Pain & Pain Management - June 2007

I got a perscription for asprin codien pain pills, like 300-30mg i think, and i have taken vicodin for my back, both the 5 and 10mg. Is the codien stronger or weaker or the same strength as 5 or 10mg hydrocodones? Like on a pain releaver scale where does each on rate?

2007-06-02 16:53:01 · 6 answers · asked by Mikey Sly 3

Is it still a cramp if below my belly hurts but like above my genital area?

2007-06-02 15:18:11 · 4 answers · asked by NeNe 1

2007-06-02 13:56:26 · 6 answers · asked by baron's mother 1

and aretheritise and is still haveing pain she has taken oxycodone put that has stop releiveing and she can't take antiinflamitory because she is allericeto them and she also has a stomach ache all the time what is there that will releive everything?

2007-06-02 13:41:57 · 6 answers · asked by Alex M 1

2007-06-02 13:37:52 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-06-02 13:33:04 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

i got about 3 big scrapes on my body from falling off a skateboard. i've cleaned them and put oitment on them but they kill. how do i get rid of the pain? i got them yesterday, if that helps at all.

2007-06-02 13:28:47 · 4 answers · asked by Sarah L 1

My husband gets frequent headaches that hurt in the back of his head, top of his neck area (even to the bottom of his ears approx) and in his teeth. He claims it feels better when he bites things, hard. We are wondering what the cause of these headaches might be. He gets different types of heaches in which he can tell what the cause is (sinus, stress, and tension) based on the area it hurts. These headaches are most common and we have no idea what is causing them. They seem to be random. He is a commercial plumber, not very active outside of work. He does smoke pot. He says it helps when he gets these headaches. We're speculating that he may need to go see the chiropractor. Just curios if anyone has experienced headaches like this, or if anyone has any idea what it may be caused by.
And please don't chastise us for smoking pot, it wont help answer the question at all and I really don't care about your opinion on this matter.

However, thank you in advance for you help and answers!

2007-06-02 12:21:08 · 8 answers · asked by cait5156 3

Ok here it goes, I had a tubal (tubes tied) on thursday, everybody I talked to who has had this done, told me it was a breeze..."NOT"..maybe if you had it done right after you had your baby, it might not have been so bad, but anyways, I am in ,intense horrible dreadful pain, due to the gas in my shoulders, chest, stomache, and cannot get rid of it...I know this sounds bad, but I cant, burb or fart, I cant get any air out of me, the pain meds do not help with the gas, I have walked and walked, and have tried everything, I have not had a bowel movement either, Also I have had 3 other surgerys dealing with the gas pains and none of them has compared to this, I cant stand it anymore, I cant eat, cause if I eat the pain is worse, I cant lie down, cause the pain is unbearable, what sleep I do get I have to sit up, which my back is killing me, has anyone been thru this, and can tell me anything on how to relieve this.....

2007-06-02 11:28:24 · 10 answers · asked by sunshinebear 1

I also have bone spurs on both sides of my neck. I get migraine headaches over my right eye or I get bad tension type headaches , with these headaches the bone spurs get tight and hard.

2007-06-02 10:03:51 · 7 answers · asked by raycin2@sbcglobal.net 1

about 2 weeks ago, my lower back has been aching. doesn't really hurt when i stand but i sit on the spot or jump, it hurts.the pain is located at what i think is the sacrum. i'm not shure if im right, but it is a lil above the center of my buttchecks;below my spain. i'm only 14 , so i don't noe what's wrong. i know i shouldn't be getting back pains at this age and i know usually, people get pains in the spain or the backs but i have at almost the butt. what's wrong? i told my mom and she said that's because i sit too much and the weight is all on my butt bone or something. what should i do? and is ithis normal?

2007-06-02 09:57:15 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

I hear that they make special ones for long term patients, like a 20/80, so the patient doesnt get too much asprin,..I don't mean 5/325 or 7.5/325 or 10/325,, i mean special ones

2007-06-02 04:00:24 · 3 answers · asked by justin o 2

I have a viscoelastic foam mattress that really helps my fibromyalgia pain. VF is very supportive and responsive to contours because it responds to body heat. It gets really warm in winter, which is good. Problem: It also gets really hot in summer, which is bad. Right about this time of year I switch it for a regular mattress, which is cooler but not so supportive, and I know I can expect to wake up stiff on it, as opposed to limber but steamed on whichever side I slept on, and dazed with heat. I wonder if there's a better way...

Does anyone know of a kind of mattress that is very supportive but does not heat up with the sleeper's body heat?

2007-06-02 03:56:37 · 3 answers · asked by silver.graph 4

my cousin has a TERRIBLE headache here are symptoms:
-VERY cold but no fever (house temp is normal)
-stiff neck
-bad headache behind eyes and cheeks from temple to temple
-hurts to move or even talk
-started last night...then woke her up again at 4 am
please help with any ideas, or websites that will help!

