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- Sun May 12, 2024 4:18 am
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: Oxycodone
- Replies: 18
- Views: 8183
Re: Oxycodone
I have to take methadone approximately 7-8 hours before I want to be asleep (and I can STILL fight sleep even then). I usually take it by 5 PM to have any hope of getting to sleep by 12 to 1 AM. I took it at 6 PM last night and had to force myself to get in bed at 1:30 - and didn't go to sleep unti...
- Sun May 12, 2024 4:09 am
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: Oxycodone
- Replies: 18
- Views: 8183
Re: Oxycodone
It's astonishing how different some of us are in our reactions to drugs.debbluebird wrote: ↑Sat Mar 30, 2024 10:06 pmOxy never worked for me if I took it more than a couple of days. My RLS would be worse. It was 5 mg
- Sun May 12, 2024 4:07 am
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: Oxycodone
- Replies: 18
- Views: 8183
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....
- Sat May 04, 2024 5:35 am
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: Opioid Constipation
- Replies: 1
- Views: 71
Opioid Constipation
Not a fun topic but rather than derailing further Bearpaws' thread with an off-topic query, I thought I'd start my own. Opioid constipation is a thing and I'm dealing with it now. I'm taking 20mg oxycodone daily and having trouble moving. The laxatives I'm taking, Miralax and dulcalax, don't do much...
- Tue Apr 30, 2024 2:09 am
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: Where do I go from here?
- Replies: 41
- Views: 3611
Re: Where do I go from here?
I am so happy for you that you were able to get the meds you need and the dose! Happy you don't have to go to PM as they have much sticker rules and make your life a little harder! Good luck! Thank you. So far so good. With PM I was imagining them adding pain to my life with blood tests every week ...
- Sun Apr 07, 2024 1:46 am
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: Ferritin levels and IV iron
- Replies: 20
- Views: 12574
Re: Ferritin levels and IV iron
I am now seeing a sleep specialist in Portland, OR who had their residency at the Stanford Sleep Center in CA. In our first hour long consult, she was very knowledgeable. However, I had a complete iron panel prior to this appointment which also tests ferritin levels of course. My ferritin level was...
- Fri Apr 05, 2024 11:12 am
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: Where do I go from here?
- Replies: 41
- Views: 3611
Re: Where do I go from here?
That sounds like great news. I hope that the 20mg oxy ER works well for you for a very long time. And also good that you don't need to mess with pain management since they often don't understand conditions like RLS that are not classical pain situations where they can try other treatments to try to...
- Thu Apr 04, 2024 7:53 pm
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: Where do I go from here?
- Replies: 41
- Views: 3611
Re: Where do I go from here?
That is wonderful news. You definitely found a keeper with that neuro and hopefully your PM will be willing to switch you to oxy ER since regular oxy is working well for you. As for the description of the feeling, I tell people that language describes a shared experience and that only other RLS pat...
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 9:57 pm
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: Oxycodone
- Replies: 18
- Views: 8183
Re: Oxycodone
'Alerting', so that's why I don't like going to bed til 4:00 am. I thought I was just a night owl. I have to take methadone approximately 7-8 hours before I want to be asleep (and I can STILL fight sleep even then). I usually take it by 5 PM to have any hope of getting to sleep by 12 to 1 AM. I too...
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 4:51 pm
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: Oxycodone
- Replies: 18
- Views: 8183
Re: Oxycodone
'Alerting', so that's why I don't like going to bed til 4:00 am. I thought I was just a night owl.
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 4:43 pm
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: Oxycodone
- Replies: 18
- Views: 8183
Re: Oxycodone
Hello Trophyman, I've been on oxycodone for over a year and never experience any bloating. Just saying.
- Wed Mar 20, 2024 6:28 pm
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: Where do I go from here?
- Replies: 41
- Views: 3611
Re: Where do I go from here?
Yes, I liked the neurologist. He said he'd post the results of our appointment on MyChart but I haven't seen it yet. I did ask that he send the oxy suggestion to pain management which he said he would. PM appointment in 2 weeks. I also sent my neurologist's suggestions to my GP. I asked the Neurolog...
- Wed Mar 20, 2024 6:18 am
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: Where do I go from here?
- Replies: 41
- Views: 3611
Re: Where do I go from here?
I had an appointment with a neurologist today. He asked me questions - particularly what RLS felt like for me. That was difficult to answer. My description of "boiling vinegar" didn't impress him, neither did wanting to crawl out of my skin. I finally ending up saying RLS just felt creepy crawly. He...
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 12:59 am
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: Where do I go from here?
- Replies: 41
- Views: 3611
Re: Where do I go from here?
The doctor at pain management today suggested that the increase in symptoms since the operation might be linked to the chemo pill I'm taking daily. This is the first time I've heard this one. Anyone else has any knowledge of this. I talked about the iron levels and he said he'd look into it. My seco...
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 12:53 am
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: Where do I go from here?
- Replies: 41
- Views: 3611
Re: Where do I go from here?
Would your doctor be willing to put you on an extended-release Oxy? It is a little bit more expensive but worth it as it would get you through the night, they only come in 10mg and higher though. I would ask your doctor if they would be willing to put you on a nighttime Oxy ER and see if they are w...