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Would you guys mind listing or emailing the medications each of you take for SCI pain? Thanks. studebaker911@hotmail.com
snoskrz
12-15-2002, 12:15 PM
c-5 c-6 incomplete 3 yrs post op
1. 900 mg nueuontin 3 x day and 600 at bedtime
2.vioxx 25 mg at bed time
3. zanaflex 4 mg at bedtime
4. oxycontin40 mg 3x day
5. oxycodone 5mg for breakthrough pain...i usually take 3 total or 4 on a really bad day
6.ditropan xl 5 mg and colace at night
Which med other than a narcotic, works the best? I'm already taking 9600 neurotnin, 4mg dilaudid & vioxx daily.
krajaxa
12-15-2002, 08:25 PM
4000 mg neurontin
darvocet as needed (hardly ever lately)
4-AP (20mgx2)
David Berg
12-16-2002, 05:43 AM
IKU,
Has the pain been getting any worse since you started taking the Neurontin? You're on an *awfully* high dose.
David Berg
The pain is about the same as when I was first injured 05/31/01 with a T11 severed cord. I was misdiagnosed for almost a year, operated on, for bladder UTI's and other crap they suspected/guessed might be causing my pain. It became fairly routine for me to spend a few days in the "best" hospitals in TN. Ha-Ha.What a joke. Basically I need to get rid of the damn pain so I can get on with my life and stay away from the butchers....
Stiggy
12-19-2002, 12:05 PM
dont mind me asking whats does 4-ap an 2-ap mean.Happy Trails Stiggy
Wise Young
12-20-2002, 08:03 AM
Stiggy,
4-aminopyridine refers to the drug that is a pyridine with an amino group in the 4 position.
There is a drug called 2, 4- diaminopyridine (2,4-DAP) which has similar effects to 4-aminopyridine but this drug does not penetrate the blood brain barrier. It may be useful for improving conduction of peripheral nerves. It has been considered for use by people who have peripheral demyelination, i.e. such as in cases of Guillian-Barre Disease.
I have not heard of 2-aminopyridine being used as a drug. I would urge great caution with the use of any of the other aminopyridines besides 4-AP, and 2,4-DAP. While both 4-AP and 2,4-DAP have been shown to be non-carcinogenic, several of the other pyridine analogs may be carcinogenic or toxic.
Some early reports have suggested that 4-AP reduces neuropathic pain in people with spinal cord injury. This may be because 4-AP increases the conduction of inhibitory as well as excitatory systems in the spinal cord. The former should reduce pain. However, this analgesic effect of the drug is not predictable. Also, 4-AP improves sensations and may "unmask" true noxious or sensory pain that is present.
Wise.
joseph
12-20-2002, 08:21 AM
Time release 4ap 2 a day. Was taking oxycodone 325mg 1 a day but in now taking oxycontin 10mg 1 a day.Its stronger and last about 5 hours.He takes an ambian when he can't get to sleep but when he took one 8 hrs after the Oxycontin the other day it effected him extra strong and he was really spaced for a few minutes.Question are any of these drugs bad for his system. He also takes Nexium for stomach acids.
weichman
12-20-2002, 10:04 PM
My husband is taking 1200mg nuerontin and 5 10/325mg hydrocodone each day for the pain.He is still in a lot of pain, his legs hurt all the time. He started the nuerontin about a month ago.
Cara
Has anyone tried Tramadol (sub.for Ultram)?
I have been taking Ultram for nearly seven years. It has helped mitigate the central pain I suffer from. I also take Neurontin (300 mg/4x/day). These drugs help make the pain tolerable but do not take it away completely. I also take hydrocodone for break through pain. I do not take it every day or for very long periods because I do not want my system to get used to having it.
"And so it begins."
metronycguy
12-23-2002, 06:04 PM
3200 mg a day neurontin, 4x 800 a day
10 or 20 mg of elavil in evening for sleep and pain and tremors
oxycodone as needed for breakthrough pain..usually take two 5/325 if wake up with pain at 2am
ultram as needed for breakthrough pain , usually use this during the day , works great!
accupuncture 2 x a week
vioxx 25 or 50 mg a day if i am stiff
200mg prescribed, now trying a higher dose ...provigil to wake up counter the neurontin
TD
How much Ultram do you take a day? It has been the only thing that
at least somewhat gets to my pain. I have been worried about the long
term effect of the drug. I find if I don't take it though, I am miserable. I have been taking it for about a year now.
NervePain
02-08-2003, 09:37 AM
I am an L1,2,3,4,5, & S1,2.
My current meds:
Trazodone, 100mg x 2 (Sleep med.)
Ultram, 50mg x 4 (pain med.)
Neurontin, 600 x 4 (Anti-Convulsion med. - Pain Block?)
(Note: Neurontin to be increased to 3000mg day)
Nortriptyline, 25mg x 3 at bedtime (anti-depressant)
Codiene (self-medicating - no prescription) I take now only for pain, usually take about 4 #4's as needed for pain) recovering opium addict, 2nd time)
My current GP will not give me any naroctics for pain at this time, as I am an admitted addict (recovering) He is sending me to UC @ San Francisco) then if they recommend pain meds. then he will give them to me.)
Kaprikorn1
03-08-2003, 04:42 PM
L-1 burst,S-1,2,3 & 4 plegia (Asia 3) walking:
Zoloft 50mg
clonadine .1mg (for spasms)
Flomax .4mg (when cathing gets hard)
Nortriptyline 75mg (for real bad spasms)
Colace
Ibuprophin 800 mg
Kaprikorn1
georgeh
03-09-2003, 10:44 AM
I'm a T10 complete paraplegic. Accident 5/14/2000.
Constant burning pain in buttocks and thighs.
Current meds:
Neurontin 2400mg/day (3 X 800mg)
Nortriptyline 150mg/day
Effexor 150mg/day
Zanaflex (Tizanidine) 4 X 4mg = 16mg/day
MS Contin 2 X 15 mg = 30mg/day
all this does no more than take the edge off the pain.
I'm scheduled for DREZ surgery at Craig Hospital in Denver in mid April. It's my last hope