Take a pain pill or don't take a pain pill

[KitchenWitch]

I am in moderate pain, because the weather is changing...

If I take a pain pill, it takes a little edge off of it, and I just don't freaking care about the pain. But I end up sweating, twitching and itching all night and my sleep is compromised.

If I don't take a pain pill, my sleep is less disturbed (if I can get to sleep because of the pain).

An added bonus to me taking a pain pill, I get silly and may post something ridiculous...

Mods, this is not a medical advice post...this is just me attention whoring.

[LostInAnomie]

1. Take the pill, Rush!

You didn't buy them from your house keeper for nothing.

[KitchenWitch]

3. LMAO

:spray:

You librul pigs!

[Err]

2. Pills are good.

Especially those that stop the pain.

[Spacemom]

4. Take the Pill

I've been suffering a horrible ear infection for 5 days. Finally couldn't take it anymore and went to the Dr this morning. She could tell how bad I was hurting and prescribed me some pain medication. I just took one.

Join Me. :evilgrin:

[obxhead]

5. What are you on?

[KitchenWitch]

6. Vicodin

[Corgigal]

and that makes you

sweating, twitching and itching all night ? Hmmm. Sounds like a hell of a side effect. Try to switch your pills the next time you see the doc. Be careful to monitor your breathing.

Ive taken Viodin before and I did NONE of those.

[KitchenWitch]

9. Actually the twitchy is a misnomer

I just startle out of sleep easily when I take them.

All of the opiod pain killers do the above to me...The sweating and itching is due to the release of histamine as a side effect of the drug...nothing anyone can do about that...

[Corgigal]

16. you know how your body reacts

I take ultram now for pain. It works for me maybe it's something you can look into. Good luck.

[KitchenWitch]

17. Ultram does not even touch my pain...

I wish it did.

[obxhead]

8. ummmm......

go ahead... have one.

edit:
I'm sorry you're in pain. If the side effects bother you get another scrip from the doc.

Vic has always treated me well.

[In_The_Wind]

7. I don't care if you get silly. I just don't want you to be in pain.

I'm sorry about the sweating, twitching and itching.

[RevCheesehead]

10. Gee, it's kinda nice to have our own barometer here in the Lounge.

Shit. Do I have to dig out the snow-thrower already? :(

[KitchenWitch]

11. You just may

We are supposed to get somewheres between 2-4 inches tomorrow. A band going into central Wisconsin looks like 5-7 inches.

[RevCheesehead]

13. Well, I'm way over on the Lake, so we might miss it.

Ordinarily, I wouldn't complain about getting 5-7 inches. :evilgrin:

[KitchenWitch]

14. Oh dear

It is early, but I do believe it is time for :spank: :spank: :spank: :evilgrin:

[RevCheesehead]

18. Where are the men-folk?

They should be in on this, too. :evilgrin:

[WCGreen]

32. Gee, someone I know is in that range....

[KitchenWitch]

33. Really...

Anything you want to share? :evilgrin:

[WCGreen]

34. There's this Tears for Fears song... Sowing the Seeds of Love...

running through my mind a lot lately....

[KitchenWitch]

35. Really?

I have Foghat's long version of "Slow Ride"...:evilgrin:

[WCGreen]

41. That's a gooden too....

A dwight Gooden....

[RevCheesehead]

36. It's the 60 Minute Man!

Waaaaaay better than the 6 million dollar man! :bounce::loveya:

[WCGreen]

42. No mechanical parts in this dude...

Au natural...

[RevCheesehead]

43. That's what I was hoping for.

:9

[WCGreen]

44. I have a coupla screws, a nail or two and a whole bunch of

other hardware in my hip...

Car accident about 14 years ago...

[RevCheesehead]

45. Oh, that sounds painful.

But I take it the rest of you is in proper working order? :loveya:

[WCGreen]

49. A okay and ready to serve....

[RevCheesehead]

51. OK - bring me breakfast in bed...

and it's OK if you forget the breakfast. ;)

[WCGreen]

53. Rev.... Do you like patties or links...

[RevCheesehead]

54. Surprise me.

Don't forget the oil. ;)

[WCGreen]

55. Well, I am rather attached to the link....

[RevCheesehead]

56. Yes!

And you can play with my patties. Or we could make patty-cake.

