Re: [CML] Re: Oxycodone-Pain level should be treated

[MoonQn1]

In a message dated 7/28/2005 5:22:47 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: She was taking Lortab for pain and when the doctor found out, he went ballistic. > I hate the way she suffers with the leg pain.  So Gleevec is better than previous chemo. drugs...but to me that doesn't mean people should have to tolerate such down right pain.  Just MHO. > Sue Patients should NOT suffer in pain!! I fought a year-long battle to get the relief I need. You need a more sympathetic doctor.  If you need proof that Gleevec does cause pain to the levels where it is unbearable, Novartis can be contacted, as my doctor did for me. I don't know what Lortab is, but if it helped, why the heck not?  As we know, narcotics are addictive, highly so.  However, they prove to be safe and effective.  You could start off with a smaller dose and see how it goes.  I'd go to battle on this one, no one should suffer.  That is why now in most hospitals and doctor's offices they have a chart right on the wall ranging from 1 -- 10 to measure pain levels.  Although Gleevec does not affect all patients in the same way, some had to be taken off the drug because they could not tolerate the bone pain it caused.  I do not yet know why it has affected me so, but I can testify that I am one of those that it causes such a pain level that renders me helpless some days if not treated.  I lived for months with this, staying up most nights crying and holding my legs, arms, etc.  and the pain cycled...did not stay in the same area all the time. So, I am one who is very supportive to those it affects this way.  If you wish, you may contact me privately and I can tell you more of what I did to gain the help I needed. - Lynne A. New! Sign up for local CML support group meetings in your local community at http://cml.meetup.com Apply for Commercial Real Estate loans online and submit your deal to dozens of hungry lenders in just minutes. Loan programs for all types of business and commercial real estate. Apply anytime at http://realestatezoo.com CML (Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia Support List) --------------------------------- Part Of CMLHope.Com An International Community Of CML Patients For more information: http://cmlhope.com Post Message: cml@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:  [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe:  [EMAIL PROTECTED] Change To No Mail/Web: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Change To Digest: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Change To Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] List Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED]  CML Group Web Site http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CML SPONSORED LINKS Chronic myelogenous leukemia Cml YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group "CML" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.