My story is a failed CHARITE Artificial disc replacement like many others are having. Stay clear of this one. My new pain doc in houston, texas says he has many CHARITE disc sufferers and is very concerned.
My question is that I have no insurance currently. My doc wanted to the long acting meds but they are to expensive. He wants to give me Immediate release morphine, dilaudid (hydromorphone) and he mentioned one more. Can you tell me some other painkillers that work well that are cheaper. He did give me ROXICODONE 15mg #90 for two weeks but thinks i need something stronger.
Anyone have any suggestions. Prescription assistance or cheaper meds.\
you can try going on long acting meds if you want.....Oxycontin is a good one that I am on and it seems to work. The maker of it Purdue Pharma offers a assistance program to pay for it for those who cant afford it. try looking on thier website for more info and the program guidelines and such....you can find thier website with about any internet search engine. Hope this helps you!!
Dalaudid is hydromorphone......from what I understand it is similar to morphine in how it works but cant be sure. it is alot stronger than the roxicodone you are taking though and if you are feeling euphoric on it most likely you will have that effect increased if you switch to hydromorphone. I think it comes in 2mg and 4mg tablets but may also come in a 8mg tab as well(not sure). I have never been on it before except one time in an ER i got 2mg out into my IV and it made me pretty euphoric and helped the pain. my wife was suffering from alot of severe stomach pain in the past and when she went to the hospital for it several times they gave her the same thing in the IV....she said it made her euphoric but didnt really help her pain alot, the same thing the roxi is doing to to. You should discuss this with your doctor and I am sure he will have the answer and can suggest another med for you to try to help the actual pain you are having. i hope you get to the bottom of it and find a med that works for you though...it is never fun being in pain! Whatever medication your doctor decides is right for you just use the internet search engines to find a program to help you pay for it. there is a program for almost every medication out there. there is also a sticky thread at the top of the main pain page that has some help on getting info for paying for your medications. it has alot of really good info in it...so check it out as well.
One of the cheapest pain meds out there is methadone. If the roxicodone did not help your pain very well, oxycontin would not do any better. There are always the patient assisted programs, and generic fentanyl patches, and morphine. Good luck!
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