is there anything better for pain than hydrocodone?

Question

I recently had a skin graft and the donor area they took it from is in the bending area of my upper thigh.....the staples that are there are very painful and when I stand or extend my leg all the way it feels like my skin is ripping.....they prescribed me hydrocodone but that works for maybe an hour and I have to wait 3 more before I can take another......I just want to know if there is anything more they can give me or are they just going to up the milligrams?

Answer 1

Percocet might be helpful, but you have to go in to the doctor's office to get a prescription. I'm surprised they didn't give you something stronger than Hydrocodone from the get-go. Skin grafts are really painful, from what I hear.

Answer 2

useful information later after the graft heals - Much pain is from muscles below is an example of what may help (based on headaches).
Begin with a couple swigs of molasses or a couple of bananas (natural muscle relaxers) daily - magnesium (which regulates many things in the body) and potassium (a needed building block for muscles).
Drink at least 1/2 gallons of water per day. Running a body low on water is like running a car low on oil is the analogy the head of neurology at UCDavis told my husband about 10 years ago.

Now to the cause - muscles - your back, neck shoulders and head have tender spots. They are knots in the fibers of the muscles called trigger points. It makes the muscles tight which makes them press on nerves and other things causing the pain.

The cure - start with a professional massage, you will also want to go back over any place you can get to 6-12 times per session up to 6 times per day rubbing (or lightly scratching on your head) every where that is tender until the knots go away. The place where the skull connects to the spine press up under the edge of the skull (to get to those muscles).

For more information read The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook by Davies. It teaches what to do and where the pain comes from.

Answer 3

If your pain meds aren't working for you anymore, you should call your doc and make an appt. to have them changed. They could either increase the milligrams or prescribe another type of pain med. outside of the hydrocodone family, Often people with chronic or lasting pain develop an immunity to their medicine and have to make a change. The reason I say make an appt. is that Pharmacies do not allow for controlled substances to be called in over the phone.

Answer 4

Yes. Call the office. But.....anything stronger cannot be called in. You would have to go to their office and get a written prescription and take it to the pharmacy.

Stronger would be Percocet, Demerol, Dilaudid, Fentanyl patches. Just to name a few.

Answer 5

Yes. Call your doctor.