Help About Pain Management, Chronic Knee Pain?
Question by chris r: Help about pain management, chronic knee pain?
I am a very active 24 year old, in Army, play softball and workout once a day. In may I was diagnosed with Chondrolmalcia, stress fractures, and arthritus in my right knee. The surgeon said “i am to young to get knee replacement, come back in 15-20 years, if something hurts dont do it.” Well thats fine but I have been in pain every day, I stand for to long it hurts, sit for 15 minutes it hurts, walk to much hurts, I am constantly icing my knee and other things to try to live a some what normal life. I refuse to not do anything and curl up in a ball and roll over! I have taken alot of meds, ranging from darvoset, naproxen, tylenyol 3, Vicodin, Indomethacin, Tramadol, and percoset. In the last week i have seen two doctors trying to refill the percoset(it works), he asks me this morning, “do i think that i am getting addicted,” and i say no you give me a 10day presciption and i return 15-20 days for a refill. I take 2 a day and you prescribe 3-4 per day!what is my next step?i need advice!
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Answer by Person Answerer B
It works, but you should probably consider talking to a pain management professional about switching medication.
Percoset is normally meant to be a stop-gap measure to allow you to function until a more permanent pain solution can be found. Soon you will start noticing that the longer you are taking the percoset, the more they will ‘resist’, and eventually you may not be able to refill it, you will not have any other options for days, and that will be excruciating.
Best to call a PMP and find a more permanent solution before this happens.
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