Rotation of opiods?

Question

I started with 4x30mg dihydrocodeine a day for severe fibromyalgia 3 months ago. I am recently on 6 a day. Can I for instance rotate it weekly with another opiod eg. Lortab or something to prevent my body getting use to it and need more. 100mg Tramadol does not touch the pain. Nothing else works,except for opiods. Any info?

And please, no drug addict accusations!

Answer 1

Please, find a good pain management doctor and quit trying to do this yourself. You are gonna end up killing yourself.
I know that I make you mad, but you are messing with dangerous stuff here and you are the one putting yourself out in the open on a site where anyone can answer, you are just gonna look for an answer that sounds good to you and run with it. Who will take care of your child, when you mess up.
You aren't hiding yourself very well making you questions and answers private, your questions stick out like you wouldn't believe.
I firmly believe that you have the condition that you say, but you have to do the work to make yourself feel better, not just take pills. Why aren't you asking questions about diet and exercise and mental support? Because those are clearly things that you must need help with. Taking the medication is supposed to go along with those things to make you feel better.
You clearly are wanting to do things the right way, but the meds aren't gonna do it. Thats why you don't like to hear about your addiction to them in these answers. I am not putting you down, I'm trying to save you from the pain and anguish that I went through when I was addicted. I did and said the same things, this is how I recognize.
Thats why I call you out, because it will make you mad and you will actually read it and at least I know its in you mind.

Please believe me when I tell you No One, that is either prescribing or selling you this many differant Opiate drugs
has you best intrest in mind.

Answer 2

A rotation of medications is always a good idea as it keeps your body from building up on the same medication And it becoming not useful. of course talk with your medical doctor about this.

I have Fibromyalgia and understand the incredible pain you go through every day. I find that deep Tissue massage therapy on a regular basis cuts down the pain tremendously. I also find chiropractic treatment very helpful with dealing with the pain.

Nutrition is very important with this condition as with any serious physical condition. Avoid caffeine products, sugar, processed foods and fried foods. Low blood sugar (Hypoglycemia) is often a factor in causing the person with Fibromyalgia to feel fatigued.

Whole grains, seeds, nuts, yogurt, chicken, Turkey, organic beef, eggs, natural cheese and cottage cheese should form the base of your diet. Accompanied by Appropriate vegetables and a minimum amount of fruit.

A good quality multi-vitamin is absolutely essential with this condition. It's important to replace what the body loses daily. If a person takes no other supplement but a multi-vitamin they're helping to support their body daily.

Answer 3

You should really talk to your doctor or pharmacist to be sure-- you dont say if you are taking any other medications, but generally any opiod use will cause your body to eventually need more-- they all go to the same receptor site in the brain.

Have you tried other therapies like massage, physiotherapy, chiropractic, acupuncture etc -- not that you should stop taking your medication, but if you did some alternative therapies, you may be able to decrease your useage of the meds.

* you may also want to get your thyroid checked & your vitamin D level checked. New research is finding that people with Fibro have low levels of both. They aren't sure if one causes the other, but regardless, low thyroid can cause joint & muscle pain, and low Vit D levels are becoming very common in many women & cause muscle & joint pain, and also lead to osteoporosis... supplementation of high levels (RX levels) of Vit D can reduce muscle pain as well.
both tests are covered by insurance & very inexpensive.

good luck