Oxycodone

It's ok, causes constipation though!! Be careful, drink lots of fluid.

-Allie

Hello,
I found that I had to eat more fiber and drink more water to get things moving. Sometimes when things didn't move I would have to go for a walk to get things moving. The other thing I noticed was it made me extreamly tired that I could function....I hope you havea better time with it...

I have been taking 1/2 tab of Percoset (aka oxycodone) 3 x's a day for a few years now, before that it was 1/2 tab of Vicodin for many many years. I not only have Crohns, but also Fibromyalgia, and osteoarthritis and live with chronic pain everyday. Actually Crohns is in remission, but my joint pain is there everyday. I do best with 1/2 tab. It works well to take care of most of my pain. Some days I have to take a little more becuz I have more pain. If I don't need it I don't take it, and have no withdrawal type problems. So at this time, I am not "dependent" on it. I really dislike the addiction type posts. With chronic illnesses like we have, the pain that many Crohnies live with, prescription meds like this are needed. Yes some of us may become "dependent" on them, but how much better is our quality of life without living with so much pain. Addicts are people who abuse these meds just to get high. I do not get high from my meds, I get pain relief. JMHO

Nanners well said.  I know that for  people dealing with a chronic disease that causes pain it can be very difficult to take a pain medication daily.  In your mind, you know that you don't want to become dependant on pain meds, but if you are going to function and have a decent quality of life the pain meds may be necessary.  It's a  difficult thing to have to deal with on top of everything else that goes along with having Crohn's.

Whenever I take percocet, I drink apple juice during the day and it keeps me from getting constipated. Just be sure to get REAL apple juice and not the stuff with 10% juice and 90% sugar.

Nanners-I completely agree with you. If your quality of life depends on pain meds...take em! There's no use living a life full of pain if it can be avoided. I have a friend who will suffer for days with headaches before finally taking just Tylenol...I don't understand it. If you're in pain and can take something to get rid of it, why not?

I'm dependant but am very careful how and when I use morphine. I chart each dose and daily totals and keep records that my Dr.s and I to go over. T-3's worked for a long time then stopped being effective. Slowly over the years I've gone up the opiod triangle to finally morphine. Yes the pain requires medications and don't let anyone tell you otherwise just use as little as possible. Here's a link to definitions regarding addiction and dependancy very good info.  http://www.ampainsoc.org/advocacy/opioids2.htm  Sorry you'll have to copy and paste, it didn't show up as a link. Good Luck Rob.

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I agree that some pain meds become necessary when dealing with CD. I have had it since 94 and just started taking pain meds on a regular basis last year. I feel like a criminal asking for the prescription and my Dr. keeps saying how he doesn't like to give them, they are addictive (vicadin) but if the pain is constant or at the very least chronic...what is the problem? I don't get a buzz...I get a small amount oof relief! they do not even kill the pain, only dull it. But it is such a hassle to get them.

dx 1994, 52 yr old female. colonectomy with ileostomy, 3 intestinal blockages, reconnect/ remove ileostomy. c-section and tubal. gall bladder removal. so now no Dr. wants to go back in my abdomin due to scar tissue. stricture area near the reconnection. barrett's syndrome. remicade, entocort, xifaxin, paxil, aciphex, donnatol, b-12 shots, vicadin, clindomy acin, plus vitamins and minerals.

Every time I have a flair up I get vicodin or Oxy's and do just fine with them u have nothing to worrie about

i'm on 5-325 percocet (up to 4 a day if needed) prescribed by my doc at a pain clinic...i feel no narcotic effects and am nowhere near addicted...if i don't need them i don't take them...they do help to dull the pain but do not take the pain away completely...they HAVE improved my quality of life though and that's what matters most!

My doctor prescribes hydrocodone. I've been told that the difference between oxycodone and hydrocodone is that the codeine is natural in the oxycodone, but synthetic in the hydrocodone. And whereas oxycodone can knock you out, hydrocodone tends to hype people up. I hoard mine and only take one when I'm exhausted from my CD symptoms. The pill makes me feel normal and happy, but it makes me crazy energetic, so that I stay up almost all night, cheerfully tackling all kinds of projects. It blocks me up for six to ten hours, but I pay for it later, when my usual diarrhea returns with a vengeance.

Part of why I hoard my pills is that I don't want my body to get used to them--because they provide me with the only happy buzz I can get, since I haven't had an alcoholic drink since my diagnosis in 1999. Although my doctor wouldn't mind if I took one every day, I take one about once every ten days (more when I'm traveling or have a special event to get through)--so he laughs at me and tells me, "Oh, yeah--you're a big drug addict."

I am currently taking hydrocodone. I like the constipating effect. It helps me to be able to sleep more than an hour at a time at night. I take one in the morning and one at night. My rectal pain was becoming unbearable and I was in the bathroom every hour.