I have had 3 days of some extreme pain. Today was better than the others, but yesterday, I was in bed for the whole day. I think the gabapentin is going to have to be increased.... okay. But I had to take twice as much of my narcotic than prescribed to make it work (which indicates to me tolerance issues.) Okay.....
Anyway, what fast acting narcotic has worked for you? I need something that when the pain level 7 hits, I can make it dull at least. Up until this last time, Vicodin worked just fine. It is not working anymore without a high amount of it, which cannot be good for me.
Someone suggested lidocaine. I can't afford that. It is quite a bit of money and I am uninsured.
Best of luck at your appointment! I was on Vicodin 7.5 mgs. for years, but was recently taken off due to toxic levels of Acetominaphine. I’m now on Norco 10 mgs. that has a much lower doseage of Acetominaphine. It doesn’t knock out the pain as well and I will ask to try Roxy or Roxycodone, which I understand is solid narcotic with no Acetominaphine. I know we all respond differently to different meds. Morphine doesn’t work for me at all. I was recentlly put on Suboxone which made me high as a kite but didn’t touch the pain at all.
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I’m on 900 mgs. of Gabapentin/Neurontin three times a day. It’s the only one of it’s type that I didn’t have reactions to.
Hydrocodone, is the generic name for Vicodin and Norco. I am on the 10 mg of it and it just is NOT working anymore . I have a feeling it is due to the sciatica issue I was having prior to this and taking vicodin for over a year off and on.
I just want something that has a quicker release time so that you feel it faster. Seems like it takes about an hour for the drug to start working.