I'm not sure but my pharmacist will usually tell me if it did. Mark Jackson RollinOn
-----Original Message----- From: Tod E. Santee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 3:45 PM To: Mark Jackson; [email protected] Subject: RE: [QUAD-L] pain - How about a patch? 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 No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.21/1456 - Release Date: 5/20/2008 6:45 AM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.24.0/1460 - Release Date: 5/22/2008 7:06 AM
