Comments on Get Clean. Stay Clean.: Relapsing with narcotic pain meds - Dr P Coleman

I am soooooo happy to here of the office in louisv...

2010-04-14T08:05:03.534-04:00

I am soooooo happy to here of the office in louisville ky!!! I first found you on the web needing despretly to get off pain killers becase i to had terrable back and leg pain. I had been going to my dr to take pain meds for the pain and he did give them to me for about 8 to 10 years!I had a sergery and boom i new i must get off those pills i had to have so much i couldnt believe it. I had taken all of it in the first 3 days.I started buying them from people at work!!!Long story short i found a dr with suboxone great med but now cant get off that. will be contacting your office in louisville thank you thank you thank you!!!!

Thanks for the comment. This is a difficult and co...

2010-03-07T13:58:15.636-05:00

Thanks for the comment. This is a difficult and complex topic and situtation.

In general Methadone is a powerful and long lasting narcotic. As such, its strengths are that it has fewer ups and downs and supplies more consistent pain relief. It may be less abuseable because there are less ups and downs. The negative is that it takes a lot longer to detox off of - if you have to detox - which is another complex decision.

Our experience with chronic pain is that most people do better off all narcotics because then their brain endorphin system goes back to normal - they still have some pain but they can handle it and they stop having narcotic pain medicine side effects.

I am more than happy for you to call me at our office to discuss the issues involved - 804.353.1230

Dr Coleman

Chronic pain. My spouse is prescribed narcotics fo...

2010-02-21T23:49:37.091-05:00

Chronic pain. My spouse is prescribed narcotics for severe and degenerative back disease. There was some talk of using methadone. I am a bit anti methadone due to it's difficult detox. I prefer he stay on his meds and stay on minamal dose he is not an addict and dose not abuse his meds. Are there new bennifits to methadone? Its lck of convience and stigmatism is poor. He goes to pain clinic does shots accupuncture physical therapy. Responce? KT