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Does anyone know of any support groups for long term pain management?
Oct 31st
Question by Christina L: Does anyone know of any support groups for long term pain management?
I have been diagnosed with a painful and so far untreatable medical condition that cause benign cysts and tumors to form throughout my body. I have several in my eyes and head that are very painful and for this reason have been on Methadone for pain management for several years. It is something that I will probably be taking for life as condition does not respond to treatment. I worry about the affect that this has on my children and become depressed thinking of being a slave to pain killers (not to mention the stigma that comes with it-most people assume that I am a junkie and taking it for heroin withdrawl) though the alternative is to be unable to function because of high levels of pain. Are there any support groups out there for people on long term pain management?
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Answer by gypsie_soul06
try the following website. along with chronic pain, they have many other different communities to offer support.
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do you believe that PhilAnselmo started doing Heroin due 2severe back pain, or …?
Dec 6th
Question by TAFKAM: do you believe that PhilAnselmo started doing Heroin due 2severe back pain, or …?
…or is it just a typicall lame junkie xcuse. I have had same problems(heroin addiction) , but I admitted I started doing it ’cause I was jaded, and now I’m on Methadone Maintainance treatment 4 seven years, and being addicted to Methadone is a much more severe and togher ordeal than Heroin addiction, xcept here in Croatia MMT is free of charge, and U take it orally, so you’re kinda’disease protected. Nevertheless, I feel guilty towards me, my family, friends…I must, can,. and will ‘save ‘my life by lowering my dosages(a year ago , iI was taking 115mgs daily, noew I’m on 80 mgs daily)…I wrote this nabout me, just for you to take it more seriously…iguess…and…it gets lonely, I find it helpfull 2 share.
A big hug from Croatia, please don’t label and stigmatise ne because of my honesty
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Answer by Derail
I commend you on your honesty. And your trying to change. I don’t know who Phil Anselmo is. But it sounds like an after thought excuse for heroin. However, I don’t know the guy. I was out of work for 19 months due to a back injury, and the pain that went with it. But it never occurred to me to start heroin. That would turn one big problem (my back), in to two big problems, by adding a very addictive drug. Anyway, stay your course, and hope the best for ya.
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Back Pain Relief Works as Fast But Lasts Longer Than Cortisone
Jan 4th
Back Pain Relief That Works as Fast But Lasts Longer Than Cortisone Two months ago, I told you about Prolozone, a tremendous breakthrough in pain management. With Prolozone, we inject an oxygen/ozone gas mixture into painful and inflamed areas. It causes an extremely fast healing response. Now we have proof that this treatment is even better than the standard steroid shot for pain relief.
Each year thousands of Americans are subjected to epidural injections of steroids for low back pain, sciatica, degenerative arthritis, etc. It’s sort of a one-size fits all treatment. You have degeneration, let’s shoot it with some steroids. We’ll knock out the pain for you. Don’t worry about the toxicity of the steroids. Just enjoy the pain relief now. That’s the mindset of the typical American doctor. Well, leave it to the Italians to show us up. Italian researchers studied 306 patients 166 had primarily disc disease and 140 had non-disc vertebral disease. All of them had acute or chronic low back or sciatic pain. The researchers gave them one of two treatments. The first treatment was an X-ray guided injection of an oxygen/ozone gas mixture. This injection went into the area of nerve exit from the spine. The second treatment was the standard injection of steroids around the spinal joints.
Neurologists who did not know what injection the patient received (hence the study was blinded) evaluated all of the patients. There was little difference between the two forms of injection for short-term pain relief. Both worked, with 80% of the patients reporting clear improvement. Most had complete remission of pain at one week.However, at six months, the gas proved far more effective for those with disc disease. Of 86 patients getting the O2/O3 gas mixture, only 13 (15%) had poor outcomes. The steroid injection group had a 22.5% rate of poor outcomes. Among patients without disk disease, 6 of 70 (8.6%) receiving the gas had a poor outcome. But 21.4% of those getting the steroids had a poor outcome. The oxygen/ozone treatment beat steroids long-term for both disc and non disc pain.
However, for that non-disc pain group, they said the difference was not statistically significant. What that means is that there was a 10% possibility that ozone’s superiority to steroids for non-disc long-term improvement was due only to chance. I know the odds on a craps table. Ozone was clearly superior in my book.
There are hundreds of thousands, if not millions of epidural steroid injections in America every year. I will admit that the literature suggests that complications from these injections are uncommon. While I have seen permanent pain relief from these injections (after several injections), the effects are usually short lived. And, repeated injections of steroids have significant long-term risks. Steroids are potent blockers of inflammation.They also reduce collagen production, leading to long term weakness of the tissue injected.
