tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24021163.post114273587042848001..comments2024-02-18T01:56:38.508-06:00Comments on M.D.O.D.: Medications911DOChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06466669111561150174noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24021163.post-63078929463160079662012-02-14T16:23:36.873-06:002012-02-14T16:23:36.873-06:00i have never argued that opiods improve function. ...i have never argued that opiods improve function. they are pain relievers, that is all. i would love to see these studies you mention. it would be a real paradigm shift for all of us.911DOChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06466669111561150174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24021163.post-11796735076278329632012-02-14T10:44:36.906-06:002012-02-14T10:44:36.906-06:00Conservative treatment? The treatment was non exi...Conservative treatment? The treatment was non existent. It had NO effect. My experience with opioids and corticosteroids was consistent with the data. You are insinuating the trials were not valid, or I only found those which backed my experiences. There are NO trials to indicate opioids significantly improve function. <br /><br />The conservative treatment comes from the insurance companies unwillingness to pay until patients and doctors jump through hoops. <br /><br />My parents have had multiple back surgeries. They are 85 and completely pain free and mobile. <br /><br />I believe my future need for surgery is a hereditary factor rather than an indication of the low success rate of surgery. <br /><br />I don't know why a surgeon would not be willing to jump into surgery since that is their business. <br /><br />My neurosurgeon LITERALLY saved my life, so regardless of the future I am forever grateful to him. <br /><br />Thanks for your reply.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24021163.post-15036117810955358062012-02-11T21:20:16.445-06:002012-02-11T21:20:16.445-06:00you can find trials to indicate that sniffing glue...you can find trials to indicate that sniffing glue will cure cancer. the bottom line is that back surgery is ALWAYS a last resort because aside from carefully selected candidates (young patients in good heatlh) the succes rate for most procedures is dismal at five years. and, in fact, for simple sciateica the problem USUALLY resolves with conservative treatemnt such as you had. AND, given the legal climate, surgeons are less and less likely to jump to surgery, especially for back pain, and especially with sciatica. I'm glad your surgery went well, my back surgery did too, but I have had to have a second surgery, and, I'm sure, there will be third and a fourth as I age. If it were THE answer then everyone would do it. it simply isn't the answer for most back pain patients.911DOChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06466669111561150174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24021163.post-85948121174018811522012-02-11T13:20:48.044-06:002012-02-11T13:20:48.044-06:00I don't know if anyone looks at these very old...I don't know if anyone looks at these very old threads, but I have to bring up my experiences with pain medication. <br />I just went through 4 months of hell with sciatica. I was given Prednisone, Percocet, Dilaudid, and steroid injections to no avail. I was feeling quite hopeless until I had surgery and was 100% cured.<br />After having researched Prednisone and opioids I found trials indicate they are not effective in relieving pain or improving function. They can't even keep patients in the trials for opioids due to side effects. Why are they still being prescribed?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24021163.post-31261352737908019742007-12-05T10:48:00.000-06:002007-12-05T10:48:00.000-06:00Percocet? Wait I can't take or Darvocet. I'm aller...Percocet? Wait I can't take or Darvocet. I'm allergic to everything except Dilaudid... and where is my tray?? I'm hungry..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24021163.post-42314784648920424202007-05-03T14:37:00.000-05:002007-05-03T14:37:00.000-05:00Ibuprofen just doesn't touch it...AKA Where is my ...Ibuprofen just doesn't touch it...<BR/>AKA Where is my Percocet?<BR/>The only things I like better is<BR/>"allergy to Ibuprofen"ObGynThoughtshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09968829807651784347noreply@blogger.com