Deana72
11-29-2003, 09:51 PM
I have been suffering for 12 years and lately I have found myself in cronic pain. I have been though all the meds, mri's and nuroliogist. Someone recently told me about a thing called a pain clinic that will help me "create" the right meds for me while helping with the withdrawls from the hydrocodine that I have been taking for 12 years. Has anyone ever been to one or had any experience with one?
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losingmymind
11-29-2003, 11:32 PM
I really can't offer any advice on the pain clinic but i too have been struggling with this also. Just lastnight i was at the hospital for six hours on a moriphine drip because of all the pain of a migraine. I can't wait to see what people have to say about your question because i'm going to make a appt with a clinic on monday because my nero don't understand me and because it takes so damn long to get into see him. So,,,on top of your question i would like to ask one too.. What kind of meds do the pain clinics give for migraines when you have tried so many of the other migraine meds that didn't work??
Mz Migraine
11-30-2003, 01:01 AM
Deana72 I do not have any experience w/a "Pain Clinic" however, I am currently going to a "Migraine/Headache Clinic" which I found in the yellow pages!
The weaned me off the medications my prior Neurologist had me on & put me on another migraine management program that is working.
I had to wait 3 months for the first office visit.
The first exam took approximately 2 hours. After the exam the doctor took me into her office & talked to me for another hour asking me detailed information about migraines, asked about my migraines/headaches & family history of them.
For 3 months I saw the Neurologist every month. Now I see her every 6-8 weeks.
TO losingmymind: "my nero don't understand me "
I was unhappy w/my original Neurologist that my family physician had recommended. Kept pumping me w/anti depressents....I kept telling her I was not depressed. Zoloft was one of the meds. So I just stopped going on my own. Checked my local yellow pages & discovered the Migraine/Headache Clinic which was right down the street from me! It is also nationally known & has a website.
The weaned me off the medications my prior Neurologist had me on & put me on another migraine management program that is working.
I had to wait 3 months for the first office visit.
The first exam took approximately 2 hours. After the exam the doctor took me into her office & talked to me for another hour asking me detailed information about migraines, asked about my migraines/headaches & family history of them.
For 3 months I saw the Neurologist every month. Now I see her every 6-8 weeks.
TO losingmymind: "my nero don't understand me "
I was unhappy w/my original Neurologist that my family physician had recommended. Kept pumping me w/anti depressents....I kept telling her I was not depressed. Zoloft was one of the meds. So I just stopped going on my own. Checked my local yellow pages & discovered the Migraine/Headache Clinic which was right down the street from me! It is also nationally known & has a website.
Deana72
11-30-2003, 05:29 AM
MS. Migraine,
I am also from NJ, but the nothern part. If I can go to a place that has a great reference I would like to look into it a bit more. If it works, I don't mind taking the drive, but I have to get weaned off this hydrocodine. They have become so much more frequent that I have been having withdrawls. Last night I was so bad and today I am no better.
How was the weaning process?
Thanks,
Deana
Deana72 I do not have any experience w/a "Pain Clinic" however, I am currently going to a "Migraine/Headache Clinic" which I found in the yellow pages!
The weaned me off the medications my prior Neurologist had me on & put me on another migraine management program that is working.
I had to wait 3 months for the first office visit.
The first exam took approximately 2 hours. After the exam the doctor took me into her office & talked to me for another hour asking me detailed information about migraines, asked about my migraines/headaches & family history of them.
For 3 months I saw the Neurologist every month. Now I see her every 6-8 weeks.
TO losingmymind: "my nero don't understand me "
I was unhappy w/my original Neurologist that my family physician had recommended. Kept pumping me w/anti depressents....I kept telling her I was not depressed. Zoloft was one of the meds. So I just stopped going on my own. Checked my local yellow pages & discovered the Migraine/Headache Clinic which was right down the street from me! It is also nationally known & has a website.
I am also from NJ, but the nothern part. If I can go to a place that has a great reference I would like to look into it a bit more. If it works, I don't mind taking the drive, but I have to get weaned off this hydrocodine. They have become so much more frequent that I have been having withdrawls. Last night I was so bad and today I am no better.
How was the weaning process?
Thanks,
Deana
Deana72 I do not have any experience w/a "Pain Clinic" however, I am currently going to a "Migraine/Headache Clinic" which I found in the yellow pages!
The weaned me off the medications my prior Neurologist had me on & put me on another migraine management program that is working.
I had to wait 3 months for the first office visit.
The first exam took approximately 2 hours. After the exam the doctor took me into her office & talked to me for another hour asking me detailed information about migraines, asked about my migraines/headaches & family history of them.
For 3 months I saw the Neurologist every month. Now I see her every 6-8 weeks.
TO losingmymind: "my nero don't understand me "
I was unhappy w/my original Neurologist that my family physician had recommended. Kept pumping me w/anti depressents....I kept telling her I was not depressed. Zoloft was one of the meds. So I just stopped going on my own. Checked my local yellow pages & discovered the Migraine/Headache Clinic which was right down the street from me! It is also nationally known & has a website.
