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- Mon Apr 01, 2024 4:53 pm
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: Oxycodone
- Replies: 18
- Views: 8535
Re: Oxycodone
I had cancer and the oncologist gave me a script for oxycontin. I did not ask for it, was not I pain and did not experience RLS at least until early evening. I had seen the oncologist before my diagnosis because he is also a Haematologist and I was trying to convince him to do an iron IV treatment. ...
- Thu Feb 29, 2024 12:55 pm
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: Buprenorphine, the good, bad and ugly
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3096
Re: Buprenorphine, the good, bad and ugly
Deb, or anyone, how long have you been on buprenorphine? Can anyone with dental issues chime in. I had throat cancer last year and got a lifetime dose of radiation especially in the lower jaw. My radiologist and UF School of Dentistry warn of very serious consequences from dental problems. Even an e...
- Tue Feb 27, 2024 3:41 pm
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: Buprenorphine, the good, bad and ugly
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3096
Re: Buprenorphine, the good, bad and ugly
That's good information deb. I have to make the decision in a few days, at least for this 90 day cycle. Staying on Pregablin and starting the process of getting off Clonazepam replaced by Buprenorphine sounds like a plan based on what you are doing.
Anyone else out there with feedback. Rick
Anyone else out there with feedback. Rick
- Sat Feb 24, 2024 10:08 am
- Forum: Physical Treatments
- Topic: Vacation Reprieve
- Replies: 18
- Views: 17959
Re: Vacation Reprieve
Rust, I know how you feel. I climbed stairs in my PJs at 4 am. Usually 8 floors up and down twice would do it. I dreaded the flight home but in business class it was not so bad. I binged movies (Oppenheimer was 3 hours) and caught a cat nap here and there. 17 hours in 2 planes with a long layover wa...
- Sat Feb 24, 2024 9:54 am
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: Buprenorphine, the good, bad and ugly
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3096
Buprenorphine, the good, bad and ugly
One of my many doctors told me Buprenorphine is now Schedule III in my state, meaning it can be prescribed for RLS. Not sure if my Neurologist will but this doctor will. I've read recent posts on the subject but would like to consolidate opinions on whether it worked, continues to work, side effects...
- Tue Feb 20, 2024 6:43 pm
- Forum: Physical Treatments
- Topic: Vacation Reprieve
- Replies: 18
- Views: 17959
Re: Vacation Reprieve
Six weeks on a South Pacific cruise turns out to be a lot of time at sea. There was a lot to do onboard and I got my Vacation Reprieve for a while. I had almost no daytime RLS the whole cruise but nights evolved into pain I experience at home. Long plane ride back to LA was rough followed by another...
- Fri Dec 22, 2023 2:37 pm
- Forum: Physical Treatments
- Topic: Handheld Percussion Massage Gun
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7279
Re: Handheld Percussion Massage Gun
Views, I've been using the karate chop since I was a teenager.
- Wed Dec 20, 2023 5:35 pm
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: My experience with Medical Marijuana
- Replies: 0
- Views: 15147
My experience with Medical Marijuana
I finally got around to getting a Medical Marijuana Card in Florida. A strange procedure where you pat $275, see an MD and they approve your MM Card but don't give you a prescription. The card has to be renewed every seven months for another $150. The doctor who was young, articulate and seemed genu...
- Wed Dec 20, 2023 4:52 pm
- Forum: Physical Treatments
- Topic: Handheld Percussion Massage Gun
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7279
Handheld Percussion Massage Gun
For the last few years I've been watching the National Football League using Handheld Percussion Massage Guns on the sidelines mostly on players thighs. I figure this is mostly to keep them from cramping up. I'm no athlete but kept thinking this may provide some relief for RLS so I finally ordered o...
- Tue Sep 26, 2023 7:21 pm
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: Clonazepam Tolerance Build-Up
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7425
Re: Clonazepam Tolerance Build-Up
To tell you the truth I don't feel Pregabalin do anything. It was supposed to reduce the pain in the thighs and it may but it is subtle. I've tried cutting back and I can notice it interfere with my sleep. Since my issues are so bad and I don't have any real alternatives I keep taking it. I was goin...
- Wed Sep 20, 2023 1:46 pm
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: Clonazepam Tolerance Build-Up
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7425
Re: Clonazepam Tolerance Build-Up
I wanted to add that I think lack of or sleep interruption is probably a large factor in dementia. I was told recently hearing loss (I have bad tinnitus) contributes. If these as well as clonazepam and pregabalin do I'm in real trouble.
- Wed Sep 20, 2023 12:41 am
- Forum: General Topics: RLS
- Topic: RLS constantly changing
- Replies: 4
- Views: 10370
Re: RLS constantly changing
Thx for the replies. I have had RLS move to my arms on occasion but never stays around. It's a terrible feeling. I used to think it was all in my calfs but what I have today is definitely all in my thighs. I rack my brain trying to figure out cause and effect but never do. The disease seems to chang...
- Wed Sep 20, 2023 12:20 am
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: Clonazepam Tolerance Build-Up
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7425
Re: Clonazepam Tolerance Build-Up
I have been on Clonazepam for over 25 years for lifetime RLS and PLMS. Started at 0.5mg now at 2 mg and neurologist added 300 mg Pregabalin 5 years ago. 10 years ago, over 6 months, I got off Clonazepam for a year and took ever increasing doses of Ropinirole for a year. I think I augmented immediate...
- Fri Sep 15, 2023 5:16 pm
- Forum: General Topics: RLS
- Topic: RLS constantly changing
- Replies: 4
- Views: 10370
RLS constantly changing
I've had significant RLS my whole life. Started as movement of my legs I was not even aware of until my brothers told me decades later. Then in my mid teens it became an annoying urge to move my legs when I was watching TV or similar activities. I believe I had PLMS even then but nobody in my room t...
- Fri Sep 15, 2023 3:40 pm
- Forum: Non-prescription Medicines, Supplements, Diet
- Topic: REST AND RECHARGE SUPPLEMENT FOR RLS
- Replies: 11
- Views: 24297
Re: REST AND RECHARGE SUPPLEMENT FOR RLS
My wife put a bar of Ivory Soap under my pillow LOL. For those who don't remember it was an early cure for RLS. Bless her heart.