Pain Medication

Question:
Anyway I am looking for suggestions for pain killers to be taken occasionally

Answer:
have seen several pain killers mentioned here but never took note of them. I never considered suggesting them to my doctor before because it was hardly ever more than I could deal with. I'm starting to reconsider after two days of decent amounts of pain. Actually I woke up at 1:30 in the morning moaning and rolling around. I think that qualifies as a sleep disruptor and certainly doesn't make for a bright eyed bushy tailed day at work. I actually popped a few tylenol the first day and a couple of advil last night. I know these aren't the best for crohnies but they lessened the pain so that I could sleep. My doctor says that a couple a month won't hurt me and I haven't ever noticed any detrimental effects. Anyway I am looking for suggestions for pain killers to be taken occasionally, preferably non-addicting and something that the dr will not balk at. I've pretty much decided that I know as much as my dr and will go back only enough to keep my prescriptions current. I find from time to time that Panadene (mixture of paracytemol and codeine) here is Australia over the counter at pharmacy, helps when I have a bad flare up, hwoever I don't suggest to take them too often. I sometimes feel that the researchers should look at coden and how it works on the bowel, for the purpose of treating Crohns. I don't think I would worry to much about taking pain medication once or twice a month when you have pain due to crohns. Along with my TPN, I was also hooked up to a PCA pump with Demerol. I was only getting 10mg an hour. I could give myself doses if more was needed. I had this pump for about 2 1/2 months and had no ill effects from it. I believe if the pain medication is *REALLY* needed you will have no problems with addiction (sp). I didn't have any withdrawl....I had alot of pain and really needed the medication. I took ultram for awhile, prescribed by a doctor, at first it makes you sleepy as it helps the pain then after awhile it gives you energy and after more time, it gave me a headache from then on and didn't help the pain so I went back to anacins (bad for IBD though!) but the ultram should help you at first. I've tried most of them, and you really have to see what you can tolerate and what works best with you. N-SAIDs generally do not bother my Crohn's, so I rotate motrin and Relafen (usually every 9 months to a year). I've also used Ultram in addition, with no ill effects, and I have a standing order for darvacet 100's -- they may be the least addictive of the narcotics, and they used to do a really good job in helping manage my pain (I have developed some rather bad arthritis due to the Crohn's). There has been some recent concern about using N-SAIDs, especially motrin, with Crohn's disease, so be aware that motrin, Relafen, Naprosen and Aspirin might be risky. Ultram doesn't seem to cause any GI problems, but it is fairly new. And Tylenol, though it doesn't cause GI problems, well, I probably shouldn't say this, but you really have to be careful about it, especially if you're already taking one of the common narcotic drugs that has tylenol in it, such as darvacets (and anything ending in -acet(s)) -- it takes a surprisingly small dose to cause severe health problems. You should talk these over with your doctor so that the two of you can make a good decision and know what problems to look for. ultram does work at first, but it caused me to have that ugly morning headache, that you cannot shake until the next day, and than for some reason, ultrum does not have the same effect,but it may work differently on others. For nutritional supplement information for arthritis and IBD, see my web site, www.medexpert.net. where you will find information about glucosamine sulfate, MSM, and other herbal extracts which are safer alternatives to NSAIDs and are useful in arthritis associated with IBD.