Re: Help

[doublea <doublea@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Juanita
I appreciate your concern, but I get all my prescriptions through one
doctor, so I don't end up taking something which conflicts with something
else. That same doctor is also the one who prescribed both the ultram and
the vicodin. In my case, I do not get any pain relief from the ultram, but
it does have some side effects which is why my doctor prescribes it - and I
can't remember what it was, just that it wasn't pain management and I dont
think it was as an anti-inflammatory. I have been on anti-inflammitories so
long that my stomach can no longer tolerate most of them. Until celebrex
came on the market, there weren't any which I could take without causing
bleeding. I do not know if I still need it or not, but considering how much
better I am doing now than in the past, I really don't want to change things
until I have to.
Also, I have been to 2 pain management clinics as well as an arthritis
specialist to see if I could find something other than the narcotic to help
me control the pain. Both pain clinics, after looking at my history and the
broken bones, the x=rays showing bone spur development and arthritis growth,
ended up   concluding that what I am on is probably the best that can be
done for now.
I do appreciate your concern and you do raise a valid point, but like I say,
I hate to mess with success, and this has been working to semi-control the
pain for over 3 yrs.
Thanks again
bob
----- Original Message -----
From: "Juanita Hibbert" <Dutchis60@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <PARKINSN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, May 06, 2000 1:19 PM
Subject: Re: Help


> Bob, I just read your post stating that you are taking ultram and
> vicadin at the same time. Since they are both pain meds, it
> just struck me as stange that you are taking them both.Is your dr aware
> that
> you are taking them together