2007-06-02 03:53:47 · 7 answers · asked by *Cole* 3

i'm 45 years old, and wore milwaukee brace till i was 16. thanks

2007-06-02 03:47:17 · 3 answers · asked by cricket01 2

Note: I haven't played any sports, or done any extensive activity on my knee!

2007-06-02 03:10:37 · 3 answers · asked by Steve 2

Toes seem to ball up,and the doctor said to just eat more bannanas.

2007-06-02 02:22:01 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm 19 years old and my knees and legs bother me constantly. When it gets cold outside, i feel as if the veins in my legs are going to burst. My knees are constantly cracking everytime i bend down. My two other sisters are dealing with the same thing and my mom has severe spider veins. It's probably genetic. Is there any way I could maybe reverse the clicking and aching before it gets worse? HELP!

2007-06-02 02:10:48 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

this morning i woke up with a really bad pain on the side of my stomach? it was located on the lower right side. it wasn't a sharp pain rather like a dull one. help me please!!!

2007-06-02 00:15:21 · 6 answers · asked by gravediggerjak 1

2007-06-01 23:45:39 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

anyone else hear about this? What is your opinion ? thanks for any input :>

2007-06-01 23:27:03 · 4 answers · asked by gianinni 2

We have a child with growing numbness to pain in his right arm. In two years, it has gone from a 2" wristband to a span between the nuckles and the elbow and literally does not hurt. Otherwise, the arm is fully functional. However, he has recently also started having black outs in his right eye, causing falls. We took him to a neurologist who says the initial eeg is clear and is calling it migraine syndrome, but he would not take a full history to include his father's childhood epilepsy. Does migraine syndrome cause numbness in the arms or legs?
Does anyone know what might cause this?

2007-06-01 23:10:44 · 8 answers · asked by Terry M 1

Does anyone know how to numb skin at home without buying anything?

2007-06-01 22:57:36 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

Everything I've read said something about chest pain. This was not chest pain. It's pain in the right side almost up under the armpit and and in my upper back. It HURT so bad to just try to breath normally-and trying to take a deep breath made it worse. It feels like my right lung. I was only sitting as a passenger in a car, nothing strenuous.

Last year the doctor gave me an inhaler-she said I was wheezing (news to me). So, when I got home tonight I used the albuterol/inhaler thing-and it's helped the pain subside. This is my 3rd/4th time experiencing this pain, which is so bad I don't even want to breathe. I'm not sure if I should even bother going in to the ER when it happens, but tonight it was so bad I almost went in anyways.

I have other medical issues going on which also have not been diagnosed yet-pain in hip/leg/pelvis, which ONLY gets better when I am not overly active-standing or walking too much(or driving). I have not worked for two years because of it. Any Ideas?

2007-06-01 22:48:18 · 3 answers · asked by Little Jeannie 4

My hand is swollen like if I got stung by a bee. Its weird At first it was just my thumb now my whole palm is starting to swell up, i dont know what the hell it is. Last week It was itching and it started to hurt It even started to look blue. Its been swollen for about an hour. What could it be??

2007-06-01 22:04:03 · 2 answers · asked by Evolon 2

It's been going on for about 5 days and I finally asked the doctor about it 2 days ago and he prescribed Cataflam an anti-inflammatory and Sirdalud. But it's not helping. What do you think is causing this?

2007-06-01 20:26:28 · 3 answers · asked by hedZy ♀ The Dancing Banana 4

I've had these terrific, painful cramps and/or spasms in the tops of my feet and can't find out what is causing it. I have read about MORTON'S NEUROMA as a possible cause, but can't get any doctor to do the test needed to see. I have the characteristic tender pain between the 3rd and 4th toes (at one doctor's appointment, he pressed down on the top of my foot here and left a bruise that lasted almost a month), the tingling, etc. connected with it, but no doctor is willing to do surgery on my feet to correct it because I have flat feet and arthritis in the soles of my feet as well. I can't take this pain much longer.

2007-06-01 17:32:56 · 4 answers · asked by jan51601 7

i have a really bad sore throat. it hurts when i swallow, sneeze, & cough. i have pretty bad loogies too. i also have a really bad headache .. but the ache is like.. in the back of my head, feels like the pain is connected to the back of my neck. it feels like all of this is a connection to my sore throat. what will make it better? what kind of medicines should i take, & will it effect my birth control pills?
thanks

2007-06-01 16:16:35 · 3 answers · asked by ♥ 3

do you know?

2007-06-01 13:41:33 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

I just started doing squats and when I bend my knees ache. I make sure not to overextend my knees past my toes and I move slowly but I can only make it down so far before the pain. It's not an excruciating pain but rather annoying and preventative of completing a full squat. Is this normal for squat newbies? Am I doing something wrong? Is there anything I can do to toughen my knees?

2007-06-01 13:18:19 · 20 answers · asked by _Noirness_ 1