On the other hand, the ozone gas mixture has several positive actions. It normalizes the levels of inflammatory chemicals, beneficially increases key enzymes, minimizes toxic reactive free radicals and, most importantly,improves circulation. After all, ozone is oxygen the most important nutrient for cellular and tissue repair. Where there is inflammation, there will always be a deficiency of oxygen. And oxygen is the key to actually rebuilding the tissues.Cortisone may block pain. It may reduce inflammatory chemicals. But ozone modulates inflammation. That means it brings the process into balance. It doesn’t simply suppress one necessary arm of healing (inflammation). It promotes the healthy balance of chemicals that oppose wanton inflammation. It provides oxygen the starving cells need to actually repair and rebuild tissue. Cortisone does nothing of the kind. Instead, it knocks out the ability of the cells to make collagen.
Even better: You might not need the X-ray guided needle to get terrific results. Since it’s a gas, and not a liquid, it has much greater diffusion capacity. Dr. Shallenberger and I are seeing oxygen/ozone administered via standard prolotherapy techniques (needling) into more sensitive areas that rival the results of X-ray guidance.Prolozone is nothing short of miraculous.
The authors of the Italian study concluded: Our most interesting finding was the increase in the number of patients with disc disease (disc-induced pain) who reported an improvement in symptoms. This finding supports other evidence that O2-O3 infiltration affects not only the symptoms but also the cause of pain by accelerating the natural recovery mechanism of disc herniation.If you’d like more information on Prolozone, please read my report on it in the March 2009 issue.
Ref: American Journal of Neuroradiology, 6:996-1000, May 2005.
Drug Sooths One Pain Cause Another
Jan 4th
During the Second World War every soldier of American army used to be given a small file in their back pack. This file used to have few doses of drug called morphine. Morphine is an ingredient of opium and has similar features as heroine. When a soldier used to receive any bullet injury and remained alive, he or the medic in that battalion used to apply one doses of morphine on the injured. It was in form of injection. Put any where in your body, locating the greater bunch of nerves and it would directly effect on central nervous system of human body. It helps in making the nervous system inactive and thus keeps away the feelings of pain. Thus it helped thousands of soldiers during the war either to stay alive for further medication soothing the pain during the time of transportation or at least enabled them to die with less agonizing pain.
War ended long ago but the nature of using drug did not change much, though purpose has changed a lot. In that time purpose of Morphine was to save life. Now its purpose, ironically in the same country, is only to get addicted to evade from the pain and pangs of real world. Unlike soldiers who devoted their life for country, these people taking the same drug like to escape the present life they are facing. As usual the Morphine or its similar kind or drugs like Marijuana, Heroine, opiates etc still affect the central nervous system of human body and gradually make him or her forgetful of the present world. So, you will find the drug addicts always in a strange state where they are forgetful of the reality.
Unfortunately these drugs have a terrible power to make the consumer addicted and gradually to take the person to the brink of complete ruin. Thus the drug addicts normally become physically and mentally weak and tend to take the drug more and more again and again. A time comes when their immunity system is damaged, nervous system is fragile and they tend to do anything to get that drug. In such states they can not control their life but drug does.
A cancer patient takes all possible ways to avoid the excruciating pain and even knowing the death is certain, tries to stay alive or die in less pain, knowing that there is no escape. In case of drug as well knowing that the destiny is no different than a cancer patient i.e. to die gradually they can not leave the habit yet tries to stay alive taking the drug more and more. So, what is keeping them alive is also taking their lives. What they take to escape pain is causing more and more pain. This is the paradox seen in case of drugs which probably are not seen in case of any other things in the universe. What gives life takes the life at the same time.
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Answer my Health Question – Which Pain Medications Can I Use Without a Prescription?
Jan 3rd
The following articles will help patients with specific health questions and give you an insight on ways to go about living your life with a health problem or resolving it all together as well as introducing new pain medications without prescription. It is now possible to acquire pain medications without a prescription and the hassle of seeing a doctor. Painkillers have been one of the top prescribed medications by doctors for problems ranging anywhere from epilepsy to tooth aches. With the advance of medicine, certain drugs have proven to be effective at completely eradicating your discomfort. The following two drugs will be our main focus: Topamax and Neurontin.
Neurotin Explained
Neurontin is an anti-epileptic drug that will effectively reduce convulsions in most patients suffering from various problems. The medication inside Neurotin, that allows the body to respond to epileptic attacks, has a direct effect on nerves and our bodies chemicals.
