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Originally Posted by Gregxi

I am tryng to get a better understanding of what your post said
Have you been taking 10/325 since '05? and if so at what daily dosage?
most Doctors would have sent you to pain management years ago, I understand chronic pain and have been living with it for the last 2 years.

I was sent to pain management also after MRI'S and X-Rays indicated degenerative disc disease and cervical spondylosis, they then did blocks, steroid injections, rhizotomy to no avail. countless meds arthritis,nerve,and even anti depressants which I found to be the WORST thing ever, I never understood depression and my heart goes out to people that have to take that poison.The only relief I get is the vicodin that they finally started prescribing me after the third or fourth visit. Opiates are a very slippery slope as you are probably very aware and I have struggled with this as I have seen far too many people lose everything over pill addictions.

Pain doctors usually will not start writing you scripts until they know you are in need and not just Dr. shopping or trying to feed your addiction. You are guilty until proven innocent in most cases. The DEA is going over every script they write due to the huge nationwide abuse of opiates, so they are going to dot their i's and cross their t's before you get "accepted"

Get the MRI done and go back and talk to the doctor he is going to suggest various forms of treatment before he prescribes narcotics as this is usually a last resort.
hope things get better for you

In 2005 the 10mgs were for my torn rotator cuff, took them for pre and post op. Then again in 08, same thing happened. since 2009.5-2010 I been on 10mgs of oxycodone. maybe 2-3, 4-5 days out of the week. because of my torn rotator cuff. Now since recently with M.S and all, with the legs pains, cant walk, and constant pain I have to take 20-30mgs for any kind of relief, otherwise Im sitting in a chair all day in pain, and right now I cant even work, which makes things worse.

For the M.S Ive been through Steroids, nerve blocks, and such, steroids (5days IV) help with the pain for a little while, but I cant have that around the clock. MY Neuro has done all this.

Originally Posted by sjg111

Honestly, just shop around for another doctor and get a second opinion. There's no reason why you should have to put up with one who doesn't suit your needs. Definitely find a neurologist who specializes in MS.

I have another Pain management dr looking at my records as we speak to see if he will accept me as a patient, plus he is a Neuro.

Originally Posted by CollinsE90

Yea I was being completely serious and using nothing but Dr House as my reasoning

Come on guys, its common sense, why would the Ortho send him to a pain clinic to JUST get pain meds, when he can prescribe them himself

Think guys

Guess to you didn't understand my posts...Ortho Suggested Pain management for shoulder and for my MS Pains. Obviously the Ortho would not treat my M.S conditions.

Originally Posted by JayKay335i

Find an MS specialist. Look into antidepressants that are also used for neuralgia. Don't take oxy because you don't sound responsible and will be on it forever.

Your an idiot.

Originally Posted by pman10

OP, sorry to hear about all the pain you are having with your MS. It really is a debilitating disease, so you need to find doctors that are flexible and willing to work with you.

Pain management is a tricky business. Newer docs tend to err on the side of caution, to avoid looking silly by prescribing to a druggie or malingering individual. That's clearly not the case with you. Older physicians are usually more understanding and flexible in their pain medication administration - although this is not a hard and fast rule.

Are you taking meds for your MS? What are you on? Interferon therapy? What sort of MS do you have? Is it progressive or of the remitting/relapsing variety?

Also, find an MS specialist, if you're not seeing one already. ideally someone who is more aware of pain management, so you can work on a combined approach. Neurology/pain mgmt is a relatively new subspecialty, but you should be able to find someone. Academic centers are a good place to start.

To the others who say he shouldn't be on stronger pain medication - only he can really evaluate that. Pain management is far from a perfected science, while pain itself can be absolutely, utterly debilitating; until you have experienced it, it is very, very hard to understand what the OP is going through. i am of the camp that everything should be done to reduce pain to at least a bearable level, risk of addiction be damned. I would rather have a patient with a chronic condition risk addiction and withdrawal than have them spend months or years of their life in agony.

Was taking Avonex, which is Intro-muscular injection every week, Now Im switching to Rebif, which is an injection every 3 days.

Originally Posted by M3Bahn

Sorry to hear, I agree many doctors suck and don't have a clue.


Have you had your Vit. D levels checked?


Low Serum Vitamin D Linked to Multiple Sclerosis

A new study shows that multiple sclerosis (MS) is linked to low levels of vitamin D in the blood, but it’s unclear whether vitamin D deficiency is a causal factor in the disease or whether vitamin D supplements would protect against it.

Alberto Ascherio, M.D., Dr.P.H., a professor of nutrition and epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, examined the connection between vitamin D and MS by accessing medical records and blood samples from more than 7 million U.S. military personnel. He found that in some soldiers with MS, vitamin D levels in the blood – drawn as a routine matter several years before they were diagnosed – were lower than in soldiers without the disease. The study was supported by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), and appeared in the December 20, 2006 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.*

http://www.ninds.nih.gov/news_and_ev...vitD_serum.htm

My VIT D is always low, my last blood test I was scripted 50,000 units of VIT D, 1 tab per week. Now I think I need to take 4,000 unit daily or weekly, cant remember off the top of my head.

Originally Posted by FStop7

That sucks man, what type of MS do you have?

Relapse/Remitting.


Some of you guys here shouldn't be in this thread until you experience pain, or what M.S really is, its debilitating disease. I was blind in 1 eye an entire month, I had Optic-neuritis, due to an M.S episode (my very first one). Due to the quick thinking of my Ophthalmologist, who started me on IV steroids right away, which I slowly regained my eyesight back, about 90% of it, recommended me to a Neuro who sent me for a brain MRI, saw lesions on my brain which goes hand in hand which what I have.