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Board: Anemia 02-07-2012, 03:02 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 4,001
Posted By jonnstar
Re: Iron tested 5

Try taking a Vitacost 45mg Ferrochells Iron twice a day on an empty stomach.

These are avaliable cheaply on the net, and are better adsorbed than most oral irons.

Bets of luck.
Board: Anemia 01-08-2012, 06:52 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 1,077
Posted By jonnstar
Re: low red blood count and high platlets

Are you taking oral iron and multivitamins? If not, start, to help you feel better while you find the cause. And you do need to find the cause, find out where the blood is going.

A test for...
Board: Anemia 11-08-2011, 08:23 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,177
Posted By jonnstar
Re: Help Please (low ferrtin 2 years +)

Do you take iron tablets every day, or just when you feel run down?

You should take them every day, and preferably take a vitamin c tabet at the same time (this helps increase iron uptake from the...
Board: Pain Management 11-07-2011, 10:22 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,809
Posted By jonnstar
Re: Still needs pain relief from recent surgery

When you're done with the Rx pain pills, you could try the trick of taking 2 Advil and 2 Tylenol at the same time - they work on pain in defferent ways, so the effect is adetive, and this aproach can...
Board: Anxiety 11-07-2011, 10:17 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 1,608
Posted By jonnstar
Re: Zoloft....?? And weight?

Hey Himmlover, long time no chat!

Given that you arnt getting releif from an SSRI, it might be worth trying Effexor in a dose of 150mg per day. This hits noradrenalin as well as seretonin, and...
Board: Chronic Pain 09-14-2011, 05:46 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 3,596
Posted By jonnstar
Re: Going Crazy from pain. Can't take Pain Meds Because of GERD

Start taking vitamin d every day (usual dose would be 4000iu per day until your levels get upto normal, then 1000-2000iu per day to keep them there) Take with a meal containing some fat (even a slice...
Board: Chronic Pain 09-14-2011, 05:33 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,791
Posted By jonnstar
Re: Nortriptyline

I took 75mg at night for about a year for depression and enck pain, found it quite helpful, and despite the bad rep tricyclics have, it was easy to take.... just felt drowsie for the first three days...
Board: Pain Management 09-13-2011, 10:11 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 8,869
Posted By jonnstar
Re: hydrocodone no longer working well, whats the next step?

Try adding Celebrex 200mg twice a day to the current regimen - in inflamatory arthritis, antiinflamatories are often better at releiving the pain than narcotics...... you'd probably take the celebrex...
Board: Acid Reflux / GERD 06-23-2011, 11:01 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 11,754
Posted By jonnstar
Re: What helps a sore throat caused by reflux?

Sucretts lozonges (the cherry ones with diclonine in them) will help soothe the burn while nature heals it they are longer acting than most throat loznges.

Are you tasking treatment for the...
Board: Pain Management 05-07-2011, 04:16 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 777
Posted By jonnstar
Re: conversion

Cold turky wont kill you, but it will be damned unplesant, tapering down over 10 days would be much more sensible, using a long acting drug like methadone preferably.

As well as the withdrawls,...
Board: Pain Management 04-30-2011, 08:43 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 2,497
Posted By jonnstar
Re: meds used for pain mgt - ms contin

30mg of oral morphine over 12 hours isnt that large a doseage, morphine by mouth needs to be used in a significantly higher dose than by injection in order to provide the same relief
Board: Anemia 04-30-2011, 08:31 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,358
Posted By jonnstar
Re: anemic

have I always been anemic? ...... probably not
or did it start as a teenager? ....... could have done
or did it start as an adult? ......... most likely started as an adult
did the coca-cola...
Board: Acne 04-30-2011, 08:24 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 1,019
Posted By jonnstar
Re: What do you think of Accutane? Retry Tetracycline

I would ask for a trial of minocycline, this is a derivative of tetracycline that is especialy effective in acne. Use it along with benzoyl peroxide at night and salacylic acid in the morning.

If...
Board: Anxiety 04-25-2011, 08:23 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 745
Posted By jonnstar
Re: Gained 60 lbs on lexapro!!!!!!!

Effexor should give the same benifits as lexapro, without weight gain.

75mg of Effexor is roughly = to 10mg of Lexapro

Another option would be to keep taking Lexapro, and add Welbutrin to it,...
Board: Anxiety 04-25-2011, 08:15 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 2,440
Posted By jonnstar
Re: Xanax

0.25mg per day is a very low dose, and iny problems from this are unlikely

Xanax can be habit forming, but i suspect that the dose you're using is too low for dependance to develop. To be safe,...
Board: Chronic Pain 04-16-2011, 06:44 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,817
Posted By jonnstar
Re: 18 year old in excrutiating unrelenting pain!!

