At Sat, 21 Jul 2001, joanne Thorpe wrote:
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>Hi Pam,
>Interesting! I was offered Methadone right away following Vicodine annd
>was told that it has been proven to work better than Morphine and stays
>in the system longer. However, no one told me that when it came time to
>go off the Methadone, it would be nearly impossible to get help. I was
>referred to many pain clinics through my HMO and none would "take me
>down". Only one doctor would do it and suggested that the best way is
>through hospitalization but my health plan would not pay and so I suffer
>every day with a little help from Clonidine and Vistaril given by my
>primary doctor and unsupervised. Amazing!
>At Fri, 20 Jul 2001, Pam Markford wrote:
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>>Hi Everyone! The other day I had a very interesting conversation with an
>>Anesthesialogist/Pain Specialist. She told me that some adhesion pain
>>can be as deep as what is called "Visercal Pain( Pain that comes from
>>the organs)".There are some pain patients whose pain does not respond to
>>narcotics(like oxycontin)that is why some pain specialist will have a
>>patient try methadone, not because the pain specialist thinks the
>>patient is a drug addict who needs to be assisted with withdrawling from
>>a narcotic.
>>
>>--
>>In Loving Friendship,
>> Pam Markford
>>
>--
>Joanne
>