Re: [QUAD-L] oxycont news

[Lori Michaelson]

Yup, I know. Now it's abt $320 for me rather than over $500. I think that's for a 180 count.

I've shopped around ... Costco has the cheapest right now.

I get my Baclofen  Valium at drugstore.com

Lori 

---Original Message---


From: William Willis
Date: 11/17/05 17:16:25
To: quad-list@eskimo.com
Subject: [QUAD-L] oxycont news

Oxycont becameavailable as generic a couple months ago. The price has come
down substantially.


From: "Lori Michaelson" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: "Lori Michaelson" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: "RONALD L PRACHT" [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Quad"
quad-list@eskimo.com
Subject: [QUAD-L] Help for nerve pain
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 16:43:35 -0700

Before my shunt surgery the Dr thought I should try Amitriptyline for pain

spasms.

While it didn't control the horrid throwing-my-body back spasms .. it DID
help me sleep
very hard which I loved.He put me on 50 mgs at bedtime.

I went ahead with the surgery and, while it seemed to help my spasticity
from the syrinx
it didn't do what I expected.

When shoulder/neck/spine pain came into the picture (TWO YRS post surgery!)
I sought
another neuro near home.She suggested Oxycontin.I was afraid to take it
at first
and did not until an lpn aide-fill-in fell on me when turning me!Long
story.

I went on it  noticed it helped both my spasms  pain.20mgs b.i.d.When
it
began being misused by teenagers ... the price went sky high  I have no
drug
coverage.

I tried going off it in 2000  using the duragesic patch but, nope, my body
reacted
violently.Am still on it today.still 50mgs at bedtime.

As well as the Amitrip.I didn't notice much of a weight gain but I was on
a listserv for
folks with syringomyelia and chairi syndrome and many were on it 
ballooned
up
from it.

Lori Michaelson
Age - 41
C4/5 complete quad, 26 years post
Tucson, AZ

---Original Message---

From: RONALD L PRACHT
Date: 11/16/05 20:37:38
To: quad-list@eskimo.com
Subject: [QUAD-L] Re Diane

Wow,
How many mgs of it were you on? People try to tell me that medication cant
make you gain weight, lol. Im taking this amytriptyline to help with syrinx
nerve pain. Could you suggest any alternatives?

Thanks

 Ron c7

[QUAD-L] oxycont news

[William Willis]

Oxycont became  available as generic a couple months ago. The price has come 
down substantially.




From: Lori Michaelson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: Lori Michaelson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: RONALD L PRACHT [EMAIL PROTECTED], Quad 
quad-list@eskimo.com

Subject: [QUAD-L] Help for nerve pain
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 16:43:35 -0700

Before my shunt surgery the Dr thought I should try Amitriptyline for pain 


spasms.

While it didn't control the horrid throwing-my-body back spasms .. it DID
help me sleep
very hard which I loved.  He put me on 50 mgs at bedtime.

I went ahead with the surgery and, while it seemed to help my spasticity
from the syrinx
it didn't do what I expected.

When shoulder/neck/spine pain came into the picture (TWO YRS post surgery!)
I sought
another neuro near home.  She suggested Oxycontin.  I was afraid to take it
at first
and did not until an lpn aide-fill-in fell on me when turning me!  Long
story.

I went on it  noticed it helped both my spasms  pain.  20mgs b.i.d.  When
it
began being misused by teenagers ... the price went sky high  I have no
drug
coverage.

I tried going off it in 2000  using the duragesic patch but, nope, my body
reacted
violently.  Am still on it today.  still 50mgs at bedtime.

As well as the Amitrip.  I didn't notice much of a weight gain but I was on
a listserv for
folks with syringomyelia and chairi syndrome and many were on it  
ballooned

up
from it.

Lori Michaelson
Age - 41
C4/5 complete quad, 26 years post
Tucson, AZ

---Original Message---

From: RONALD L PRACHT
Date: 11/16/05 20:37:38
To: quad-list@eskimo.com
Subject: [QUAD-L] Re Diane

Wow,
How many mgs of it were you on? People try to tell me that medication cant
make you gain weight, lol. Im taking this amytriptyline to help with syrinx
nerve pain. Could you suggest any alternatives?

 Thanks

  Ron c7