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Originally Posted by swatsurgeon
Brewmonkey,
I'm glad you brought up the 'addiction' word....being on the medication chronically for a true medical reason, with the ability to function normally and use of the med to treat your pain relieves you of the concern for that BAD word....you are not addicted. Yes, there develops a dependence on the drug so that you can function normally. I have patients that are on 80-100mg oxycontin every 12 hrs that are driving, go to high level jobs and basically are functioning because of the pain relieve they get with the Rx.
Don't ever feel the stigma society wants to tack to your forehead about addiiction....this is NOT FOR PLEASURE/RECREATION!! The only pleasure you get is by experiencing life again pain free so that you can return to 'normal' ....keep on truckin'.
Are you on combo Tx, i.e., a non-steroidal also.....you likely should be.
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I am on the oxy and naproxen for the NSAID as well as amitriptyline (25mg) prior to bed time and then robaxin for the spasms. Seems with the arachnoiditis comes Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy which causes me to jerk at times (especially when lying down) like someone hit me with the reflex mallet. It also causes a sensation at times like a bug is crawling on me, that one is wierd.
TR- I have a great doc and his nurse practitioner who are doing their best for me. They respond very well to my needs. It did take some time to get to that point but I spent a lot of my time doing research and then bringing copies for both of them on what I find. I know doc's are generally sharp people but I learned that they cannot know everything. It was once I started bringing them documents from off the web on other doc's studies of the arachnoiditis that I saw a change in my treatment for the better.