[QUOTE=shawley;2891857]memorize,
Thats good you have an attorney , you have helped me with your post i think , I'm calling my doctor about the duragesic patches..
I hope your attorney help's you sorry for your troubles your having , I can honestly say comp has treated me fairly well.
Good Luck with your pain thanks

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I just read your other thread.....Thank God that you got some meds to help you for the weekend!!!
Yea, the patches have been the BEST pain relief I have had so far in this crazy maze of pain management.....and very little side effects....a little nausea when I put on a new one, but thats about it.....oh, and loss of apettite.....but I can live with both of those if it helps my pain....
One other thing I have noticed is that I can't sleep well, but I'm not sure if it's the patches or the pain waking me up.....I take a muscle relaxer about an hour before bed time and that seems to help a LOT!!
I would highly recommend them....you will not be pain free, but they make it much easier to bear....and I was given break through pain meds as well....so things are a tiny bit better!!
I have lost weight on them, about 10 pounds or so, and I cant afford to loose that much more, so I am trying very hard to eat as healthy and as often as I can!!
I Pray everything works out well for you soon....I wish you could go to my Pain Doc, he seems to be quite nice, so far!!
I chose the one my surgeon recommended, I am allowed to do that in this state and also change once if I don't like him, etc.....so I felt like he would be ok because of the doc recommending him!!
I am NOT drugged on the patches at all, no weird feelings at all....but when you first start them, you do feel a little heart flutter and light headed but it goes away after a few hours!!
If you do decide to try them, give them a chance....it takes about 15 or more hours to feel anything, BUT I had been on Morphine so this may have been why.....and it takes about 3 patches (9 days) to really feel the good effects.....you will feel some better, but after about that time, I could tell more of pain relief than I had before.....
Praying for you and your family.....
OH, a word of caution for you.....I tried the Cymbalta too, and felt very dizzy and just sat and stared, I had to stop them....just be careful, hopefully this won't happen to you!!
God Bless,
memorize