Hello everyone, I have PAF and stills desease. (auto immune desease) I was wondering what strong pain tablets people take on here as I am unable to take anti inflammatory tables as I am on anticoagulants and bisoprolol.
I currently take tramadol and paracetamol which does work .
Heather
l was told that l could take co-codamol or paracetamol whilst taking anticoagulant, You can purchase these over the counter, but need to ask the pharmacist if it is ok for you. Tramadol is a very strong painkiller. l think the next one up is morphine, so if it works l would carry on. The pharmacist is the best person to ask about drugs. These restrictions are difficult when you are in pain, so hope you get some relief and help.
If Tramadol and Paracetamol are working for you , and the combination is fine with your other medications, I'd stick with that.Although some people take Codeine based medications they can cause rebound pain even after a few doses.
Are you looking for a medication to replace Tramadol , which is a pretty strong pain medication.
If you take that daily, and have done for sometime, you would have to slowly taper off it or you could have withdrawal effects.
Your GP would suggest a medication which is an alternative to Tramadol, that could be another SNRI medication .
But, with the combination of medication you have been taking for pain , and depending on what pain you are trying to treat , you would be better discussing this with your GP in a phone or face to face appointment rather than just getting an over the counter medication that may not suit you needs.
I do occasionally receive Tramadol when I have bouts of Pancreatitis but chose not to take it as a daily pain medication as soon as I could replace it for my other pain conditions.
I take tramadol try not to be schedule with it or it won’t work as well. I thought it wasn’t working, but then I realized if I lay down after taking it, I can the difference within the hour and I can also tell when it is wearing off allow yourself at least a half hour for it to kick in
I'm not on anticoagulants but over the years I've been on an ever increasing dose of opiates; oxycodone. It has absolutely no effect on my heart rhythm or rate. They tried oramorph but I was allergic to it. Are you looking for something stronger because you say tramadol is working. . I wouldn't advise opiates because your body gets used to them and the dose has to be increased and the long term side effects are not at all nice.
It was a typo. Predictive text. Tramodol if not working. I've contacted my doctor who has prescribed morphine a weak dose. I'm not pleased about this but will try it out to see if it reduces the pain. Have had oxicodone in the past but it gave be terrible nightmares. The pain has increased as they are weaning me of steroids because of my stills desease.
Do you attend a pain clinic? The waiting lists are long but some clinics are very good. In the meantime keep the dose as small as you can. I was told that taking paracetamol alongside my oxycodone would make it work better ; not sure about morphine. A pain consultant would advise you far better than yoru GP. I've had 20 years of opiates and doctors simply increased it every couple of years and now criticise me for taking such a high dose-- eeerm they prescribed it . Now it no longer works and there's nothing else they can give apart from CBD which they won't do because not enough research has been done about its effect on the heart.
I was on the slow release 12 hour Tramadol and they worked beautifully but the thinking I'd get people off the now. So my GP has prescribed Febtanyl patches which I don't find work as well but they are gentler on my stomach! So I now try not to apply patches unless I'm in awful pain but to be honest I'd rather be on a tablet of something just yo take the edge off all the time.
Weirdly caffeinated coffee (strength 8) works for me. I have IBS though so that may be why. It seems to settle my IBS-diarrhea.
All the best
Roy
I take cocodamol as needed. Tramadol was just to much as I found out when I ran out 1 weekend. Withdrawal was awful so be careful. I also have joint pain and use ibroprofen topical gel, but don't take orally.
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