Methadone and neuropathic pain
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Pregabalin, is a medication used to treat epilepsy, neuropathic pain, fibromyalgia, and generalized anxiety disorders. It is better known as Lyrica. Many physicians order opiates and Lyrica together. Methadone is a different animal. I'm not confident in saying you can safely take the two together. Your best source would be a Pharmacist. They are the true experts in medications, the side effects, interactions and so forth. They are free and you don't always have to give your name.
NOW THAT HE IS TAKING NEURONTIN AND ZANAFLEX HE HAS LESS PAIN, BUT NEITHER DRUG SEEMS TO HELP WITH NEUROPATHIC PAIN.
MONTEL WILLIAMS TALKS ALOT ABOUT HIS PAIN WITH MS IN HIS BOOKS. HE IS ON LIQUID CANNABIS WHICH HE SAYS HELPS HIM. OF COURSE IT IS ILLEGAL IN MOST STATES.
I THINK THERE IS A DRUG CALLED LHC WHICH IS SIMILAR TO THE INGREDIENT IN MARIJUIANA AND IS LEGAL TO PRESCRIBE, BUT I DO NOT KNOW MUCH ABOUT IT.
I AM VERY SORRY TO HEAR YOU ARE NOT DOING WELL.
30 mg of methadone is not a large dose for treating neuropathic pain. Since you say the pain has slowly increased, I do not doubt that you are feeling undermedicated and I'm glad to hear that you are getting a dose adjustment.
However, perhaps the increased pain is caused by a change in your underlying condition? I hope that your doctor has reevaluated your fracture.
I recently started taking methadone for my RLS. My RLS was extremely severe - to the point where I was only able to sleep a couple hours a night, unable to sleep in a bed (I've had to sleep on the floor for about the last 5 years), I would punch my legs to make them go numb, spend most of the night walking around my living room, and spent much of my time in a lot of pain. Methadone has been extremely helpful so far. I am sleeping at night and my legs rarely bother me.
Management of this disorder focuses on restoring joint movement and reducing shoulder pain. Usually, it begins with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and the application of heat, followed by gentle stretching exercises. These stretching exercises, which may be performed in the home with the help of a physical massage or occupational therapist, are the treatment of choice.
It was once heavily marketed to pain cliinics for treatment of neuropathic pain, and is still used for that purpose. But it was also marketed (illegally, according to the FDA) as a mood stabilizer, even though there are no good studies showing it is effective treatment for bipolar disorder. The company that makes the drug was hit with t large fine about ten years ago for taking docs to the Caribbean and giving them lectures and marketing pitches... the NY Times had some big article on it .
Hi, and welcome to the forum. Neuropathic pain is difficult to treat and we were lucky enough to have a pain management doctor wrtie up to Health Pages on the subject. Please click on the two links below. the first one is explaining what neuropathic pain is and the second is describing how to treat it and explaining why you want (actually NEED) to go slow. No one WANTS to go slow, of course.
http://www.medhelp.org/health_pages/Multiple%20Sclerosis/Pain---A-Primer/show/371?
MS and EM can both have thermal (temperature) and mechanical (touch) alloydinia (pain from things that normally aren't painful). Years of using 3600mg. of gabapentin (aka Neurontin) and being unable to use other anticonvulsants I tried due to serious side-effects, pushed me towards a pain management doctor and opiods, even though they were only mildly helpful to neuropathic pain.
Hello, I was looking for some treatment options for General Neuropathic Pain as the only diagnosis my dr can provide me after negative EMGs both upper and lower extremeties and complete work up including MRIs, bone scans, x-rays, and blood tests.
My pain is debilitating sciatica like in both legs and ulnar nerve pain in both arms from shoulder down to the pinky fingers which feels like tightness in so many muscle groups. Pain for 2 years without answer or any treatment to help.
I hope someone can shed light on this. I have been experiencing neuropathic pain for 8 months after taking vitamins and supplements. My initial symptom was twitching in my left calf. This progressed with pins and needles sensation in more of my left leg. A week or so later I had similar symptoms in my right leg as well as significant numbness in my right thigh. Next I experienced parenthesis across my mid back at about th mid-thoracic level.
He learned that the MSIR, given for the cancer treatment pain, was able to manage the neuropathic pain. There has been no etiology determined for the neuropathy. His Lumbar puncture was normal except for elevated protein. His skin is very hot when his pain is bad, & he is lightheaded & unsteady.
It could be neuropathic, though an unlikely possibility. Neuropathic pain can be managed with medications or nerve destruction.
3. Likely possibilities include referred pain from other regions, infections, inflammations, chronic irritation etc.
It would be best to get this evaluated by a urologist or an internist for an accurate diagnosis and appropriate management.
Hope this is helpful.
Take care!
She also uses antihistamines to help the itching, but they only offer some relief and always make her fall asleep. Her doctor also prescribed her muscle relaxers and pain killers, but they don't seem to do the trick.
We are encouraging her to get an MRI to see what could be wrong, but it's hard for her to sit with her head in one position for a long time (it causes her too much pain), and she's not sure she'll be able to get through it.
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