Pain meds

Tychad

does any one know of a good pain pill to take. One that is not too strong. Right now I am taking tramadol but it does not always help

dtad

Tychad. Just wondering if you are seeing a pain doc or is your MO prescribing the Toradol.There are many different narcotics, anti seizure meds and anti depressants you could try. A pain doc might be able to access what kind of pain it is and prescribe accordingly. Im so sorry you are in pain. I don't have cancer related pain but I do have chronic pain from an autoimmune disease and I now how eroding it can be. My heart goes out to you. Good luck....

PattyPeppermint

there are so many choices for pain relief. It's different for everyone. Best bet is to talk to your mo.

dlb823

As Patty said, we're all different. What works great for one of us, might not work at all for someone else. That said, I cannot handle many of the heavier ones I've been give at times. Morphine makes me extremely agitated, dilaudid literally sends me into orbit, and Vicodin makes me throw up. But I do great on Tylenol+Codeine #3. There are also "spot" pain patches with Lidocaine or Fentanyl. With mets, sometimes it takes a combination of meds.

Another really key thing to remember after you figure out what works best for you, is to take it on schedule, rather than waiting for the pain to come back, in which case you end up chasing the pain, which isn't nearly as effective as preventing it from starting or coming back.

Hope this helps. Deanna

jcfree

I take hydrocodone which seems to work well for me, takes care of pain and I am not a zombie on it. After my masectomy, my surgeon gave me a prescription for oxycodone for pain. I could not tolerate it, it was too strong for me and I felt like a complete zombie on it and felt like I could not function on it. I requested hydrocodone and it is much better for me.