Anyone take pain pills?

My experience says stay away. Go to a good chiro, take up yoga or something but don't mess with that shit.

I agree with the other guys here. The fact that your pills are not doing the job anymore is a "danger" sign that you should react on.

Not by shifting to a stronger drug, because that might stop working also and then what. And ultimately there is loads of stress on your body when you keep loading it up with medicine.

I would try to look for alternative approaches, and if that doesn't work then talk to your doctor again.

You could try and read some of Dr Weils writings on back pain. I trust this guy a whole lot.

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It actually makes my back hurt worse.

oxycodone...some good shit...
it depends how old you are...cuz eventually they will start working as well...be careful

Yeah weed is bad for back and neck pain, I hate it.

Oxycodone

Since you're a pot head be careful, these things are VERY addicting.  But man... get yourself one of these guys .  You will be so h---I MEAN pain free.

Don't start with the chiro's. You'll regret it in the future. Go see a pain specialist. They might be able to give you a cortisone shot and relieve the pain for a while. I hear it all the time from my friend, who is in pain mgmt. and from friends who have seen him. GL and hope the pain gets better.

10 years ago I had a series of cortisone nerve blocks, 3 I think, through a pain management clinic and pain free to this day. At the time they said a 60% success rate. Before that I had tried EVERYTHING.

yeah very addicting but they work. at first they will prob knock you out though if you get some strong enough to kill the pain

Fug try and get some Naproxen 375 or more it is like a real big powerful ibuprofen takes down any inflammation and no side effects.

I was a goalie for 20 years and I know what you mean when you say your back is fucked. Also try some different stretches if you are not already it can really loosen things up and get the blood flowing.

Ibuprofen aleves, etc...... are worse on your liver and kidneys than any opiate narcotic pain medicine.

My pain mgt Doc said that you can take the proper amount of narcotics, which he says are very misunderstood by mainstream, feared by the docs that are afraid to give you what you really need.

Pain management is just that. Working with a doctor, ideally a good one0 to manage your pain levels to a point that you are able to function at as close to a normal level as possible.

He said most docs are afraid to give you what works, and irresponsible ones hand them out like m&ms without any regard as to what is ailing you. The good ones are like the guy that I have that tweaks things and communicates with other docs, so that there is no doc shopping or possible negative reaction to mixing the wrong drugs...

You can (according to him) take a managed amount of narcotics for life if need be, because sometimes that's how long the pain will last, and narcotic opiate pain medicine won't harm livers or kidneys.

Aleves and those big ibuprofens will eat a hole in your stomach and wreck havoc on your kidneys and liver.....


Oxycodones and vicodins are almost equal in my opinion......Oxys are a little stronger.....That's not all I take, but just thought I'd share what I know......

GL

Even sissy  docs will give you anti inflammatory.

If you can't get good pain meds or are against them, anti inflammatories can be quite helpful for back issues.

Wish I could recall the name of one that really worked for me. Just ask your GP.

GL 

I hate pain pills. I have had heart surgeries and honestly I endured the pain after wards rather than take those things. If I had to take a pill Id take a half. I think after my ICD thing was put in they gave me vicodin and I took a 1/2 and I hated how i felt on it and I said f*ck this Ill deal with the pain a bit.

I could see how they could work if you are in pain but I just didnt like feeling that spaced out

NJ, did they have to cut through your rib cage?

Shit man! Are you OK?

I played at least that long Center All City and sometraveling accolades I don't care about. Don't care about any of it.

I don't believe anything you said. I played Center and was captain of every team I played on until college. I was outclassed then, but easily better than you. Then I rode pine.

Don't lie until you have it straight.

You are either trolling for pills or looking for attention.

Next step is me asking you a bunch of questions, your lies trip over themselves, and you are found out as a liar.

Anyone that even played in high school, assuming you played 15 years (which you didn't) would not about such a generic painkiller. Start another thread and ask what vicodin is......


I know you didn't start playing at 5If you didn't play i college, the smaller teams similar to our single A Baseball here in the states, you still know about oxycodones, didn't play in college, and don't know what oxycodones are?


You played for 15 years.....and that would mean since you didn't play college, you would have played the equivalent of our single A Baseball. On the busses and in the locker rooms, they are prevalent to say the least, and certainly not hard to find. Why not ask a "Hockey buddy". 

And the guy has a "gangster" saying as his banned avatar,

What an idiot.

Never taken Oxycodone but I hear that it is similar to crack, use it once and you are hooked. So becareful with that....I would reccomend Hydrocodone...3 at a time should do the trick, assuming your back is hurting pretty bad. But that stuff is addictive as well...so what ever you do, becareful. 

yeah im better than new now, thanks

yeah back in 97 they did but even then I hated taking those pain pills.

NJ , I heard a mixed bag of opinions from docs about those cortisone shots. I think I might like to try a few before they start digging and cutting into my back again. Why not give it a whirl, eh?

I'm not afraid like I would have been a year ago to get discs fused, but might as well try this. In your opinion, correct?

I'm pretty damn sure I have a dumb question but I'm a rookie in the pill world so it can't hurt to ask. Is Oxycodon the same as Oxycontin and if not then what is the difference? I've tried some Hydrocodon but they don't seem to do much unless they're 10's or unless it's 3 or 4 5's or 7.5's

Whoever said aspirin/tylenol/etc will fuck up your shit is right. I get headaches pretty regularly and when I'm out of the green goodness I head straight for the giant bottle of aceteminaphen live/kidney poison. This shit is bad and can cause for some rough mornings. Not to mention most aspirin products usually have 500mg of it, once you start poppin em 2, 3 at a time it'll really catch up. 

So what is you guys most recommended med for pain? 

Percocets helped headaches better than anything I get prescribed.

There's a big difference between oxycodone and oxycontins. Strength of pain killer in itself being the mail thing. I can't explain it technically, but google it if you are inclined to learn more.

KinKaid, what is your main ailment or what is causing you the most discomfort?

It is not recommended to mix any amounts of hydrocodone and alcohol, as doing so could cause health problems. This is especially dangerous because all commercially available prescriptions in the United States containing hydrocodone are compounded with another medicine. The most common medication compounded with hydrocodone is APAP (acetaminophen), which is metabolized solely by the liver. Therefore the risk of fatal overdose due to hepatotoxicity can occur with significantly lower levels of APAP when mixed with ethanol. Also the mixture can potentially cause serious damage to the liver, kidneys, and stomach wall. Acetaminophen may increase the potential for coma, respiratory problems, and can damage the CNS.^[7]