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>> Date: Mon, 26 May 2008 14:23:15 -0500
>> From: tracy.joslin@adhesions.org
>> To: adhesions@mail.obgyn.net
>> Subject: Pain Medication
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>> Sender: dgold74@optonline.net (Deborah Goldberger)
>> Subject: Pain Medication
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>> I am currently taking 120 mg Oxycontin and 105 mg of Oxycodone per day
>> (and that's just the narcotics). I know that there is no "right amount"
>> but I was wondering if that seems high, low or about even to what some
>> of you have taken or are taking? Even with these meds, I'm still in a
>> lot of pain but when I explain that to my pain doc he pretty much just
>> ignores me and he will not even seem to consider increasing it. In
>> fact, he was decreasing it for awhile until I spoke to him about it and
>> was able to convince him to leave the dosage alone. In spite of this
>> issue, I do feel like he is trying to look out for my best interests and
>> maybe increasing them any more would be dangerous or useless (I don't
>> know as he never answers my question of why not). Can anyone give me an
>> idea of whether this is a particularly high level and whether I should
>> fight harder for an increase? When they were at a higher level
>> previously, with a different pain doc, it was the only thing that helped
>> the pain at all.
>> Thank you so much - I would be lost without all of your help!
>> Debbie
>>
Debbie, I do not think there is a right or wrong, it all depends on your pain level. After 6 years of pain, I was taking 6 -7 80 mg of oxycontin per day.After being on possibly just about everything for the pain, this is what worked for me at that time. Of course also is the fact I needed an increase over periods of months as I was becoming tolerant to the medication. Bonnie