Like any type of drug, Neurotin can cause side effects. The most common Neurontin side effects can cause problems with sight and reaction time. Driving or operating heavy machinery can be problematic for patients and is highly not recommended. Neurotin side effects, if taken in high doses, can be severe as the symptoms include diarrhea, slurred speech and feelings of weakness.
Topamax Explained
Topamax is also another way to fight convulsions from epilepsy in children and adults alike. The FDA also approved Topamax for the fight against migraines, bipolar disorder and is also used to counter the effects of antidepressants and its weight gain issues.
The Topamax side effects include short term memory loss, trouble with speech fatigue, confusion and somnolence. Acute myopia has also been notified by the FDA as one of the Topamax side effects. In order to avoid these side effects, the dosage is normally started from low to high dose in various slower steps.
Pain medications without a prescription?
As stated, it is now possible to order many pain medications without a prescription by many the drugstores online. Many satisfied customers are taking their health in their own hands and finally living without pain.
Addiction Begins With Pain (Part Three – The Cycle of Addiction)
Jan 3rd
No-one sets out to become a drug addict.
Every cycle of addiction begins with a difficulty that for the person is extremely uncomfortable and for which he struggles to find an answer. A person experiences in his life some problem or difficulty that is physically or emotionally painful. Addiction begins with physical or emotional pain.
This can be something as apparently “innocuous” as shyness or the chronic dread that comes with trying to live in an environment the person perceives as threatening or dangerous. (why do you think addiction is so widespread in “rough” or criminal neighbourhgoods? The environment contains a continual high level of threat!) Other examples include difficulty “fitting in” as a child or teenager, the turmoil of puberty, or some painful chronic physical condition.
From the perception of the individual, the problem is a major personal misery from which he can see no immediate escape or relief. Most of us have experienced something like this in our lives at one time or another. Many of us were lucky enough to survive the difficulty, to find a solution or alleviation that avoided drugs.
We live however in a society where drugs are heavily pushed on us as easy “solutions” to our problems: aspirin for a headache, prozac and other antidepressants for “seasonal blues,” alcohol to render us socially more at ease or “recreational” drugs to “release” us from drudgery.
Indeed, the psychiatric pharmaceutical foes of Man profit from successfully persuading us to pop pills to quick-fix every ill and more pills to quick-fix the ills preciptated by the first pills and so on.
We have sunk from a race that a generation or two ago lived through World War Two without becoming mentally deranged to one where increasing number of people are persuaded they need pills to get them through the seasonal blues of Christmas!
This introduces a burgeoning legal and illegal drug culture and the pushing of drugs into society as “medicine” is the virus that spawned our drugs epidemic.
There are two broad categories of pusher and drug baron with a vested interest in turning as many people as possible into drug addicts and both of which often target children as potential life-long customers.
The first category is the type of person most commonly understood to be a “pusher:” the street criminal whose sale and distribution heirarchy extends all the way up to the arch-criminal drug overlords.
The second is the corporate pusher: the medical practitioner/psychiatrist who dispenses psychiatric medications from his surgery, extending up though a hierarchy of drug sales operations and drugs manufacturing to the overlordship of the pharmaceutical giants. These stand at the apex of a massive global drugs empire that utterly dwarfs anything achieved by the illegal drugs industry.
Marketing campaigns obscure the true lethal nature of the drugs and engender a culture in which human beings will more readily imbibe chemicals to “solve” their problems.
Spawned by the aforementioned vested interests, one sees an outpouring of literature, the glamorization of drugs by irresponsible (and often drug-addicted) song- and film-makers and other avenues of pro-drug propaganda that influence social attitudes. From this comes the peer pressure that determines the readiness with which the person will turn to a drug to alleviate his pain, his belief in the “harmlessness” of the drug and the type of drug to which he will turn.
But this it a TRAP.
Every trap, to be effective, has to have a juicy bait that will entice the prey into it. The bait is the sense of release from discomfort the person feels when he takes a drug.
Albeit that relief is but temporary – and sometimes VERY temporary - it is perceived as a solution to the discomfort with which the individual was struggling and the individual thereafter places value on the drug or drink; it becomes his way out from pain. This perceived value is the only reason the person ever persists with drugs or drink.
The severity of use of the drug is determined primarily by the degree of relief the person experiences. Put simply: the greater the discomfort the person has been experiencing, the more importance the person places on relieving it and the greater the value he therefore assigns to that which brought about the relief.
