Re: Fentanyl VERSUS METHADONE

tahnk you very much hopefully ill be in the pain clinic in gainesville
this up coming week as my dr dosent want to combine methadone and
fentanly as he dosent really know that much about the higher pain meds
so he has an urgent request in that i be seen and evaluated for new
meds thanks again
OldGoat wrote:
Hey Marcus,

Hope you're decent painwise today. You know a lot of this is going to end up
depending on what dose patch they plan on starting you on. The fentanyl
patch uses a different measurement than milligrams, but forget that for now.
It's either going to be a 25, 50, or 100. Any idea what the first "size" is
going to be? That's probably going to be more important than how much
methadone you're on when you start it.
I would put a complete and absolute stop to further surgery for now. It's
gambling, and if they can control your pain with medication why take a
chance? For now at least.
And don't sweat it working on your lumbar issues and not getting any relief
to the cervical spine. Even though the delivery method is kind of unique
with the patch, it's still the medication getting to your brain by way of
blood that acts on the pain. As long as you have your blood and your brain,
you should be in good shape.
I'd ask the doc about making the jump/switch now. I get the impression that
you are really anxious about what this is going to do to you and the worry
alone can really jack up the pain. I'd tell it to him just like that. With
minimally adequate pain control, this extra worry is like battery acid in an
open wound. You sure don't need it, neither does your doc, it's just going
to make it tougher for him to get it under control. With all the other
worries chronic pain brings with it, who needs more?

Hang in there,man. --og


"marcusboy54" <partyboz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Do fentanyl patches work well for cervical and lumbar pain level abnout
8 now as i tapering of methadone because after 5 years its not helping
anymore for pain and now they asay i may be facing cervical surgery
allready had 4 lumbar fusuions in the 80s thanks for any help as the
doctors want to start me on patches when i get down to 10-20 milagrams
a day of methadone iam down to 40 now fromm 80 thanks for any help


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