Pain + hot flashes

[sesau1]

I am taking morphine sulfate ER and hydrocodone 4x a day for spinal stenosis & arthritis.Have not had fusion yet. I had a complete hysterectomy 3 yrs. ago. I can't take hormones due to being a high risk for cancer. My hot flashes have been steadily getting worse. The more activity I do the worse they get. If they are hormone related shouldn't they be getting better after 3 yrs? Or could they be pain related and I need to scale up on the pain meds? I have been on the pain meds for 4 yrs. Please help me. When the hot flashes hit,(anywhere from 8 to 30) my body stiffins up and the pain & heat radiates from me.

[K004H]

I would recomend smoking weed. I do at night and love it. i have almost the same pain and Iv found weed does it. because the pain pills after so long will not be good on your system/liver. weed is natureal and grows in the dirt. its got to be here for a reason.

[sesau1]

I have heard it helps for pain. What I really want to know and my doctor doesn't know is why are the hot flashes getting worse. I don't think I could function mentally during the day with my son if I was continually smoking weed.

[metronycguy]

i am having a major problem with heat, it just started in the last couple of moths. i am male so i doubt it is hot flashes, the weird thing is it seems to get worse when i sit down, my face and head get real hot. i need a fan blowing on my face at 70 degreeesF , i wont make it through the summer.
i started methadone as my 24/7 med, so that is one of the possibilities. i hope not since it is the best pain relief i have had for a long acting med, no horrible side effects.
my prolactin levels were high , and now on carbegoline for that, but i believe the hot face started before i started the carbegoline.
a lot of meds can change some hormone levels, definitely prolactin is affected bu narcotics and ant depressant, my levels went up before the anti depressant so most likely the narcotics.

[Katt*]

From my experience with narcotics, especially the short term acting narcotics: they caused sweating and hot flashes. I haven't had any problems since switching to MS Contin alone...no short term acting drugs. This was certainly true with the pain patches. Could also be the beginnings of withdrawal. Seeing as though you have been taking that dose for 4 years, you probably need to increase the Morphine Sulfate. I would never say to increase the other since I don't think short term narcotics should ever be used for chronic pain.

[sesau1]

Thanks for replying. I have been suspecting this for a long time with no one else to agree it is possible. My primary care provider does not know about these complications. I would like to find a medical reference to this to take to him on my next visit on the 9th of April. Do you know of any?

[sesau1]

Well I am going to see my doctor today and I am going to ask for a stellate ganglion block. Anyone know about it?