General Health Care - December 2007

Im doing a project on the abuse of prescription drugs and need a general range of prescribed prices and street prices of: Hydrocodone 7.5mil / 5 mil
Darvocet-N 100 mil
Oxycodone 5 mil
and any other prescription drugs that are abused.

2007-12-17 02:46:15 · 1 answers · asked by yippiiiii 1 in Pain & Pain Management

2007-12-17 02:18:34 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in First Aid

The joints in my hand/fingers in one hand hurt so badly. It has been about 3 months. I keep thinking/hoping that it's just due to the weather changes, but I think it really may be arthritis. I can hardly hold my coffee in the mornings and changing the babies' diapers is such a hard task. I'm only 25. It is very sad to me because I am a pianist. Is it possible and if so, what is the treatment? Thanks.

2007-12-17 02:15:27 · 18 answers · asked by etothej25 1 in Pain & Pain Management

2007-12-17 01:49:13 · 2 answers · asked by cholate4u2 1 in Pain & Pain Management

I went into my ortho Dr.'s office with complaints in my left ankle when I first wake up & going up hills with swelling involved near my old ankle stabilization scar from 2001. The MRI showed "a spur projecting off the anterior article surface of the tibia, with some associated marrow edema. Findings consistent with anterior impingement, no evidence of associated edema involving the talus, or associated joint body". "Ligaments: Marked thickening & irregular of the anterior talofibular ligament, the talar as well as the fibular attachments now remain intact, small joint effusion present." Extensor & flexor long tendons all appear intact, no evidence of tendonitis, tenosynovitis or a tendon tear".
So, this doesn't seem that bad to the untrained eye, why does my Dr. want to drill a hole in my bone & loop my tendon through it? I have a second opinion scheduled for tomorrow, but I would like to be knowledgeable when talking to the new Dr., we are talking about crutches for 2 months.

2007-12-17 01:26:49 · 4 answers · asked by CaCO3Girl 7 in Injuries

Okay, so I broke my pelvis about 4 weeks ago in an accident,
and at first i didn't know (maybe because of the painkillers) but
now I have both chronic and acute pain in my foot (only left foot)
It's the typical burning feeling, pins and needles pain, acute pain
occurs when i change position(i.e get up, sit up, etc etc)
despite my left leg being colder than my right leg by a noticeable amount, 2 doctors i've visited ruled it out as pinched nerve as there are nerves running to the foot where my pelvis fracture is.

The question now is, how should i treat this? ice my back by pelvis area? or my foot area? i heard some people say use warm water?

thanks a lot in advance

2007-12-17 00:40:21 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

2007-12-16 23:22:13 · 3 answers · asked by laura s 3 in Pain & Pain Management

I've had sleep problems on and off since I was a teenager, and I'm in the middle of one right now. I lost my job about a month ago (it had nothing to do with me, the position was eliminated, but I was still really upset about it) and at first all I wanted to do was sleep. I'm a night person, but I was going to bed between 8 and 9 pm every night and waking up by 8am every morning for the first couple of weeks. Anyone who knows me knows that is very strange. But now I just can't sleep. I go to bed but just wind up laying there for 2 or so hours before I finally fall asleep, then sleep through the day. Any suggestions how I can get back to a somewhat normal sleep pattern?

2007-12-16 22:58:39 · 4 answers · asked by Two quarters & a heart down 5 in Other - General Health Care

i woke up this morning, did a lil jogging and some light exercise (for the first time) then did some house work, after that i had breakfast and a glass of water, two hours later i had another glass of water, then i threw up! ~~~am shocked~~~can someone tell me what went wrong please, thank you...
am not pregnant!!!

