Pain medication

[Outpatient]

I was wondering What pain medication (if any) you are on and how much you are taking a day/month. I my self am on percocet and it seems to be working OK. However it seems that I have to take more and more of it these day to get the same pain relief. I know you can build up a tolerance to it or maybe it is the time of year (cold and wet out in Washington State)

 

[Nyx]

Do you have a stoma? If so, if you're having pain you should contact your doctor and see what's going on. You could have a hernia. Otherwise, I'm not sure why you posted this question in this subforum. Not that it's not a valid question...but might get more responses in another thread. For the record, I'm not on any meds at all.

 

[Outpatient]

I apologize. I meant to post this in crohns/ colitis forum. I just dont know how to take this post down.

 

[Nyx]

There you go! Welcome to the forum anyway...hope you get an answer to your question

 

[ameslouise]

Hi Outpatient - You should be careful with Percocets (which are my FAVE btw!) because they can really slow down your digestive process and mess things up.

I am on Tramadol right now, which is not nearly as good as Perkies, but it's non-addictive and doesn't slow down the digestions like narcotics do.

-Amy

 

[Outpatient]

I was on Tramadol but it did not help with the pain, so they put me on Percocet. It has turned out to be a good thing (as far as the slowing of the gut) I have a Stoma and go to the bathroom 10-14 times a day. So anything that will slow my bowl down is helpful

 

[ameslouise]

Wow, 10-14 times a day seems a lot to empty your bag. Does your doc or stoma nurse say this is a normal amount?

- Amy

 

[Outpatient]

Yes, 10-15 times a day is a lot and my Dr's do know. It is a concern and they would like it to be less but I have had my Colon removed as well as 3 feet of small intestine so when ever i eat food passes through me in 30 minuets to an hour. I was told to eat many small meals throughout the day in hopes that I would absorb more from my food. In turn I am still in and out of the bathroom many times a day. But now it does not burn when I take a bowl movement and I am not sitting on the toilet half the day.

 

[Mark63]

I am on Tramadol right now, which is not nearly as good as Perkies, but it's non-addictive and doesn't slow down the digestions like narcotics do.

-Amy

Hi Amy,

Unless Tramadol is a different formulation where you are, you need to be careful. Tramadol is a synthetic opiate and it can be addictive. The FDA challenged the manufacturers on this point and the guidance has now been changed. I find it also slows-up the digestive system just as much as the codine based drugs, but everyone is different.

Mark

 

[beth]

WHS, Tramadol bunged me up something terrible and still didn't ease my pain. I now have a Butrans patch which lasts a week and whilst it doesn't take the pain away it makes it livable and doesn't slow me down too much - this is for back/sacroiliac/jaw/wrist/hand pain rather than guts.

 

[ameslouise]

Mark, thanks for that info. The tramadol does make me itch so I was wondering if it was an opiate derivative, as morphine and the others always make me itch too.

I did read somewhere that it must be tapered and not stopped cold so I need to read more about that and see what the taper rate is.

- Amy