You Have a Friend Request...If I tried meditation, gave up my beloved soda, stopped using opioids, napped less often, then surely I would eventually be cured.... By Katie M. Golden4 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments23 comments
Feel Like I Am In Prison...This was also about the time I started taking opioids on a regular basis.... By zander2 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments9 comments
Frustrations in the ER...More people overdose on opioids than all other narcotics combined. It is a serious problem in our country. But I was not a drug seeker.... By Katie M. Golden5 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments13 comments
Weighing the risks...muscle pain in arms and legs, weakness in the legs, cardiovascular side effects (hypertension, tachycardia, bradycardia, chest pain, heart valve disease)Opioids... By tammy-lrome5 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments1 comments
Life Long Fun and Games...The worst issue is that now that the fed gov. is fighting the war against opioids, because of so many drug overdoses, that makes it bad for those of... By pigen513 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments0 comments
5 Things You Need to Know to Abort Cluster Headaches with Oxygen...In the meantime, we're often given medications used for migraine disease and otherwise not indicated for cluster headache including opioids that are ineffective... By Ashley Hattle5 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments0 comments
saw "HA GURU" in Las Vegas new treatments?...neurologist three years ago who went over my vast history and all the medications I;d tried - try-cyclic AD,beta blockers, calcium channel blockers, opioids...Reactions 0 reactions Comments2 repliesTreatment
Tell me if this seems crazy or maybe a workable theory, please...Not any other opioids. Stronger or weaker. I survived thanks to hydrocodone....Reactions 0 reactions Comments6 repliesDepressionChronicTreatment
Access to Treatment...I didn't even have to take the more powerful of my two prescriptions of opioids. So, I have a tank nobody will fill....Reactions 0 reactions Comments1 replies
Barriers and Solutions...Because of the nature of Opioids it took me a while to find a balance. I take up to 2 hydrocodone per day but I try not to because... By perrinnn6 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments2 comments
Corrections Officer Injured...I had failed my wife in many ways by becoming so addicted to the various opioids and alcohol that when she needed me the most, I wasn't there.... By mhrose68706 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments1 comments
From age 3 until now, will this journey change direction away from its lifelong course? ...It's like methadone in that it disallows opioids to work or be felt....Reactions 0 reactions Comments3 repliesCoping
There is an attack on people in Chronic Pain!...Attacking opioids is a small minded knee jerk reaction made by people who trust the entity of our entire government to take care of the individual....Reactions 0 reactions Comments1 repliesTreatment
The Other Side of the Spoon...Last week, the university where my husband is an instructor held a "teach-in" about the opioid crisis.... By Elizabeth Roberts-Zibbel3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments50 comments
Migraines and the Opioid Crisis...What are migraine sufferers to do in this world of opioid addiction?... By luvjones031 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments12 comments
Ultram® (tramadol)...Ultram is an opiate agonist and is believed to work on opioid receptors in the central nervous system.... By Editorial Team 2 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments0 comments
What Does It Mean To Be An Advocate?...If you choose chronic pain as your focus, there is much to do right now with the current opioid crisis and helping fight to make sure those who need... By Elizabeth Roberts-Zibbel3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments0 comments
Erroneous migraine-related credit score dings that won't go away...I repeatedly told them that I didn’t want morphine, an opioid, and that instead I just needed them to do what they could to stop the entire attack, not... By The Migraine Girl3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments5 comments
My Story - Stan...I concure with the one person on taking Opiods, my wife says that I am an addict, I really do not care because I am so over the pain... By cheech1 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments0 comments
What's in Your Toolbox? Migraine and OTC Supplements...Melatonin is an antioxidant that can help modulate circadian rhythms and opioid receptors.... By Shoshana Lipson6 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments0 comments