Multiple Sclerosis And Oxycodone (Page 3)

I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2008. Over the years my nerve pain has gotten a lot worse. The pain has gotten so bad that it's ruining my life. I cant walk due to my legs not working correctly and experiencing a loss of all balance. I have pain everywhere but it's the worst in my feet. My Dr. has me on 10 mg oxycodone for about 5 years now. I was on percocet prior but I worried about my liver with all the acetaminophen. My problem is I'm not sure if I have built a tolerance or if I should be taking more at a time but it's not doing much for me. My pain never goes away. The pills slightly take the edge off for about an hour. That's it! I have tried 3 different types and strengths of pain patches and they didn't do anything. I tried morphine with the same results. I even went to a pain specialist who took me off oxycodone and put me on methadone and gabapentin. I had to stop those after one dose because I was in so much pain and wondering why, so I called that dr. and he said it takes a couple weeks to work. There's no way I can miss any pain med dosage. Let alone a couple weeks. Can anyone steer me in a direction to help me not be in misery all day? Thanks for your time.

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Re: Nosie Nellie (# 40)

Several decades ago they did a spinal tap on me. Which involves placing a needle in the dural sac(contains the spinal cord) to remove fluid for testing. They did this to test me to see if I had MS.
I don't know how they do it these days...

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Re: Don (# 34)

Hi Don. I do agree with your input,regarding most Pain-killers and that ones body,however does develop resistans and addiction. In my case i have been on Stilpain for 6 years now. Yet,regardless of the high addiction capebility of this particular pain killer..only after SIX years,it now started to loose it's efectiveness. My only and last resort,in South Africa,is Morphine or PREDNISONE. The huge problem with Prednisone,is that it has severe side effects and can turn fatal,if used for more than 6 months continiously.It's very efective for pain,espesially MS patients.Was sugested that i stick to Stilpain for as long as i can,even if i drastically increase my daily dosage.(including switching to Morphine also)

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