Comments on: Painkillers, Pain Management, and Lupus https://lupuscorner.com/painkillers-pain-management-and-lupus/ Health Info on Lupus Symptoms, Treatments & Research Wed, 09 Aug 2023 12:06:21 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.4 By: Alyssa Paula https://lupuscorner.com/painkillers-pain-management-and-lupus/#comment-286316 Wed, 09 Aug 2023 12:06:21 +0000 https://lupuscorner.com/?p=5360#comment-286316 Being informed about painkillers takes away misconceptions about them. Thanks for this blog. I can note down a site for you on general health medicines. It may help you and others.

]]> By: Heather Walters-Petrenos https://lupuscorner.com/painkillers-pain-management-and-lupus/#comment-282262 Mon, 24 Jul 2023 06:12:58 +0000 https://lupuscorner.com/?p=5360#comment-282262 I also have idiopathic intracranial hypertension. I’m on diamox and I can’t take NSAID pain medications. I can’t even really tilt my head in certain ways. I’m so lucky that not only does the cold bother me from lupus but I can’t get too hot either because of vascular issues and warmth for muscle relaxation is out of the question. Why do they keep trying to take my opiates away? They work! I’m not addicted! I’m in pain! I’m so much in pain that I want my pills to keep working so I put myself through a regular detox and withdrawal so that my pills continue to work. Does that sound like addiction? I think that sounds like someone who suffers. All of the comments made above are made in ignorance. They are made in judgment. They assume every patient given an opiate will be harmed either physically or psychologically. The odds that someone will become addicted are extremely low in actuality unless they are predisposed to addiction. If you’re a good physician, perhaps you want to find that out? In regards to the potential for physical consideration for the fact that chronic pain patients have higher suicide risk…. Perhaps you ought reconsider.

]]> By: Heather Walters-Petrenos https://lupuscorner.com/painkillers-pain-management-and-lupus/#comment-282263 Mon, 24 Jul 2023 06:12:58 +0000 https://lupuscorner.com/?p=5360#comment-282263 I also have idiopathic intracranial hypertension. I’m on diamox and I can’t take NSAID pain medications. I can’t even really tilt my head in certain ways. I’m so lucky that not only does the cold bother me from lupus but I can’t get too hot either because of vascular issues and warmth for muscle relaxation is out of the question. Why do they keep trying to take my opiates away? They work! I’m not addicted! I’m in pain! I’m so much in pain that I want my pills to keep working so I put myself through a regular detox and withdrawal so that my pills continue to work. Does that sound like addiction? I think that sounds like someone who suffers. All of the comments made above are made in ignorance. They are made in judgment. They assume every patient given an opiate will be harmed either physically or psychologically. The odds that someone will become addicted are extremely low in actuality unless they are predisposed to addiction. If you’re a good physician, perhaps you want to find that out? In regards to the potential for physical consideration for the fact that chronic pain patients have higher suicide risk…. Perhaps you ought reconsider.

]]> By: Heather Walters-Petrenos https://lupuscorner.com/painkillers-pain-management-and-lupus/#comment-282264 Mon, 24 Jul 2023 06:12:58 +0000 https://lupuscorner.com/?p=5360#comment-282264 I also have idiopathic intracranial hypertension. I’m on diamox and I can’t take NSAID pain medications. I can’t even really tilt my head in certain ways. I’m so lucky that not only does the cold bother me from lupus but I can’t get too hot either because of vascular issues and warmth for muscle relaxation is out of the question. Why do they keep trying to take my opiates away? They work! I’m not addicted! I’m in pain! I’m so much in pain that I want my pills to keep working so I put myself through a regular detox and withdrawal so that my pills continue to work. Does that sound like addiction? I think that sounds like someone who suffers. All of the comments made above are made in ignorance. They are made in judgment. They assume every patient given an opiate will be harmed either physically or psychologically. The odds that someone will become addicted are extremely low in actuality unless they are predisposed to addiction. If you’re a good physician, perhaps you want to find that out? In regards to the potential for physical consideration for the fact that chronic pain patients have higher suicide risk…. Perhaps you ought reconsider.

]]> By: Heather Walters-Petrenos https://lupuscorner.com/painkillers-pain-management-and-lupus/#comment-282259 Mon, 24 Jul 2023 06:05:11 +0000 https://lupuscorner.com/?p=5360#comment-282259 I also have idiopathic intracranial hypertension. I’m on diamox and I can’t take NSAID pain medications. I can’t even really tilt my head in certain ways. I’m so lucky that not only does the cold bother me from lupus but I can’t get too hot either because of vascular issues and warmth for muscle relaxation is out of the question. Why do they keep trying to take my opiates away? They work! I’m not addicted! I’m in pain! I’m so much in pain that I want my pills to keep working so I put myself through a regular detox and withdrawal so that my pills continue to work. Does that sound like addiction? I think that sounds like someone who suffers.

]]> By: Heather Walters-Petrenos https://lupuscorner.com/painkillers-pain-management-and-lupus/#comment-282260 Mon, 24 Jul 2023 06:05:11 +0000 https://lupuscorner.com/?p=5360#comment-282260 I also have idiopathic intracranial hypertension. I’m on diamox and I can’t take NSAID pain medications. I can’t even really tilt my head in certain ways. I’m so lucky that not only does the cold bother me from lupus but I can’t get too hot either because of vascular issues and warmth for muscle relaxation is out of the question. Why do they keep trying to take my opiates away? They work! I’m not addicted! I’m in pain! I’m so much in pain that I want my pills to keep working so I put myself through a regular detox and withdrawal so that my pills continue to work. Does that sound like addiction? I think that sounds like someone who suffers.

]]> By: Linda hurst https://lupuscorner.com/painkillers-pain-management-and-lupus/#comment-50950 Sun, 04 Apr 2021 06:38:29 +0000 https://lupuscorner.com/?p=5360#comment-50950 In reply to Faye Stewart.

I have the same problem. They have no idea of what kind of pain we really have.

]]> By: Karen Pruit https://lupuscorner.com/painkillers-pain-management-and-lupus/#comment-49257 Sun, 28 Mar 2021 02:35:05 +0000 https://lupuscorner.com/?p=5360#comment-49257 💜]]> In reply to Debra Mueller.

One thing that works well is Bowen therapy. Too hard to explain how it works just youtube it. There are many videos there. 🙏💜

]]> By: D.starrs https://lupuscorner.com/painkillers-pain-management-and-lupus/#comment-45447 Sat, 27 Feb 2021 16:35:36 +0000 https://lupuscorner.com/?p=5360#comment-45447 I know that I am blessed with mild Lupus symptoms. For me I have found pain relief from Using Motrin nightly and any break through pain CBD tincture has been very effective. I wish I I insurance companies would cover the cost of our use of CBD products.

]]> By: Debra Mueller https://lupuscorner.com/painkillers-pain-management-and-lupus/#comment-45369 Thu, 25 Feb 2021 13:52:47 +0000 https://lupuscorner.com/?p=5360#comment-45369 In reply to Faye Stewart.

I have the same problem. Also DDD. PAIN EVERYDAY. The rhumatoligist won’t prescribe pain meds. My elbow and the muscle feels like a bruise to my hand. Ankle is swollen, and a non-stop lower disc pain.

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