Mark, I've read Duragesic is available in a generic brand now. Would Medicaid cover that?
(and yep... I know about getting backed up, too <grin>) Best, Tod ---- Mark Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've tried it Tod and it worked pretty good but I had to stop using it > because it backed me up if you know what I mean. > I tried using it again about 2 years later but now medicaid won't pay for it > and it's quite expensive. > > Mark Jackson > RollinOn > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tod E. Santee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 2:00 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] pain - How about a patch? > > Dear Friends, > > I'm wondering if anybody with pain issues has tried Duragesic Patches (a > transcutaneously absorbed fentenyl). It's a drug is intended for chronic > pain in people used to narcotics... basically, if/when hydrocodone > (Vicodin), oxycodone, oxycontin, hydromorphone and other opiods don't work > or stop working. If you haven't tried or can't take those 'lesser' opiods, > this would likely NOT be an option since opiods can cause trouble breathing > in people not used to them. > > The patches deliver 25 micrograms (mcg) per hour, or 50mcg/hr depending on > dose and the patches last about 3 days. > > These were the ONLY thing that really worked for me. The only problem I had > was that I fell into the group of less than 3% of patients who got diarrhea > using them. Most people get constipation from opiods ... this one gave me > wonderful pain relief with 5 hellish days of "the squirts." No > anti-peristaltic or intestinal anti-spasmotics (like belladonna, atropine, > librax, etc.) helped so I had to give up the patches. > > Note: I had terrible diarrhea for days after a recent surgery. We kept > thinking antibiotics messed me up or maybe I got a C-diff infection. I > later found out reading notes that I was given IV fentenyl by my > anaesthesiologist. (Now I list it as an "allergy.") > > But, I do have a friend who is a high-level para with chronic pain who does > very well with the patches as far as pain and has no ill effects. > > Just a thought as an option for anyone looking for non-surgical or > non-implanted pain control devices. > > Hope this can help somebody! > > Best, > --Tod > ---- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Corie, > > > > It sounds as though we've been down the same path. I've tried all > > the meds that you've mentioned, with all the same results. I haven't > > had any pain medication put into my pump since I've had it. I will > inquire about the Prialt. > > I've read up on it, and it sounds pretty scary, but so did some of > > the other medicines that I've taken. > > > > My Baclofen pump works very well for controlling the spasticity, but > > it will be an bonus, if I can get pain medication put into my pump > > that actually helps the pain. Thanks for this information. I will > > talk to my doctor about it. > > > > Naomi > > > > > > C4-incomplete, quadriplegic since July 2005 due to Transverse > > Myelitis
