronger and stronger. I watched her go through servere withdrawals and beg for pills to just stop what she was going through. It was horrible just as what you are going through is horrible. She is alive today and pain meds free. Do not go to another addiction. The methadone and the other one to supposedly help is just another addiction. Go to a mental health counselor and talk. Talk therapy does wonders!! Go to church, talk to a pastor. Many churches have Celebrate Recovery. Do what is necessary but leave the addictive medication alone. Just know that you are well into the withdrawal and on the road to recovery.. Be proud of yourself for not giving in!! Best of luck to you and God Bless you!!

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If it was a no brainer she wouldn't have took the time out to write this all out.... Use your words more kindly for she is distraught obviously, she probably doesn't know what's available to her if the dr wont speak to her, i'd feel lost too. Even tho you are CORRECT, just be gentle with the use of your words as she stated her mentality is unstable. If things get unbearable, in 30 seconds after reading this or 30 days, call them for help, they CANNOT REFUSE YOU...GOOD LUCK LOVE XX

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True but to a point.. It's something else to get hooked on. Just covering up one for another. I did the Suboxone and Methadone programs, neither supportive and as i was there for pain management that never happened, i was treated like a using addict. I'm an addict in recovery but i haven't dosed in 9 years as of this october. My meds were just stolen.. 66 days tooooo early for refill and i've spent the last 36 days in utter hell.

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You'll be fine you won't die coming of this drug! I've been through it! Valuim/Xanax has been the worst thing I've gotten off! Ever

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Go to to methadone clinic, they'll treat your pain and put an end to ur withdrawal

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if you can find a Methadone office, that is what they are there for, or got to ER, look for a Subutex doc

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Well you call 911 if so bad a hospital staff and Dr. Will perform blood test realize you are detoxing without meds. Which is worse than pain itself and prescribe a taper off method for you . i also was on ms contin for 15 years oxycodone 15 years xnax 25 years etc it takes 30 days min. To taper off then up to 12 to 24 months for your body to adjust. You may be on a lower dose of pain med. For life.?? But any opiut pain killer you become tollerant to and physically addicted. So options are nerve block shots of cortisone every 3 to 8 to 12 months . or prednidone a great antiinflamatory .. Just call 911 if alone its a no brainer.

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