robinsegg26
05-23-2005, 05:16 PM
:wave: Hi-
was just wondering is anyone else going through the drug trial for the buprenorphine TDS patch?? I just started the patch today and feeling a little woozy and light headed but have no pain in my low back. First time in 2.5 yrs. I have a herniated disk at the L5-L4 area and doc wants to do a disc replacement but I am not ready for that yet...
Sister actually had a dic fusion in NOvember for the same dic.. so i guess it genetic..??? and shes having a rough time... not walking great.. leg weakness and falling a lot... and i dont want to go thru all of that...
anyways was jsut wondering if anyone else is going thru the drug trial or has already and what kind of side effects if any did you experience.
thanks!
LIL
was just wondering is anyone else going through the drug trial for the buprenorphine TDS patch?? I just started the patch today and feeling a little woozy and light headed but have no pain in my low back. First time in 2.5 yrs. I have a herniated disk at the L5-L4 area and doc wants to do a disc replacement but I am not ready for that yet...
Sister actually had a dic fusion in NOvember for the same dic.. so i guess it genetic..??? and shes having a rough time... not walking great.. leg weakness and falling a lot... and i dont want to go thru all of that...
anyways was jsut wondering if anyone else is going thru the drug trial or has already and what kind of side effects if any did you experience.
thanks!
LIL
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topbabana
05-26-2005, 09:12 AM
Hello, new here and taking Buprenorphine - Not the patch but the tablet.
I experienced headaches to start with but all is fine and may pain is much better.
I experienced headaches to start with but all is fine and may pain is much better.
Shoreline
05-26-2005, 05:33 PM
Hey Lil, Although LA meds can be used effectively and responsably while your trying to recover from an injury, you are taking a chance at masking pain to the point where surgery won't be an option. Prt of the gateway theory of pain is pain imprinting into nerve tissue, so even when an impinged nerve is released, the pain continues on or can spread into RSD or CRPS, whole body pain from an over stimulated nervous system and the gates in the gateway, instead of opening and closing simply stay open and continue to send the pain signal when the pain source has been removed, This is what causes phantom pain which is just as real as any pain. Might want to do some research and some consulting with surgeons if you have put off needed surgery for several years. Just something to consider
I do underdstand not wanting to go back under the knife, odds decrease with each attempt,They decrease with every level involved, and if the likelyhood of surgery helping is so low it's probably not worth risking coming out worse off than you are now. I have had 3 and most surgeons either mwon't touch me or want to do Frankenstein surgery. I'm already fused from L1-S1 and that's a huge failure, I've broken 2 sets of hardware and there isn't a quick surgical fix, I'm afraid to give it another go. The last surgery was 11 hours and the one guy that wants to hack away wants to extend it up to T10 and take ribs from both sides. My hips are used upand most surgens have toldme that 3 have failed, what makes you think a 4th and more invasive would help at all. Then PM is really the only option and you already may be at that point of pain imprinting regardless of what you do.
Read this artcle about acute pain becoming chronic and all the changes that occur.
Good luck, Dave
http://www.hosppract.com/issues/2000/07/brook.htm
I do underdstand not wanting to go back under the knife, odds decrease with each attempt,They decrease with every level involved, and if the likelyhood of surgery helping is so low it's probably not worth risking coming out worse off than you are now. I have had 3 and most surgeons either mwon't touch me or want to do Frankenstein surgery. I'm already fused from L1-S1 and that's a huge failure, I've broken 2 sets of hardware and there isn't a quick surgical fix, I'm afraid to give it another go. The last surgery was 11 hours and the one guy that wants to hack away wants to extend it up to T10 and take ribs from both sides. My hips are used upand most surgens have toldme that 3 have failed, what makes you think a 4th and more invasive would help at all. Then PM is really the only option and you already may be at that point of pain imprinting regardless of what you do.
Read this artcle about acute pain becoming chronic and all the changes that occur.
Good luck, Dave
http://www.hosppract.com/issues/2000/07/brook.htm
robinsegg26
06-06-2005, 03:05 PM
:wave: HI Dave thanks for responding. I have been thinking about the surgery more and more. Have to talk to my doc about how long I will be out of work. My sister had the fusion surgery in Nov. and is still only working part time. (he wants to do disc replacement on me) Not sure i would want to use the ortho guy i go to now to do the surgery.. Anyone know of a good surgeon in south carolina
The patch that i am doing in the drug trial works for about 3 days then go thru withdrawl and not sure I am going to continue. Although its awesome not having pain for a few days a week and can actually feel like getting up and not so depressed.
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The patch that i am doing in the drug trial works for about 3 days then go thru withdrawl and not sure I am going to continue. Although its awesome not having pain for a few days a week and can actually feel like getting up and not so depressed.
?
Shoreline
06-06-2005, 04:40 PM
Hey Robin, How long is the patch supposed to work? Just courious?
Take care, Dave
Take care, Dave
robinsegg26
06-07-2005, 09:15 AM
Hi Dave-
Its supposed to work for 7 days. but it seems to really work the first 3/4 days then you start sweating, itching around the patch and start having s little pain. you can take advil or tylenol with it. they actually give you one or the other during the study to take as needed. But i have to say the pain isnt anywhere near the pain i was having on a daily basis.
The first 4 days they tested me on the 10mg patch and I felt great. then we had to go up to the 20mg and wasnt feeling so great at first. very dizzy and lightheaded and upset stomach. but thats kinda gone away now after 2 weeks on the 20.
Go back tomorrow to see if i qualify for the double blind study and if so i wont know what mg patch or pills i will be taking. hoping I end up on the 10mg patch... felt the best on that one even though its less meds than the 20......
trying to get an appt with my ortho guy to talk about the disc replacement surgery in the mean time... usually takes about 2 months to get in he is so busy.
Anyone had good/bad experiences with the disc replacement they can share? I have my problem at the L4/L5 area. And anyone have a good docs name from SC?.
Its supposed to work for 7 days. but it seems to really work the first 3/4 days then you start sweating, itching around the patch and start having s little pain. you can take advil or tylenol with it. they actually give you one or the other during the study to take as needed. But i have to say the pain isnt anywhere near the pain i was having on a daily basis.
The first 4 days they tested me on the 10mg patch and I felt great. then we had to go up to the 20mg and wasnt feeling so great at first. very dizzy and lightheaded and upset stomach. but thats kinda gone away now after 2 weeks on the 20.
Go back tomorrow to see if i qualify for the double blind study and if so i wont know what mg patch or pills i will be taking. hoping I end up on the 10mg patch... felt the best on that one even though its less meds than the 20......
trying to get an appt with my ortho guy to talk about the disc replacement surgery in the mean time... usually takes about 2 months to get in he is so busy.
Anyone had good/bad experiences with the disc replacement they can share? I have my problem at the L4/L5 area. And anyone have a good docs name from SC?.