Looking for Non Narcotic Pain Relief - Pain Management Message Board

babydoll8011 · 03-12-2006, 05:59 PM

I have been dealing with cronic back pain for over 4 years and have been on narcotics from day one. I have a couple pretty bad injurys one is getting worse and the other seems to be stable but has caused nerve damage. I just got off of narcotics about 1 mo ago and am looking for something to help manage the pain. I am doing ok with very high doses of ibuprofen and tylenol every three to four hours.

If you know of anything please help!@

RobinD21283 · 03-13-2006, 06:15 AM

I'm not sure exactly what your problem is, but I have 1 lumbar herniated disk and nothing has worked for me except - massage therapy and yoga. Massage helps the muscles relax and yoga is stretching and core strengthening as well as some piece of mind.

Good Luck!

tommymac · 03-13-2006, 07:35 AM

I have suffered for with back pain for about ten years since I was in a minor car accident, about six months ago I was introduced to polarity screens,they seem to totally relax all the muscles in your body, they have worked wonders for me, my posture fells better and my overall well-being has improved.

Blasterboy · 03-14-2006, 05:13 PM

Acupuncture is great for nerve pain, but you have to see a good therapist, there's lots of newbie’s out there trying to do this. Ten's is another obvious choice and I've had some recent success with hypnotherapy.

I admire your drive to get off the opiates; I've been on them for about 10 months and don't intend to be a lifer. I'm getting a lot of relief from Topamax also right now and been able to reduce the doses of Klonpin and Oxy that I take. I also take Ultram, but some people are against that drug, although I find it help and have had spells of it no problem. I think it's people who suffer depression that are more prone to struggle coming of Ultram.

Amarylis · 03-15-2006, 09:33 AM

Two other options that come to mind are:

1) Increase your core strength. Pilates exercizes like the plank have really helped me. A physio could help with these.

2) Lyrica, while this drug is challenging to take at the beginning and takes a while to get used to, it has helped me more than I ever expected.

Good Luck