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- Mon Jun 22, 2009 4:10 am
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: Mirapex no longer doing the trick
- Replies: 40
- Views: 4202
I would talk with your doctor about trying a larger dose of T3 or trying another opiate. something a little stronger, it sounds like your dose of codeine is pretty low, probably not enough to control moderate/severe case of RLS.Especially while experiencing rebound from cutting out the mirapex.Also ...
- Mon Jun 22, 2009 3:52 am
- Forum: Just Joined?
- Topic: Newbie and long, need advice please methadone
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1253
Hello, sorry about the hell you are going through, I have been there with requip, I currently take oxycontin and a tiny dose of methadone to control my symptoms, at a dose needed to control my symptoms methadone left me excessively sleepy during the day, my doctor lowered the methadone and added oxy...
- Sat Jun 20, 2009 4:11 pm
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: Refractory RLS 24/7, should methadone be a last resort?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2392
It absolutely did work for me! though talking with some pain management specialists my doctor found this to be a valid option to try, another interesting one, if you are not on a long acting opiate, but taking vicoden or somthing where you are not taking enough to kill a horse is Darvon/propoxephene...
- Fri Jun 19, 2009 7:00 am
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: Refractory RLS 24/7, should methadone be a last resort?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2392
Refractory RLS 24/7, should methadone be a last resort?
Kind of a conversation continuation from another thread. Should methadone be an absolute last resort when dealing with refractory rls or 24/7 symptoms? I say no. Do I think it should be handed out like tic-tacs when a couple of vicoden could do the job? No. But vicoden alone really is not a good cho...
- Fri Jun 19, 2009 4:45 am
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: First Post -- Moving to Opiates
- Replies: 24
- Views: 3623
- Thu Jun 18, 2009 5:01 pm
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: First Post -- Moving to Opiates
- Replies: 24
- Views: 3623
- Thu Jun 18, 2009 4:18 pm
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: Am I crazy? Requip making me feel worse....
- Replies: 46
- Views: 6828
Though a sleep study is typically not required for a rls diagnosis, it can be a useful tool. You may want to talk about one with your doctor, especially since it sounds like you are sure that you are not on the right track, before you commit to too many meds (extended release opiates and such) it ma...
- Wed Jun 17, 2009 3:01 pm
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: Has anyone given up day-time meds?/opiates/sleepiness
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2683
My sleep study brought a diagnosis of osa, dr said the opiates did not help but were not the cause. I have always been an active person and could not picture my self plugged in to cpap every night, though surgery success stats vary, my doctor said because I am not over weight I would have a greater ...
- Wed Jun 17, 2009 7:56 am
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: First Post -- Moving to Opiates
- Replies: 24
- Views: 3623
- Wed Jun 17, 2009 7:33 am
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: First Post -- Moving to Opiates
- Replies: 24
- Views: 3623
- Tue Jun 16, 2009 2:54 pm
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: First Post -- Moving to Opiates
- Replies: 24
- Views: 3623
- Tue Jun 16, 2009 3:53 am
- Forum: General Topics: RLS
- Topic: Anyone been told u spend 2 much time talk about your health?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 4787
Sorry to hear that Helen, I think I know how you feel, my wife I believe is actually starting to hate me for having rls and I'm pretty sure she thinks its a minor inconvenience thats mostly in my head. She actually gets pissed when I talk about being a little tired and has to trump it with something...
- Tue Jun 16, 2009 2:59 am
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: First Post -- Moving to Opiates
- Replies: 24
- Views: 3623
sorry if I am I'm jumping in here a little late, but if I am reading correctly it sounds like you need around the clock therapy, my case was a little mismanaged from the start with the opiates, my dr did not want to write a script for methadone (he never had before) so we started with norco, then ms...
- Tue Jun 16, 2009 2:22 am
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: hydroxyzine/atarax
- Replies: 4
- Views: 554
In the hospital I was given a shot benedryl (I was unaware until it was to late, it was horrible! It took two shots of hydromorphone and an hour and a half to get to a level of comfort, but everyone reacts different. claritin and sudafed do not seem to have any effect on my symptoms, those two are o...
- Mon Jun 15, 2009 4:23 pm
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: Has anyone given up day-time meds?/opiates/sleepiness
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2683
Helen I just had one more thought about your anxiety/daytime sleepyness you could discuss catapres (clonodine) with your doctor, it is normally used for blood pressure and some times to help with withdrawl syndrome its an alpha blocker that slows your body's extreme reactions to stress and such, and...