Help finding alternative pain med than oxycontin

I was hit by a car 2 years ago & have been in horrible pain. Due to a very high tolerance my medication is constantly being increased. Currently I am supposed to be taking one oxycontin 80mg long lasting 3 times a day and 2 15 mg roxycodone every 4 hours. Due to my tolerance & basically not getting any relief from the one 80 mg I usually have to take at least 4 to feel anything. And now with the reformulated tablets I hardly feel anything at all. My pharmacist actually called to tell me that they won't have the 80 mg back in stock for at least 3 weeks. So when I go to my doctor tomorrow she told me to ask them for something different till they get them in. Can anyone recommend what I should ask my doctor for? He's usually pretty hood & gives me whatever I ask for. The pharmacist said to get 8 mg dilauted once every 4 hours. Will that do anything for me? I've tried opana & they did nothing for me. Hopefully someone an recommend something by tomorrow afternoon. Thanks so much. :sunny:

 

what milligram opana did u try??? im guessing u shoulda tried the 40's???? i just got switched to the 20's, sounds to me that ur roxis should be increased, i have nerve damage in my foot, and im in pain, but prolly not as much as being hit by a car, and i take 9 roxi 15's a day on top of the 2 20mg opanas, i was on 3x 20mg oxycontins prior and before that it was 2x 30 mg oxycontins, i have also tried exalgo, which was a little expensive for me, i think they were the 8's or 12's, dunno off hand, but it is in a post somewhere on here...... I would up the roxis in quanity and size.....that is what i would ask for, GOOD LUCK!!

 

Id like to make a suggestion. Have the DR increase ur Roxies to 30mg, vice 15, increased for 8 a day, and ask her to give you 180 Nucynta. Nucynta on its own does nothing, but when taken with Oxycodone HCL it increases the roxys ability to fight pain. I didnt believe it till I tried it. I have been taking 30mg Roxy, x4 day, but nothing for break through. I now take half a roxy and 2 100mg mucynta and the pain fighting ability is as good as only taking Roxy like I was before. I would think with your tolerance, that the Dr should up ur roxies to 30mg taking 2 pills 4 times a day along with 100-200mgs of nucynta....

 

I got 90 Roxies last week & I'm out of them already so I can't get anything to combine with the roxies.
And when I was on Opana I took the 40 mg.

I'm worried if I switch to the dilauted that I'll go through withdrawl. Since I now take at least 10 to 12 of the 80 mg oxies & I bite them in half so they are a quicker release. I hate to admit it but when I was feeling really bad I would snort the old oxies the reformulated ones SUCK!!!!!!

My pain management doctor stopped taking my insurance. And my mother-in-law works for my primairy care doctor they agreed to take over my pain management for a few months while I find a new pain doctor. My primary care doctor has been really good about giving me whatever I wanted until my mother-in-law butted in saying that I'm an addict. So I don't want to push my luck to much with my doctor but I want to make sure I get something that will make me feel good & not want to stay in bed all day in pain.

If anyone knows a good pain doctor in central NJ let me know.

Thanks for your help so far.

 

http://www.healthgrades.com/pain-medicine-directory/nj-new-jersey

 

I actually suggested that for a number of reasons like cost, and the binders and additives causing constipation (now i know why pain meds cause constipation) and he said that if i up u to 30's and u have a bad day, u are more likely to take a extra pill. This way if u take an extra pill its only a 15, and not a thirty...which i suppose he is correct. I do like having alot of pills, quanity seems to help mentally with the pain......id like know i have 10 15's than 5 30's.....if u can understand that....but i still will inquire about the Nucynta....i saw ur other post if u wrote it, i cant remember, but i did see the post about it.... Thanks for the tip!!

 

I think that your best bet like i said before is to up your roxis to 30mg, and get more of them. I go every 3 weeks and i get 200 15's......9 a day, for 21 days and like 10 extras...and i get 45 opana 20's. As far as the best pain meds there are, oxycodone, and oxymorpone are the best out there, as far as i know....look for a conversion chart and see where the 8mg dilaudid would put u in equivalance to the oxycodone...AND YES THE OP's SUCK!!!!!!!!

 

You are quite welcome.....

 

When I was in a bad auto wreck about 5 years ago,I tried all kinds of pain meds and also had a high tolerance.Basicly Fentanyl patches and Methadone were the best as methadone lasts longer than other opiates and the Fentanyl patches last for about 72 hours,and they have ActiQ fentanyl lozenzes in 100mcg,400,800,1600mcg doses that are instant release,you absorb the flavored lolipop through your mouth I think as well as swallowing the juices..Luckily I was on OC's when they were the old OC's ,and they helped a lot in addition to percocet 10mg's and other pills for breakthrough pain..