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(Message started by: jefferator on May 15^th, 2005, 6:43pm)

Title: If nothing else works...try this
Post by jefferator on May 15^th, 2005, 6:43pm

Also wanted to share this. I used to be a patient of Dr. Bernard Swerdlow in Orlando, Fla. Renowned in the pain management field. He would give me a prescription for a suppository of Hydrocodone to use if nothing else worked and the pain got too unbearable. Hydrocodone pills do nothing for me, but that suppository is incredible and STAT. Once inserted, withing 5 minutes this great buzz and numbness takes over and then usually you just pass out. I was always most comfortable taking it with someone there to watch over me. Anyway, it was a special mixture and Im not sure what it is and Swerdlow is retired, but I do remember that I had to go to Thayers Drugstore in Orlando to get it, if anyone wants to research or contact the pharmacist and find out what made it special. It was many years ago. Sorry for the lack of specificity, but I just found this sight. I thought I was one of the lucky ones and CH's went away...been two years..and bam, back in the cycle. Oh well......

Jeff

Title: Re: If nothing else works...try this
Post by jefferator on May 15^th, 2005, 6:49pm

A thousand pardons...it was not Hydrocodone, it was Oxycodone suppositories.

Title: Re: If nothing else works...try this
Post by nani on May 15^th, 2005, 6:56pm

Narcotics have never done a thing for my CH. :-/

Title: Re: If nothing else works...try this
Post by don on May 15^th, 2005, 7:45pm

Narcs for Ch?

You were putting them in the right place.

Title: Re: If nothing else works...try this
Post by Kris_in_SJ on May 15^th, 2005, 8:33pm

As you might be able to tell from the above posts, narcotics are generally considered a "no-no" for clusterheads. I can imagine that Oxycodone in that particular form might make you go to sleep - but it isn't taming the beast, and over time, can put a monkey on your back as well.

Read up on the various successes here - Kudzu is the newest. Plus for many, cycles are managed with the good old cocktail of Verapamil, Prednisone and Trex or oxygen.

Best of luck,

Kris