Help! I really need to find a good breakthrough pain medicine and FAST?

Question

Hi. I'll try to make this brief but its hard because there are so many important details to my story and to my needs.
Basically, i have had chronic back pain since i was about 24 and i have been seeing a Dr and taking medication for 3 years. It of course first started that i went to my Dr, went through the MRI's, physical therapy (PT told me they could really do nothing to hep), epidural pain shots and i have spoken with a nerosurgeon and i have an appointment with another neurosurgeon next Friday. I have severe multilevel disc herniation and bulging--so much that as my Dr desribes it--its like i have permanent pinched nerves...I also have disc degeneration and spinal stenosis. And of course arthritis setting in and i am only 30 years old.....this of course causes unbearable and i mean UNBEARABLE sciattica and pain. My regular Dr has done nerve tests on me and he says that its important that i hurry to get a surgery (he says a discectomy) because i am losing feeling in my right side (where mos of the worst herniation is) and he says that if i leave this unaddressed, i will risk severe nerve damage.
Ok--so heres my question. As of now, I am perscribed Percocet 10/325..45pills for 15 days (3x a day), Fentanyl patch 50 mg to be worn every 72 hours (it NEVER lasts the 72 hours..but the first day is great..no pain at all) and also Flexeril muscle relaxers 2x daily (i don't really take them during the day because the make me too tired..but i do take one at night)
Besides the meds, i am trying EVERYTHING. I use ice and heat almost every night which is hard because i have a 4 year old to chase after, i do the stretching that i was taught in physical therapy (even though my therapist told me he was doubtful it would help all that much) and i try to use Mortin when the pain is mild.
The pain is so bad. The percocet is NOT working...i don't know why but almost as soon as i started taking that 10mg percocet..it just didn't work (i was perscribed 7.5mg percocet before) My Dr says that this is because i am developing a tolerance to the pain medicine which is understandavle but...i need to be rescued from this pain!
I am going to my Dr today..i don't have my regular appointment where i receive the pills and the patches until next Tuesday, but i just can't wait. I still have some of my medicine to prove to him that i am NOT abusing it and i am hoping and praying that he percribes me some sort of breakthrough medicine. Like i said, i have a job (an office manager at that and when the pain is real bad...forget it..i'm a mess..but i NEED this job) and i have a 4 year old. I live with my Mom right now thank goodness so she is able to help me here and there but still...its really hard. (i'm crying now)
What kind of good breakthrough medicines are there for severe, chronic back pain? Like i said, i am awaiting to have the surgery so i hope to someday soon be able to taper off all of this (i wanna have another baby one of these days!) A friend of mine takes the Actiq fentanyl lollipops and he says they really help him...or are there some good pain pills for when the pain is just too much and my 10 mg percocet just won't do the trick?
Please help me..i just want to be rescued from this pain. Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Just because he had a problem doesn't mean, every person that is on long-term narcotic drug therapy, is addicted. If he loves you he will recognize that you need the meds, and if you aren't running out before your next refill or dr appt, then you don't have a problem with them. There is a difference between needing the med and abusing the meds. From what I have read before the dosage you are on isn't extraordinary, if the doc thinks it is okay then it is. Tell him if he loves you he will back off and not interfer with your medical treatment, or let him leave, no person is worth you being in severe pain 24 hrs a day. I wish you the best.

Answer 2

Please take this with a grain of salt, I am very ignorant of your situation and don't know much about pain treatments. However, I wanted to bring up emu oil. I've heard that it helps back pain, but I would do some research on it. Best of luck to you and hope you'll find something very effective one day.

Answer 3

Please read Dr John Sarno read the back and sciatica pain episodes. I really suffered so badly until I found his theory and understood what's going on! Your tears will stop and you'll feel more in control which will calm your fears. I wrote a blog about my back pain nightmare to help others. Take care

Answer 4

You don't even need a medicine for breakthrough relief. You have nothing but tight muscles causing all your problems and you need to free them up and they want to do surgery for that??? Tight muscles in your back are pulling on the vertebrae to cause the pressure to bulge and rupture your discs. Pinched muscles in your lower back are pressing onto the nerves, including the sciatica, to cause the pains and problems in your legs. Once you free up the muscles in your back you will be taking the pressure off the parts that are full of pain to get your relief and to keep from wrecking your back worse than it already is. If they don't get the pressure off the muscles what is going to prevent any further damage the tight muscles will do? You will be back in for surgery after surgery that is trying to do what you can do for yourself right now, freeing up the muscles to take the pressure off everything. Here's how to free them up to get rid of the pain:

Back:

(do from a sitting position)

Place your left hand on your left leg next to your body. Place your right hand over your left shoulder, fingers over the back and the palm in the front and firmly press on them and hold. After 30 seconds slowly lower your body forward and to the outside of your left leg, keeping your left arm fairly straight as you do. When you reach your lap remain there for another 10 seconds, release the pressure but rest there for another 30 seconds. Then reverse your hand positions and do your right side.

For best results relax your body first by taking a deep breath and exhaling then remain this relaxed. I don't know how your discs will act once the pressure is off, but the pressure is the biggest problem and just getting it off your spine is going to be a big plus for you.

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Answer 6

I am sorry you are in so much pain. This site helped me when I needed pain management due to an accident.



http://chronicpainfacts.com/



Hope this helps