Author: Lillyval
Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2011 11:35 pm
Back to your question quadracer, it may be possible for someone who has learned their lesson to use opiates responsibly (I said "may be"), but the problem is that opiates cause tolerance in EVERYONE, not just addicts. So if you were able to take a reasonable dose in the manner it was prescribed, it STILL wouldn’t work for you a few weeks down the road. Then you would have to raise your dose. Then the cycle would repeat again in a few more weeks. Repeat. Repeat. And once you get to the higher doses some people get hyperalgesia. So opiates just aren’t good for chronic pain.
My concern is that 16 Advils is unsustainable. My SIL was on high doses like that and she ended up with a bleeding esophagus. Are there any other NSAIDS you can check into? I recently started Piroxicam, and it really seems to help, but I don’t have Fibro. I hope you can find something that works.
Good luck,
Lilly