Deana72
11-30-2003, 05:31 AM
I really can't offer any advice on the pain clinic but i too have been struggling with this also. Just lastnight i was at the hospital for six hours on a moriphine drip because of all the pain of a migraine. I can't wait to see what people have to say about your question because i'm going to make a appt with a clinic on monday because my nero don't understand me and because it takes so damn long to get into see him. So,,,on top of your question i would like to ask one too.. What kind of meds do the pain clinics give for migraines when you have tried so many of the other migraine meds that didn't work??
Hi! I am so sorry about your hospital ordeal, but I do understand! From what I understand the PC will work with different types of meds to find the right combination that works for you. So, for example, hydrocodine seems to be the only thing that works for me, so they will ween me off of that and find a combination that will work the same with out the addicting effects.
Good luck and let me know what happens.
Deana
Hi! I am so sorry about your hospital ordeal, but I do understand! From what I understand the PC will work with different types of meds to find the right combination that works for you. So, for example, hydrocodine seems to be the only thing that works for me, so they will ween me off of that and find a combination that will work the same with out the addicting effects.
Good luck and let me know what happens.
Deana
Karla
11-30-2003, 02:19 PM
I go to a Headache/Pain Clinic. They went through the list of medications and dosages that I had tried with my neuro. They recomended that I try some new meds and some old meds at higher doses. When all those options failed to provide me with no headaches and pain relief they put me on pain management medications. I was on methadone for a year. I had no clusterheadaches but still had an occassional migraine breakthrough. I was sleeping all the time on the methadone so the dr took me off of the methadone and put me on the duragesic fentanol patch. This has provided me with wonderful pain management for the clusterheadaches as well as the migraines and I am not sleeping all the time. They can help you withdraw from medicines and put you on meds to help. I was taking 20mg of oxycodone 4 times a day prior to going on these meds. I would strongly recomend you check out a headache/pain clinic.
Mz Migraine
11-30-2003, 03:54 PM
How was the weaning process?
Deana72, it was quite painless & easy. My Neurologist just had me take "less" anti-depressent meds each week until I was done. I was on 3 different kinds. :rolleyes: The only weaning side effect I suffered was insomnia which came from Zoloft. :mad:
My current sucessful migraine maintenance programe:
Asprin-80mg-1 pill daily
Topamax-25mg-2 pills daily(cured the insomnia)
Vit B2-100mg-4 pills daily (recommended by previous Neurologist)
Top 3 all taken in the A.M. right after breakfast.
Zomig-2.5mg - taken as needed (Don't leave home without it-MIRACLE WORKER!!! :D)
Vioxx-50mg - taken as needed
Old fashion ice bag w/plastic cap filled w/ice cubes placed on top of head-my own remedy which works on really bad days.:D
http://som.umdnj.edu/headweb/home.htm University Headache Center - Dr Loretta Mueller is the place where I go to if still interested.
Good Luck!
P.S. This forum frowns on advertised links even though I am not advertising just providing requested information. Here is the clinic's phone & fax numbers in case the link is deleted.
The Universitiy Headache Center
Phone-856-234-7421
Fax-856-234-0743
Loretta Mueller, D.O. (My treating Neurologist)
R. Michael Gallagher, D.O., FACOFP
Deana72, it was quite painless & easy. My Neurologist just had me take "less" anti-depressent meds each week until I was done. I was on 3 different kinds. :rolleyes: The only weaning side effect I suffered was insomnia which came from Zoloft. :mad:
My current sucessful migraine maintenance programe:
Asprin-80mg-1 pill daily
Topamax-25mg-2 pills daily(cured the insomnia)
Vit B2-100mg-4 pills daily (recommended by previous Neurologist)
Top 3 all taken in the A.M. right after breakfast.
Zomig-2.5mg - taken as needed (Don't leave home without it-MIRACLE WORKER!!! :D)
Vioxx-50mg - taken as needed
Old fashion ice bag w/plastic cap filled w/ice cubes placed on top of head-my own remedy which works on really bad days.:D
http://som.umdnj.edu/headweb/home.htm University Headache Center - Dr Loretta Mueller is the place where I go to if still interested.
Good Luck!
P.S. This forum frowns on advertised links even though I am not advertising just providing requested information. Here is the clinic's phone & fax numbers in case the link is deleted.
The Universitiy Headache Center
Phone-856-234-7421
Fax-856-234-0743
Loretta Mueller, D.O. (My treating Neurologist)
R. Michael Gallagher, D.O., FACOFP
RosbudZ
11-30-2003, 10:30 PM
Hello, funny you should mention about the headache clinic. I am from Michigan and am going to a Head and neck Clinic that is Joint Commision and CARF certified. It is call the Michigan Head and Neck Institute. I go for the first time on Thursday. They told me to plan on being there most of the day. I read were people from all over the USA have been to it... So I will have to let you know how it goes.
They are on the internet, Michigan Head and Neck Institute is how I found it.
I will get back with you but , this place does sound promising so far to me.
Nancy
They are on the internet, Michigan Head and Neck Institute is how I found it.
I will get back with you but , this place does sound promising so far to me.
Nancy