This is the beginning of the indvidual’s road down into the sticky dark of their personal hell of relentless misery and despair, ever greater pain that they seek to alleviate with more and more drugs.
More on this spiral of addiction in my next article
My throat is in pain what to do?
Jan 3rd
So my cold is cured by every morning (this is the second day now) i wake up and i have this ball of pain in my throat when i swallow my saliva. What to do? I drink tea + honey and i don’t want any further complications. Any ideas on how to cure my throat real quick? Cause i have a jogging program to respect i’m working on my abs and as long as my throat is in pain i can’t exercise.
Lower Back Pain Treatment
Jan 3rd
If you are suffering from a bad back, you should look at different treatment options that are available. It is important to the right treatment to ensure that your back gets the care it needs. You should know that even if you have had pain in your back for many years, you can still get relief for you back.
Chronic lower back pain is one of the most causes of lost work in the country. Unfortunately, millions of people are disabled and tortured by constant pain. These people often try endless different remedies, both alternative and conventional, with no relief.
It is important that you find a back pain treatment program that incorporates exercise, diet, and lifestyle changes that can help reduce your pain. Sometimes people’s daily activities are often the cause of their back pain. This usually results in the muscles in your back being pulled or injured.
Its treatment promotes the retention of water, oxygen and nutrients in the inner discs. These three substances allow the nourishment of torn and distressed tissues in order to heal.
Aging itself can also contribute to the pain. Other factors which can contribute to back pain include being overweight which puts stress on the back and also poor lifestyle choices such as lack of exercise and poor posture while working.
Variations of treatment included sham spinal manipulative therapy (SMT) with genuine medication, genuine SMT combined with fake medication, both fake SMT and drug medication and both genuine SMT combined with genuine drug medication.
Increase blood circulation: Isometric stretches increases blood flow. And better circulation is another key in eliminating lower back pain. The blood removes toxins from the tissues and brings natural healing compounds to those same tissues.
The stronger your muscles become the less upper backpain you will have. A massage therapist is also very helpful in relieving the pain in your upper right back.
Although pain killers and anti-inflammatory drugs are used to temporarily ease the pain they fail to give permanent relief. In cases of chronic back pain people have tried and succeeded by making changes in posture and lifestyle and by using alternative therapies.
Lie flat on your back and pull your legs together while bending your knees. Let your arms stay on your sides then move you knees sideways and hold it there for 20 minutes, breathing easily in the process.
Take the same lying down position but this time pull your bended knees slowly towards your chest. Alternate with each knee for every 20 seconds.
Most low back pain can get better if you stay active. Avoid placing yourself in situations that will aggravate your pain. Don’t twist unnecessarily when doing chores or housework. When you are no longer in severe pain, you should be strengthening the stomach, back and legs.
Magnesium is important in promoting proper muscle contractions and to keep your muscles toned. It helps in the absorption of nutrients that can add density to our bones. Vegetables that are green and leafy, whole grain breads, beans, nuts, seeds, shrimps, bananas and a lot more can provide us with sufficient amounts of magnesium.
How to Relieve Arthritis Pain Naturally?
Jan 2nd
A lot of people collect injuries when they are young and find those usual areas aching as they grow older. Usually, sore that recurs after an injury has cured is called osteoarthritis. Supposing you have consulted with your doctor of a diagnosis and determining against starting regular anti-inflammatory, analgesic medicines, steroids or even surgery, is pain relief and recovery possible? Typically it is. There are several treatment protocols for osteoarthritis. Other belongs to prevailing medical science, and other are coming from alternative medication or usual sense. Remember what is right is always your own choice.
Regular see your doctor and do not just believe on your friend’s unreliable diagnosis. Your physician will certainly search for many causes, involving both rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis. As what Arthritis Foundation quoted,” There is no better way to say that you should read, talk with your doctor and others, and look up arthritis treatments online. Always search and rate every treatment based on availability, effort, and cost with your ego.
Improving your fitness through exercise will also alleviate arthritis pain naturally. Though it is counter- instinctive to exercise a hurting joint, medical science and alternative medical methods seem united about the potency of regular exercise. You must reduce your weight on the joints by losing extra pounds when doing such exercise. Another is cutting out contingencies and substances that agitate your system. Alcohol and tobacco are two components with involvements for osteoarthritis. Some alternative medication methods can also be use to alleviate the pain as well as the inflammation such as, acupuncture, massage, herbal and dietary supplements and alternative forms of physical therapy. Lastly, try to think your pain away, sometimes self-hypnosis and other forms of mental pain management are proven effective for a lot of people.
