Comments on: Types of Pain Medication: What Are My Options For Pain Treatment? http://www.howtocopewithpain.org/blog/134/medication-101-what-are-my-options-for-pain-treatment/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:24:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: How to Cope with Pain http://www.howtocopewithpain.org/blog/134/medication-101-what-are-my-options-for-pain-treatment/comment-page-1/#comment-16737 How to Cope with Pain Mon, 06 Jul 2009 11:57:28 +0000 http://www.howtocopewithpain.org/blog/134/medication-101-what-are-my-options-for-pain-treatment/#comment-16737 Hi Christopher, As long as you're getting benefit from narcotics - both pain relief <em>as well as the ability to do more</em> - it may make sense to increase your dosage. But only if as you increase dose, you continue to get <em>more </em>benefit, up to a medication maximum, and benefits outway side effects. That being said, the narcotics aren't the only medication to maximize (what about gabapentin, for example?). Or adding other types of medication may also be useful. Instead of asking to increase a specific medication, you might try discussin overall medication management with pain, and ask her what she thinks other options might be. Good luck! Hi Christopher,
As long as you’re getting benefit from narcotics – both pain relief as well as the ability to do more – it may make sense to increase your dosage. But only if as you increase dose, you continue to get more benefit, up to a medication maximum, and benefits outway side effects.

That being said, the narcotics aren’t the only medication to maximize (what about gabapentin, for example?). Or adding other types of medication may also be useful.

Instead of asking to increase a specific medication, you might try discussin overall medication management with pain, and ask her what she thinks other options might be.

Good luck!

]]> By: Christopher http://www.howtocopewithpain.org/blog/134/medication-101-what-are-my-options-for-pain-treatment/comment-page-1/#comment-16734 Christopher Sun, 05 Jul 2009 22:12:31 +0000 http://www.howtocopewithpain.org/blog/134/medication-101-what-are-my-options-for-pain-treatment/#comment-16734 Several years ago I ended up with compression fracture T-10,T-11 Now I take vicoden 5-500-Pain, Methocarbam 750 Musclespasm, Gabapentin 400 Pain. this makes so it is bearable Have been on this regime almost one and half years. However I becoming tolerat of vicoden. Have been trying to get into a pain specialist for almost a year now but have no insurance for another 6 months. Waiting for my medicaid to kick in. and am trying to figure out how to get my docter to increase dose so I can do some things, Anything, but she is to worried about addiction and will not allow me to have more.? help what do I do untill I get onto medicaid. If you anyquestion please feel free to email me. Kringle0220@yahoo.com. I am on disability do to memory problems Due to head traume received at same time as back injury and pain unctrolled fully. Several years ago I ended up with compression fracture T-10,T-11 Now I take vicoden 5-500-Pain, Methocarbam 750 Musclespasm, Gabapentin 400 Pain. this makes so it is bearable Have been on this regime almost one and half years. However I becoming tolerat of vicoden. Have been trying to get into a pain specialist for almost a year now but have no insurance for another 6 months. Waiting for my medicaid to kick in. and am trying to figure out how to get my docter to increase dose so I can do some things, Anything, but she is to worried about addiction and will not allow me to have more.? help what do I do untill I get onto medicaid. If you anyquestion please feel free to email me. Kringle0220@yahoo.com. I am on disability do to memory problems Due to head traume received at same time as back injury and pain unctrolled fully.

]]> By: Rhonda http://www.howtocopewithpain.org/blog/134/medication-101-what-are-my-options-for-pain-treatment/comment-page-1/#comment-16612 Rhonda Thu, 04 Jun 2009 02:56:03 +0000 http://www.howtocopewithpain.org/blog/134/medication-101-what-are-my-options-for-pain-treatment/#comment-16612 I skimmed through a bit of your information and have found it to be very knowledgeable and I am a Pharmacist. Keep up the good work. Thank you very much for your help! I skimmed through a bit of your information and have found it to be very knowledgeable and I am a Pharmacist. Keep up the good work. Thank you very much for your help!

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