Agree with the above, i would suggest

1. Seeing anotehr 2 spine specialists for opinions about what can be done to rleive your pain

and

2. Asking your doctor about a long acting pain med (MS...
Board: Acid Reflux / GERD 04-14-2011, 03:52 PM
Replies: 114
Views: 156,657
Posted By jonnstar
Re: Getting off PPI's and Acid Rebound-What has worked for me- Four months later

Rather than stopping a PPI cold turkey, I would suggest the following

1. Reduce your PPI to 20mg per day of Prilosec, nexium, or the equivalent of the other PPI's. Stay on 20mg for 2 weeks if you...
Board: Depression 04-14-2011, 03:31 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,578
Posted By jonnstar
Re: Ritalin for??????????

There is a general concenses that amphetamines such as ritalin dont help classic endrogenous depression, though they do help give you a "lift" and can help milder neurotic depression.

You have...
Board: Anemia 04-11-2011, 05:11 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 790
Posted By jonnstar
Re: Ferritin falling after stop Iron

Underlying cause is either porly adsrobing iron from the diet 9can be genetic, or due to certain diseases of the gut) or due to blood loss into the gut or through heave periods.

First step would...
Board: Pain Management 04-10-2011, 07:16 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,458
Posted By jonnstar
Re: Lortab to Fentanyl

Did your doctor prescribe these patches for you, or are they ones that are left over from your mother?

If they are your mothers, DO NOT USE THEM, you seriously are risking death, it is a huge jump...
Board: Anemia 04-08-2011, 04:03 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,724
Posted By jonnstar
Re: High iron to very low iron in 6 months

There are two ways the body can quickly lose iron, one is through bleeding into the guy, the other is through heavy periods. You should have a feacal occult blood test to detect blood in your bowel...
Board: Anxiety 04-01-2011, 05:20 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,620
Posted By jonnstar
Re: Spouse triggering anxiety attacks

I think that you and your husband need some therapy together.

Also, a benzo tranquilizer would help you get through this difficult period, if you had a few tablets on hand, and were able to take...
Board: Depression 03-27-2011, 10:55 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 767
Posted By jonnstar
Re: Trouble dealing with depression and anxiety

Nausea can be a side effect of SSRI antidepressants, such as fluoxetine.

Given that its making you nauseated, and that it hasnt been massively effective, it might be worth trying another type of...
Board: Pain Management 03-25-2011, 07:20 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 10,624
Posted By jonnstar
Re: Opana ER 30mg & no relief? Odd?

The bioavaliability is taken into account when formulating the tablets though - the tablet contains a dose 10 times higher than would be given by injection, to make up for the difference in...
Board: Depression 03-24-2011, 10:10 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 7,763
Posted By jonnstar
Re: Will My Doctor Prescribe Me Meds For Depression/Anxiety If I Ask Him To?

If you explain the situation to your doctor, he will probably prescribe for you - as a mater of fact, after taking the meds for 4-8 weeks, you might find your self more open to therapy as well, the...
Board: Acne 03-24-2011, 03:56 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 6,355
Posted By jonnstar
Re: Many small bumps on face

An AHA moisturiser (Elucent, by Ego pharmacuticals, avaliable at pharmacies) should deal with them
Board: Anemia 03-23-2011, 10:21 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 1,151
Posted By jonnstar
Re: Anemic- Something to do with my ferritin?

Ferretin is a reflection of the iron stores in your body (as opposed to the iron in your blood) - ferretin is like the money in your bank, heamoglobin is like the money in your purse.

I would go...
Board: Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) 03-23-2011, 08:12 PM
Replies: 59
Views: 79,528
Posted By jonnstar
Re: How do I solidify loose stools?!

1. Take a dose of Cellulone every day

2. Take Immodium (loperamide) in a dose that gives you 1-2 comfortable, formed bowel actions a day, the dose will probably lay between 1 and 4 tablets daily....
Board: High & Low Blood Pressure 03-23-2011, 08:08 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,448
Posted By jonnstar
Exoforge-HCT

I'm currently taking Micardis Plus 80/12.5, and my BP still sits around 140/95

Wondering if a switch to Exoforge HCT (bascily the same as micardis plus with added amlodipine) might help get my...
Board: Pain Management 03-22-2011, 05:47 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 2,309
Posted By jonnstar
Re: Itching

I know you said dont suggest another pill, but, you could try taking a single dose of an antihistamine such as Zyrtec - if that stops the itching, it would suggest histamine release is the problem,...
Board: Panic Disorders 03-21-2011, 08:28 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 4,818
Posted By jonnstar
Re: How do you feel about benzodiazepines?

I'm in the same boat here, the combo of Zoloft and nortriptyline realy helped my depression, but didnt touch the anxiety/panic, the only drugs that helped were Valium and Xanax
Board: Pain Management 03-21-2011, 05:56 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,572
Posted By jonnstar
Re: Ok 1st Meeting with PM Doc. Couple of ?s

I would say that the Opana (1) Isnt working as well as he had led you to beleive, and (2) is unafordable because of insurance issues, and ask if he can switch you to a med that is on your...
Board: Sleep Disorders 03-21-2011, 04:52 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 3,835
Posted By jonnstar
Re: 20 years of tranqulizers

Doxepin has no dependence potential. it has been in use since 1969, so if there were any risk, it would have become apparent by now.