2007-12-16 22:52:01 · 3 answers · asked by Em09 3 in Other - General Health Care

recently ive been having some problems with eyes..i study a lot and use my pc most of the time, sit up late reading tons of books, so my eyes are under a great strain...
at school i had 100% perfect eyesight..this i took after my dad..he still has it this perfect..dont wanna let it worsen...
what do i do?
ive been to doctors many times...and came to the conclusion they all say one same thing to everyone....dont study this much..thats not much of a advice
so i thought maybe anyone here had or still does such problems.....cos im really concerned about my eyesight..im only 19 and it's too soon to get 'blind'

2007-12-16 22:41:26 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - General Health Care

they want me too have a eye sugrey done on my right eye i will wear a patch but i don't know how long am going too st louis for christmas on the 23rd with my mom

2007-12-16 21:43:53 · 2 answers · asked by TERI G 1 in First Aid

I was walking to school about a year ago and was hit by a car. I hit the windshield and was thrown off the car. The girl went to my school and asked if i was okay but then when i turned around she was gone. I went into school and told the nurse I had got hit by a car and that I was in a lot of pain. I was sent to the hospital and had suffered many bruises, a concussion, and spinal and knee injuries. My knees and legs ache all the time and I have muscle spasms in my back that hurt so escruciating that i cannot move nor function in many ways. My school eventually found the girl on cameras and was charged. Her insurance is trying to settle for 7 thousand dollars. Is this reasonable? I need to hurry up and settle but I don't think this is a fair amount with the amount of pain I am still in. Can I request more? Will i get it? and what is a reasonable amount?

2007-12-16 16:50:48 · 6 answers · asked by I have no nickname 3 in Pain & Pain Management

I had a tendon repair in my ring finger, and i'm in my 1 month and 21 days since surgery. The therapist says i can flex my muscle to pull the tendon through as hard as i want.. I don't trust her.. I work out for a living so i'm a little bigger than the average person and i know i have power in my arm.. i don't wanna rip the tendon, you think i should trust her?

2007-12-16 16:34:41 · 2 answers · asked by ? 1 in Pain & Pain Management

In November of 2006, I was in a car accident that left me with a back injury (bulged disc). I eventually had surgery in February 2007.

I started a job about in August 2007, doing webmastering and system administration (desk job). Prior to employment, I told my employer straight out that I had back surgery, and was still occasionally on medication. In the interim, I was pain free, and things were going really nicely. Then, a few weeks ago, I hit a major snag.

The pain started on November 25. I went to the doctor, and he said that the same disc that I had surgery on was the one causing problems. I have so much chronic back/leg pain that I can't even think; plus, when I take meds, I can barely even stand; thus, I can't perform my job properly.

Here's the problem. I just got company health insurance, and this is what is paying my doctor appointments so far. I'm afraid that I will be fired due to this injury, and that I will lose the insurance. Can my boss fire me because of this?

2007-12-16 15:54:58 · 17 answers · asked by ajm786 1 in Injuries

OK, so about five years ago my husband and I spent a whole day at the beach. I'd say it was about seven hours. I was eight months pregnant, yes I know, very bad! I was under umbrellas the whole time, yet I still got a really bad sunburn on my back. I had this cut out on the back of my bathing suit. When I went home, I had this big red circle on my back. Painful, let me tell you! It has been five years now and it still hurts so much. My shirt and undergarments do not bother me unless they rub my back. Even if my husband runs his hands or fingers lightly down my back, it still hurts. It feels like I still have a sunburn. I feel like little needles all over my back. Could my back be permanently damaged? The pain only occurs when my back is rubbed.

2007-12-16 15:53:54 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Injuries

i was put on this and need to know is this a good medication and whats the street value of it

2007-12-16 15:30:22 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

I fell yesterday and all of my body weight fell full force against the side of the tub across my abdomen. I am really sore on my right rib cage and don't know if it is just bruised or if I cracked a rib. There is no visual bruising. How can you tell the difference? I am having my gallbladder removed on Wed. This soreness is NOT my gallbladder. It is definitely from the fall. Will this affect the surgery at all?

2007-12-16 15:15:52 · 3 answers · asked by sacabeans00 4 in Injuries

I have been having throbbing bone pain around my hip/femur and knee bones. It has gradually gotton worse over time.

Sometimes it hurts to exercise/ but not often. The pain is wayyy worse at night.
I also sometimes get the pains in my other leg.

The other day my dad mentioned that he thought the doctor said I had a possibility of having displaced hips - what does that mean??

Do my symptoms sound like Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis ?
Or something else?


Thanks

Btw I am a female teenager

2007-12-16 15:11:39 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

I have been having throbbing bone pain around my hip/femur and knee bones. It has gradually gotton worse over time.

Sometimes it hurts to exercise/ but not often. The pain is wayyy worse at night.
I also sometimes get the pains in my other leg.

