Experiences with

Opioid substitution treatment

I was due to have a carbon laser treatment to remove sun damage but the practitioner won’t go ahead as I on clopidogrel and wants a letter from my GP. I don’t think it’s appropriate to ask a busy GP and beautician question. Does anyone here know whether this treatment shouldn’t go ahead? I did think

Hi, has anyone tried to get hold of antiviral treatment lately after a positive test? I tested positive on Wednesday and rang 111, but have been passed from pillar to post, with no call yet from the actual antiviral team. I had Covid 18 months ago and the process seemed a lot more streamlined then, with

Can anyone clarify please whether COVID tests should be free of charge to those who are immuno suppressed, as are probably most of us who use this forum? I was charged £11 today for a box of 5 tests. I did think I'd get free tests for my 32 week pregnant daughter also. She's in her 3rd trimester and

I would like to share that Kratom helps me immensely. This post is long with my backstory, so please jump down to ** if you only want to read about my experience with Kratom In 1993 I was in college when I had a severe head injury. Though I had a mild version of OCD from age 13 onwards, after this incident

Hi, I finally had an appointment with a neurologist at the local hospital. He listened for over an hour and is very open to prescribing Buprenorphine after I told him about the positive experiences most here have experienced. He admits that he doesn’t have any experience with prescribing it and needs

Hey guys im struggling with the search so reaching out to anyone who has had apps with Dr Chris Murphy in MCR. Ive been told he is a great help and can further assist with finding to find a GP to prescribe opioids if my area wont. Andy experiences please share 🙏🏻

After waiting over two years since being referred, I have an appointment with a neurologist. With the help of pregabalin and opioids, I took my last dopamine agonist last July after being on them for 22 years. My life has changed; I can read a book, watch TV and sleep! Reasons to keep the appointment

By using a small dose of morphine (3 tablets of 10 mg morphine sulfate), I have managed to taper off pramipexole, which had led to severe augmentation. It has been a tough process, almost without sleep for months. I have now slowly titrated up on pregabalin, and I currently take 300 mg a couple of hours

My GP finally gave me klonopin but was very reluctant, and scared me with dementia saying the longer you are on it the more your chances are of getting dementia. The klonopin worked for me for 8 years (age 53-60 with no issues) then the opioid crisis hit and my GP would no longer prescribe it. I have

so my hubby was taking methadone with 1200 Horizant. He stopped the meth because he was having panic attacks, insomnia etc. the doc now put him on suboxone. Are the two drugs together creating the mess. Maybe opioids aren’t for him. However the 1200 mg of Horizant was hit or miss also

Title says it. I am from India and treatments for RLS are limited to DAs and gabapentinoids.

Hi everybody, I'm a new member Adviced by a friend, I recently discovered this very interesting site and his forum ! Wish to have discovered it earlier !!! First of all, forgive me for my poor english, I live in belgium , I speak french. I'm 77 and suffer from RLS for more or less 35 years ....

Hello, I look for alternatives to Prebagalin. I take 600 mg at bedtime, and I can barely sleep more than 2 hours and have also issues the whole day. I do unfortunately augment on opioids. I tried buprenorphine which worked wonders for two months before augmenting like crazy. I then tried Targin, but

An interesting study on the new, very expensive Tomac Device for Refractory RLS. It seems that continued use improves RLS over time, possibly due to neural plasticity. The days per week when RLS affects patients reduced from over 5 to 3. I'm not sure I'd be happy with that but if opioids ever stop working

I will be having cataract surgery 8 th September and I have a dental appointment 2 weeks later for a filling will that be OK or do I need to put dental treatment back.

At last, I am off pramipexole, I was on 5 x 0.088 mg tabs a day. It took a long time but I have been pramipexole-free for two weeks. I am still on oxycodone 20mg twice a day. Do I stay on the Oxycodone or do I stop taking it, I was put on Oxycodone in January 2023 to help me come off pramipexole which

I have been to multiple neurologists in India for RLS before and they all prescribed pramipexole as first line treatment. Hearing all the advice here I have my reservations about taking it. I have also talked to a member here and a few others on Facebook who are in India and they are on ungodly amounts

First diagnosed in my 20s. First medication in my early 40s was Sinamet. Then another drug I think was ropinerole but not certain. I’ve been on Pramipexole for approximately 10 years. Slowly increasing dosage till now on .625 nightly. Thank goodness I found this blog and Sue Johnson and Jools and other

Having spent time working with Dr Jose Thomas in Cardiff, I obtained a referral letter to my gp surgery recommending low dose opioids. I had a very good consultation with my gp who appeared to understand the desperation I was experiencing and said that she was going to look at a range of options including

I am currently tapering 6mg predisolone and taking 17 1/2mg Methotrexate . All is well and no problems. I am due to have a dental crown fitted. The dentist says it’s OK as he won’t be exposing the gum area where infection is possible. So I’m checking with you wonderful people that I can still take