Fentanyl!

[JayInOz]

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I used to take an analgesic /calmative pill or two at bed time to help me get through the night. Dulled the pain from my back injury and leg pain and let me get some sleep. I stopped taking them when the pain reduced after a few years. Now they're prescription only because they contain codeine. They were the only pills that helped me sleep and didn't make me feel sick or give me stomach cramps. Now the doctors won't prescribe them for me because I might develop a codeine dependency. I suffer badly now from arthritis, particularly in my shoulders, and from muscle pain. The missus was prescribed codeine for something recently and gave the pills to me. They don't contain the stuff that used to help me sleep. So I lie awake for six hours at night, but in less pain. I used to enjoy the warm, fuzzy headed feeling I got from the old pills. I guess that's why people liked to take a lot of them JayInOz

[rbgarr]

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The first time I ever went into hospital (shattered Achilles tendon surgery, forty years ago) we learned very quickly that I was allergic to morphine. Threw up all over the bed repeatedly when it was administered as a pain reliever. So heavy drugs have no appeal.

"One less thing.", as Forrest Gump said.

[bluedog225]

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I’ve decided to stop extolling the virtues of fentanyl.

[Dave Hadfield]

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Avoiding pain is not the best goal.

I’ve been living with Spondylitis for 35 years.

[Tom from Rubicon]

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Fentanyl is an Anesthesiologist go to these days. Found it in the list of meds used in my wifes treatment.

[Andrew Craig-Bennett]

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I had no adverse reactions. No hangover, nothing.

But I have spotted that a little corner of my mind, one that I generally ignore since I stopped smoking, has been quietly thinking “How do I get some more of that?”.

[JayInOz]

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Fentanyl is an Anesthesiologist go to these days. Found it in the list of meds used in my wifes treatment.

When are you foreigners going to learn to say Anaesthetist?

[Rigadog]

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I had fentanyl a few days back for a colonoscopy, very light dose and I ended talking sailboat building with the doctor, I was very lightly sedated. When I got home I slept for 2 hrs and then when I woke up I realized that all of my usual aches and pains were gone! I could get used to that part.

[bluedog225]

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6854586[/URL]]I had no adverse reactions. No hangover, nothing.

But I have spotted that a little corner of my mind, one that I generally ignore since I stopped smoking, has been quietly thinking “How do I get some more of that?”.

Me too. It is a comfort knowing it will be around when the time comes.

[Andrew Craig-Bennett]

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I had fentanyl a few days back for a colonoscopy, very light dose and I ended talking sailboat building with the doctor, I was very lightly sedated. When I got home I slept for 2 hrs and then when I woke up I realized that all of my usual aches and pains were gone! I could get used to that part.

Same here, but not sailboat building. He had been a friend of my younger son’s best friend’s father, another doctor, who died unexpectedly a few months ago. Recognised him from the funeral.

Same experience with Fentanyl.

[Andrew Craig-Bennett]

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Me too. It is a comfort knowing it will be around when the time comes.

That’s exactly what I think.

[willin woodworks]

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Better living through chemistry...

[rbgarr]

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I had fentanyl a few days back for a colonoscopy, very light dose....

I didn't know what the nurse gave me before mine but while I was lying there waiting for the doc I said,

"My my, whatever it is you gave me is very relaxing."

Her response:

"That's interesting. I haven't started the drip yet."

[Paul Pless]

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last time i had it i asked the nurse to "push it slow"
she rolled her eyes and knocked me the hell out

[TerryLL]

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When I was lying in the prep room prior to surgery, half sedated, the anesthesiologist came in and introduced himself.
I said, "so you'll be passing gas during the operation". I hadn't thought of that line from MASH for 50 years, but it just popped into my head and out my mouth. Drugs mess you up in weird ways.