The other day my dad mentioned that he thought the doctor said I had a possibility of having displaced hips - what does that mean??

Do my symptoms sound like Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis ?
Or something else?


Thanks

Btw I am a female teenager

2007-12-16 15:09:17 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

I have been having throbbing bone pain around my hip/femur and knee bones. It has gradually gotton worse over time.

Sometimes it hurts to exercise/ but not often. The pain is wayyy worse at night.
I also sometimes get the pains in my other leg.

The other day my dad mentioned that he thought the doctor said I had a possibility of having displaced hips - what does that mean??

Do my symptoms sound like Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis ?
Or something else?


Thanks

Btw I am a female teenager

2007-12-16 15:08:28 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

2007-12-16 15:00:55 · 2 answers · asked by crystal l 1 in Pain & Pain Management

i burned my hand really hurts.
how do i make it better?
thanks
its all white.
plese quick
ow ow ow

2007-12-16 14:59:50 · 4 answers · asked by ♥Amber is a New Momma 6 in Injuries

I had a total hip replacement in 2005. I now find I am having pain like the pain before my hip replacement. I am 5ft 7in. I weigh 124 pounds. The pain I have is located in my groin area and all the way around my hip. It then shoots into my upper thigh area. I limp when I walk because weight hurts on that side. I also cannot get moving when I first go to get up. I have to allow it time to warm up. When I lay down it is hard to get into a position that is comfortable.
My doctor has not seen me, but over the phone thinks it could be lower back pain. I had an MRI six months ago due to unusual swelling in the lower part of the same leg as the hip replacement. The MRI showed nothing was wrong with my back. Could this be arthritis? Many times to help solve the problem people have hip replacements. That is why I wanted to know if you can get arthritis if you have a total hip replacement.

Thank you,
Scarlett O

2007-12-16 14:48:53 · 5 answers · asked by Scarlett O 1 in Pain & Pain Management

my back really hurts. Im nauseaed but i dont throw up. i pee every hour or every two hours. I have headaches an a small but constant cramping in my lower abdomin. Its doesnt hurt like period pains but their there. Whats wrong with me........?????

2007-12-16 14:38:53 · 4 answers · asked by *!Its Shay!* 1 in Pain & Pain Management

need help
a friend got injure at work he ask to be taking to the hospital hes bose told him NO and just to go see his regular doctor is been two weeks of doctors apointments and finally MRI wich shows all the knew damage and a prescription paper from the doctors that it happend at work and do take to his job and ask for Workers’ Compensation
2 weeks later the bose told him to pay his own bill or he will be fired this week

what can he do ?

thank you

2007-12-16 14:22:26 · 2 answers · asked by conejote_99 7 in Injuries

on thursday evening, (today being sunday) I realized i wasn't smiling right, and i thought nothing of it when I first noticed though. On Friday morning, I smiled and looked at myself in the mirror and noticed how hard it was for me to smile on my left side of my face. I can barely smile on the left side. on the right side everything is normal but i just cant wink on my left side and when i try to i wink on my right side. im freaking out cause my left side is being wierd, i cant move my mouth of my eye very well and im really freaking out. is it nerve damage? please help!

2007-12-16 13:57:24 · 13 answers · asked by ななかღKYO 3 in Injuries

are they similar? i got a strain on my elbow, and its not giving me any pain at all, but my arm is getting weaker. i sprained my thumb before and it bruised up after a day. sprains heal, and so does strains?

2007-12-16 13:44:58 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Injuries

What is the best way to recover from overmasturbation?I wonder my guess was right like to have rest so that the body will automatically heal itself.Also does over weight affect testosterone.Any suggestions?

2007-12-16 13:28:54 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Injuries

looking for something along the lines of maalox milk of magnesia, viscous lidocaine 2% and phenobarbital used in the treatment of peptic ulcers.

I'm looking for the correct balance of maalox to lidocaine minus the phenobarbital, for safe consumption.

2007-12-16 13:13:52 · 1 answers · asked by Mercury 2010 7 in Other - General Health Care

what do you do if you wake up with a kink in your neck?
how do you fix it?

2007-12-16 12:36:04 · 4 answers · asked by Philip Augustus 3 in Pain & Pain Management