Anonymous wrote:Percocet, after both c-sections. I didn’t feel high or euphoric or anything, it just took care of the pain really well.

Another vote for percocet. I normally use Tylenol 3 (+ codeine) which gives me an overall high, but I am still aware of the pain (from rheumatoid arthritis). But with percocet, I am simply unaware of the pain.

My mother was given fentanyl patches for cancer pain (terminal) and that apparently helped.

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Anonymous wrote:Naproxen is Aleve but in a lower dose. The stuff is an anti-inflammatory, an NSAID. I'm a fan of Meloxicam for my arthritic knee pain or other sports-type joint pain.

Meloxicam did nothing for me. -dp

Same! What is this crap they’re pushing?

Anonymous wrote:I haven’t tried ketamine, but it does help some with chronic pain syndromes apparently.

Until it ruins your bladder...

I haven’t tried ketamine, but it does help some with chronic pain syndromes apparently.

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Anonymous wrote:I think Tramadol helped chronic neck and shoulder pain —until it didn’t. Also works well as an antidepressant (off label). Weaned self off of it. Have some in the house and only take it for the worst of pain —and I have chronic pain-like twice a year.

How did you fix your chronic neck and shoulder pain?

I didn’t unfortunately. Have tried PT, acupuncture, Rolfing, massage, chiropractics in rotation for years. Just made an appt w a pain doctor my internist recommended. I am seeking injections for pain.

Anonymous wrote:I think Tramadol helped chronic neck and shoulder pain —until it didn’t. Also works well as an antidepressant (off label). Weaned self off of it. Have some in the house and only take it for the worst of pain —and I have chronic pain-like twice a year.

How did you fix your chronic neck and shoulder pain?

I think Tramadol helped chronic neck and shoulder pain —until it didn’t. Also works well as an antidepressant (off label). Weaned self off of it. Have some in the house and only take it for the worst of pain —and I have chronic pain-like twice a year.

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Anonymous wrote:Meditation. Tylenol + advil for common pains, but for the serious or chronic kind? Training my head to not make it worse was the best medicine.

You can experience pain without suffering.

So….meditation now cures pain?

minimizes, not "cures". Just like you don't want to "cure" anger or anxiety, which are valuable feedback mechanisms, you don't want to "cure" pain either. Pain is your body's way of telling you something's wrong. You can experience that without adding a narrative about how it has always been wrong, will always be wrong, is excruciating and you're going to die, etc. You can take the suffering component out of it by staying present and accepting what is (e.g. "I had surgery on my foot and this pain is my body's way of telling me to take it easy and stop walking around")

Dilaudid. (It was for gallstone pancreatitis.)

Morphine is where it's at.