Has anyone tried ketamine? The new pain specialist I see gave me information on the use of ketamine for pain. He said its about a year commitment. you go weekly and they give it to you intravenously for 45 minutes, you go once a week, one to 4 times a month for up to a year depending on how you respond to the treatments. Supposedly it re-programs your pain pathways back to where they were before there was pain. I have heard so many things about it...any one here tried it?

G,Day member im 67 on strong meds for 20 plus years has any one had a Ketamine infushion in Hospital for about a week and being off all Pain meds while having the Ketamine did the rest off your Meds did the Meds work better after your Ketamine infushion did it helep you Pain level Better ?

Comment about Duragesic (fentanyl). You may want to include that this drug is predominantly used as a sedative for a variety of procedures. The problem with taking this or using the transdermal patch can cause you to develop tolerance to all forms of Fentayl, including its uses as a sedative. Due to my being on this path for about 6 months, Fentanyl no longer has any affect on me for sedative uses (such as a cardiac catheterization - try that without adequate sedation [been there, done that]!)

I have CRPS and want to know if and when does it stop spreading? 😢 It started in my R arm then mirrored then went to my face and L leg now it is in both of my feet making walking very painful.
At night my knees ache terrible ( they get "spikes" but not "burning " yet)..

Have any of you experienced weight gain from neurontin? I have been on it for 1 1/2 years now and as they raised the dose I noticed I started going weight. I now take 800mgs a day. Since April I have gone from 140 lbs to 180. I am not happy at this weight but the drug does help a lot..though I still have the neuropathy all over my body, including my face. I am not eating more. The dr would like to raise it more but I don't want to be obese along with my other problems
I think the fact that I… read more

I'm not saying I'm suicidal, but I do wish I could just die rather than live in chronic pain and treatment resistant depression.

The doctors that diagnosed me with Fibromyalgia will only give me Gabapentin...which makes me very sleepy. They say they don't care if Hydrocodone helps or not, they wont prescribe it. I am miserable every day. I get lightening pains through out my body all day. I also have a hard time with my legs. I take one Hydrocodone for the whole day and it works. I realized it worked for me when I had some dental work done and was prescribed Hyrocodone. I felt like a million bucks after I took just… read more