Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!yale!bunker!hcap!hnews!261!1000!Alan.Hess From: Alan.Hess@f1000.n261.z1.fidonet.org (Alan Hess) Newsgroups: misc.handicap Subject: Chronic Spinal Pain Message-ID: <16469@bunker.UUCP> Date: 21 Dec 90 05:25:42 GMT Sender: news@bunker.UUCP Reply-To: Alan.Hess@f1000.n261.z1.fidonet.org Distribution: misc Organization: FidoNet node 1:261/1000 - Nerve Center, Pikesville MD Lines: 28 Approved: wtm@bunker.UUCP Index Number: 12544 [This is from the Chronic Pain Conference on Fidonet] In a message of Tony Certo (1:363/15@fidonet) writes to {A{Alan Hess: TC:>One thing that might be tried in response to Msg #47 would be chronic TC:>opiate administration. The preferred drug her would be methadone. TC:>This TC:>drug is very inexpensive and effective. MS-Contin is on the other TC:>hand TC:>very expensive by comparison. Another method of treatment would TC:>possibly TC:>be an epidural or subarachnoid placed morphine pump. This is very TC:>effective and does not produce any mental impairment while giving very TC:>effective pain relief. I've already tried methadone. Even 5 mg. made me seriously ill, so it was discontinued. I had a shot of epidural morphine (1.5 mg, I believe), and all that did was make me itch - no effect at all on the pain. As for pumps, I'm not too keen on implants, since my spinal cord stimulator was a complete failure. *adh* -- Uucp: ..!{decvax,oliveb}!bunker!hcap!hnews!261!1000!Alan.Hess Internet: Alan.Hess@f1000.n261.z1.fidonet.org