Lyrica vs hydrocodone
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ve been diagnosed with RSD and have been on Demerol, hydrocodone, oxycodone and Lyrica. After seeing what works and what doesn't, I am currently only taking the oxycodone(2-7.5 every 4-6 hrs) and Lyrica(3-75 mg a day). The side effects I'm experiencing are constipation and my libido is mia. I can deal with the constipation, but at 45 and married, the libido change has GOT to be corrected.
I take hydrocodone and can take up to six of these a day. I am concerned with becoming addicted and if using six pills a day is safe. Lately, my sister has noticed I have slurring of speech occasionally and use the wrong words in a sentence sometimes. Can hydrocodone use cause this? Thank you for any response.
I have fibromyalgia, tinnitus and neuropathy that my pain mgr. has been treating with lyrica, xanax and hydrocodone. The strength of hydrocodone has gone down over the past couple of years. No longer is there Lortab, or 10/500, so we're given 10/325. The brand version does help. The generics are crap.
My worry is the source of the dizziness, which does seem to be the lyrica and neurontin, since those were the two things that changed when this dizziness all started.
benzo peeps are different than narc peeps///narc peeps use for a different NT deficiency///lyrica would as a rule be a bit more dangerous for a benzo addict vs a narcotic addict as narc addicts use for nrg as a rule//again we r all different...
dealing with life without any meds is always the best route...but in reality it is not always the scenario for everyone..only we know what we can and an not tolerate..
Any suggestions would be helpful. Due to a personal finance crash, I am coming off Hydrocodone, Cymbalta, Ultram, and Lyrica all at once. I'm tapering off but it's not feeling very good. I've been off Ultram for a couple of days. I've tapered from 90mg Cymbalta to 30Mg in approximately one week. I've dropped from 40mg of Hydrocodone a day to 20mg. I haven't had to reduce the Lyrica yet but I will soon.
the only thing ive gotten any relief from has been the hydrocodone. lyrica has been offered, im just a little nervous about the side effects. but it is good to hear that it really does help with the pain.
thanks for the suggestions.
I have tried ammitryptilene, neurontin, lyrica and cymbalta but none of them has really helped. Does anyone have a suggestion about other treatments that have worked for them?
I am going to retire and try to get off the hydrocodone and the lyrica. Then I pray that I can feel alright again. I have felt like crap for a yr. I don't understand why it has gone on so long. I haven't taken anything but the 2 hydrocodone and lyrica for a yr. The other meds should have been out of my system by now. Why does the anxiety and awful headaches with no energy continue?
and im prescribed .5 klonopin 3 times a day for anxiety, and the lyrica for anxiety and the lyrica does help with the pain, it numbs it without the "high" feeling...i know everyones withdrawels are different, i think i can handle the physical part, its the mental part im more afraid of i think, like is it gonna make me feel dizzy, weird headed, anything like that? i dont know, ive never had to wd...
I have had 4 back surgeries, so I have been forced to take hydrocodone for about 5 yrs. I was taking hydrocodone and lyrica prior to the specialist (not) changing me to the stronger drugs. I don't know what happened to my system, but I have not been the same. That was a year ago, so why am I still in such bad shape. I dread getting up in the mornings because I feel so bad and have to deal with something that happens to me where I feel like I can't stand being in my body.
Not really any difference. Vicoprofen has Ibuprofen with the Hydrocodone. Vicodin has Tylenol. Strength would be the same if they both were the same dose.
I am having a difficult time managing the pain which is severe and yet my primary care doctor prescribed a very small dose of hydrocodone (1 every 6 hours) which at least took the edge off the pain. The prescription is done and he tells me just to take Advil now. I am confused as to why a Dr. would be reluctant to prescribe pain medications for something as painful as this condition? Should I be seeing a specialist of some sort? I have been taking NSAIDS like candy and very little relief.
Thanks for your responce and experience with usong two strong drugs together.
I use Methadone for several reasons. But it is new Drug I have been givin after takeing Hydrocodone 7.5 and at times I was given 10's. But I have been on Lyrica for about three years now for Nerve Pain caused by a DR's screw up in harvesting my vaine from my left leg ..Cut threw everything like a butcher. ' But he did save my life so I nave just gone on living this was..
I get urine drug tested every month when i go to get my prescriptions from a pain management clinic. I have tested positive for either Hydrocodone or Oxycontin the last 6 times I tested. I havent taken Hydrocodone in 5 years and Ive never taken Oxycontin. The dr doesnt believe me and Im probably gonna be released because of it. I cant make him believe me. Can anyone tell me if any of the following drugs can give a false positive for Hydrocodone or Oxycontin.
It sounds like it could be the hydrocodone, or the Lyrica as Paxiled said. I'm curious to see how you feel making the slight adjustment to the hydrocodone. Logically, it's possible that the headaches are popping up at a time when your body thinks it needs more of the pain medicine. Sounds like you're taking it fairly frequently, but then you have the big gap in time between doses. That could definitely cause your issues.
I have taken hydrocodone for5 years and have took more than what's prescribed,so I am once agin running out! I have taken 15-20 daily last year or so and yesterday I couldnt bc lack of supply. Today I have take halfs. All tog 1 1/2 so far, I did take a lyrica that I am prescribed once today bc I could feel it in my body. I also pushed myself to go out in the hot sun today and clean weeds from flower beds to keep busy.
I am wanting to stop taking hydrocodone. I have been taking it on and off for about a year. I do have an injury thus the reason for the pain, but am tired of taking the pills, and fill like I need to increase in order to manage the pain. When I stop I feel the pain I am taking it for, and then on top of that I have major leg aches, and feel sick. What can I do to just get past these additional symptoms?
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