A simple way to avoid tollorance/dependence is to use to sleep...
Board: Pain Management 03-21-2011, 03:12 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 6,574
Posted By jonnstar
Re: Vicodin ES to Norco 7.5

BTW, the dose of robaxin he has given is way below normal - you are on 500mg twice a day, "standard" dose is 1500mg 4 times a day, so it isnt suprising it hasnt given you a great deal of releif,...
Board: Infectious Diseases 03-20-2011, 09:41 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 936
Posted By jonnstar
Controlling Recurent Staph

If you get recurent staph infections, you probably have a colony of staph living somwhere on your body, the most common places are in the nostrils, in the armpits, or the ano-genital region.

The...
Board: Pain Management 03-20-2011, 08:48 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 6,574
Posted By jonnstar
Re: Vicodin ES to Norco 7.5

There is an extremely low chance of liver damage due to long term intake of tylenol, especialy if you take more than 4000mg per day.

There have been a few cases of people who were taking less than...
Board: Anemia 03-17-2011, 05:46 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 2,824
Posted By jonnstar
Re: Confused over test results

Keep up with the B12 injections. If you're concerned about iron and folate, start taking a daily multivitamin with iron after dinner, this will provide all your needs.
Board: Anemia 03-15-2011, 08:26 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 4,110
Posted By jonnstar
Re: Ferritin "normal" but still have Anemia symptoms

Simple answer would be to buy some iron tablets (minimum amount 65mg of elemental iron) and try them for a while, and see if your symptoms improve.

Take an iron pill along with a vitamin c tablet...
Board: Chronic Pain 03-15-2011, 08:21 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 820
Posted By jonnstar
Re: fingers in pain

A long acting antiinflamatory would be a good start - like advil, but somthing you only need to take once or twice a day, that will give you round the clock pain releif..... Mobic or Naprosyn are...
Board: Anemia 03-12-2011, 02:53 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,581
Posted By jonnstar
Re: Low Ferritin

Have you tried Sundown Perfect Iron?

It is much better tolorated by the gut than normal iron preperations, usual dose is 2 tabs per day. if you cant find it localy, you can buy it online quite...
Board: Pain Management 03-10-2011, 01:54 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 7,610
Posted By jonnstar
Re: please help depressed due to chronic pain

Two things spring to mine

1. transfer from the Endocet to a long acting analgesic (Oxycontin, Opana, MS Contin, methadone) to give 24/7 pain coverage

2. Start taking Nortriptyline 75-100mg at...
Board: Pain Management 03-05-2011, 05:11 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 4,116
Posted By jonnstar
Re: Time magazine cover story

I think the article would be a good intro to chronic pain for people, and good for friends and relatives of chronic pain patients to read, to give them some insite as to what we go through.

I also...
Board: Depression 03-03-2011, 03:20 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,549
Posted By jonnstar
Re: Husband has depression and anxieties - help

Give him time to heal, be caring, but dont fuss too much - he will need his space while he works through this, as well as needing your support.

And dont neglect your self through all this, make...
Board: Chronic Pain 02-28-2011, 11:27 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 2,937
Posted By jonnstar
A model pain relief program for you

Nochange, after reading a lot of your posys and getting to know you over the last year or so, I've had a few thoughts that I think might be helpful to you, even if you dont use these ideas, they...
Board: Pain Management 02-27-2011, 07:40 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,224
Posted By jonnstar
Re: Pain all over... need help.

Let your family doctor make the decision about specialists, s/he is trained to screen you, decide if you need to see a specialist, and if so, what sort of specialist you need

Try not to let your...
Board: Chronic Pain 02-27-2011, 07:06 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 4,722
Posted By jonnstar
Re: The forum correct way to find a pain dr.

I think most pain management doctors would be open to the question for changing from SA oxycodone to a long acting med. Given that you cant afford Oxycontin etc, methadone is a reasonable...
Board: Open to All Other Health Topics 02-27-2011, 04:16 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,581
Posted By jonnstar
Re: Add copper to my drinking water?

Copper is an essential nutrient in the guman diet, but deficiency is excedingly rare.

If you want to supplement your diet, a daily generic miltivitamin/mineral wil give you all the copper (and...
Board: Anemia 02-26-2011, 02:05 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 6,884
Posted By jonnstar
Re: Ferritin Levels: When do you feel best?

Go back on the iron for a couple of months, and if you're going to be a regular blood donor, take a daily iron pill to keep your levels up - they are cheap, safe and effective

For long term...
Board: Anemia 02-21-2011, 05:09 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 15,877
Posted By jonnstar
Re: Ferrous Sulphate side effects - advice needed!

Dietary iron wont cure your anemia - weii, it could, but it would take literaly years to get enough iron into your system through diet alone.

Although your doctor is right that iron wone cause...
Board: Pain Management 02-20-2011, 05:36 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 14,246
Posted By jonnstar
Re: Dosages of Hydrocodone

OK, heres what i am guessing -

The 7.5 was Vicodin ES, containing 7.5mg hydrocodone and 750mg of acetamibophen

the 3.25 was Norco 10, containing 10mg hydrocodone and 325mg acetaminophen
...
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