[WCGreen]

57. I'd rather savour the delectable taste of two fluffy angel food cakes..

[RevCheesehead]

58. By all means,

help yourself. O8) O8)

[Mz Pip]

12. Forget the pain pill

Have a beer. :beer: It won't make you itch!

Mz Pip
:dem:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

15. Well, I voted to take the damn thing......

I hope you feel better very SOON!

And do of course get silly! I wouldn't mind a lesser repeat of last night's fun!



:loveya: :hug:

[merh]

19. Can you take a pain pill and some benedryl?

That's what they give a friend of mine when he is going through treatments. If they don't give him the benedryl then he has the sweating, twitching and itching experiences.

I hope you get to feeling better soon, whatever you decide. :hug:

[KitchenWitch]

20. I have not tried that yet...

I do have some benadryl too!

[merh]

22. Will you be okay to take the benadryl with your pill?

:hug:

[KitchenWitch]

23. Sure

It may actually help me sleep better...Most of the over the counter sleeping pills are either the same chemical or an analog to benadryl.

[merh]

25. Good, then try that

and I hope you sleep through the night. :hug:

:boring:

[baldguy]

21. If you can, always take a pain pill.

In my youth I had a bad skiing accident where the shell of my boot cracked and the binding didn't release. For about 500 ft, I rolled down the slope. My ski was flopping around & my leg was flopping around with it. As a result, my knee & ankle sometimes bother me. When it does GIVE ME MY DAMN PAIN PILL!

[NMMNG]

24. Take the pill post haste, if you haven't already

I wish I'd taken my migraine meds sooner--then I might be feeling better now. If they don't kick in soon I'll have to resort to a second dose with a Vicodin chaser.

[KitchenWitch]

28. I took it

Now I am starting to get goofy!

[NMMNG]

29. Wow, I wonder what that will be like

:rofl:


I just took an Imitrex, 800mg Ibuprofen and a Vicodin about 5 minutes ago because the stuff I took earlier didn't work :-(. Hopefully this will.

[KitchenWitch]

30. Imitrex is a gift from the gods

[NMMNG]

37. When it works it is

It has between 50 and 65% success rate for me. Relpax works much better (about 80-90% effective) but is not as cost effective because of my insurance formulary. I can get 9 Imitrex for $20 ($2.22 per pill) whereas the Relpax is 6 for $35 ($5.83 per pill). Therefore I try to take Imitrex first, even trying two doses, before I try the Relpax. Darn insurance restrictions. :mad:

[KitchenWitch]

38. I hate that formulary bullshit

:nuke:

I used to work in a pharmacy, and I would fight with insurance companies all the time to get them to pay...What the fuck do people pay premiums for if the insurance company covers nothing.

[NMMNG]

40. So their CEOs can make millions

The CEO of United Healthgroup made $58,784,102 in '04. :eyes:

http://www.aflcio.org/corporatewatch/paywatch/

That's why they expend so much effort cutting benefits to their customers!

[LaraMN]

26. It's not gonna snow. It's not gonna snow. I'd probably take the pill.

Did you know Northern Minnesota's developing it's own revised version of the food pyramid? It's got one extra food group:

[rucky]

27. Vodka n/t

[Wetzelbill]

31. oooooooohhhhhh what a rush!

[ornotna]

39. Take the pill, you know you want to

Take the pill

[MarsThe Cat]

46. get a better doctor, or at least some better meds...

what kind of pain pill makes you sweat, twitch, & itch?

what you need is something narcotic.

[KitchenWitch]

47. vicodin is a narcotic.

narcotics release histamine in the body, thus the sweating and itching.

[MarsThe Cat]

50. i've been taking methadone for years, due to chronic pain-

i never get sweating or itching from it.

[KitchenWitch]

52. Some people are more susceptible to the effects of histamine than others

I have hay fever and other allergies, so my body reacts to histamine.

[KitchenWitch]

48. dupe