Chronic Pain Meds & Switching Back and Forth?
Question by someoneoutthereishere: Chronic pain meds & switching back and forth?
I have a chronic pain condition that is worse at times than others. usually comes in waves of 2-3 weeks of moderate pain and then 2 or more weeks of pretty bad pain.
i’ve been taking darvocet and soma for a few years now but it is starting to not work well enough. plus the soma makes me pretty tired. i don’t know if stopping it and upping to a stronger pain med will be any better.
but my question is:
my doctor has mentioned upping me from the darvocet to either tylenol+codeine or vicodin. but i know that the stronger the pain med, the stronger the physical addiction & dependence is. so if i use the darvocet for the moderately painful weeks and switch to say vicodin for the worst weeks — probably 2-4 weeks at a time, will my body have any type of withdrawal each time I go back to darvocet from the stronger ones? or am expected to only take vicodin from now on? [i would really rather not take stronger unless i need it]. thank you!
Best answer:
Answer by paulswaney_ssm
There is actually a study out know that says darvocet may not actually help as well as they used to think for pain….tramadol either. what condition do you have– if possible id switch to a narcotic w/o the tylenol unless you have an orthopedic condition. tylenol is actually harder on your liver than the opiates.
you will get a reaction each time but its depending on the dose… involved. in my experience the withdrawl symptoms are worse than the actual pain.
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