Hello hope everyone is keeping well, just a quick question brother has esld and kidney problems he was on dehyrocodine for the pain, he has been on this for 8 months due to dehrocodine not helping any more doctor has put him on tramadol. My question is this ok for him to use. I know doctor wouldn't put him on it otherwise but tramadol seems to be a very strong painkiller
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Hi thanks for your reply, we have been told he is not fit enough for transplant list and might never be. He is suffering alot of pain at the bottom of his spine
Has he had an X-ray or similar to see if it's a skeletal problem like a compression fracture. Quite easy to do apparently if your bones are getting a bit creaky, even turning over in bed can fracture your lumbar vertebrae if you have degenerative bone problems.
My hubby was prescribed tramadol for the pain following his splenic artery embolisation procedure which was done at the liver transplant unit so I guess although yes it is a strong painkiller it is ok for someone with advanced liver disease.
I have been on tramadol and fentynal since 2011, that was recommended by a hepatologist as he stated the liver copes better with opiates. He said it was kinder than long term paracetamol, ( which I understand is fine in normal doses, for short term, but not everyday for years and years).
Hello xx think you will find that 'dihydrocodeine' !! Is a strong one - df118 springs to mind - I thought they had stopped prescribing it 😧😧 hubby had similar probs whilst waiting for transplant with a prolapsed disc - which he has again 😫😫 i think tramadol is excreted from body in a different way ?? I know it has always been the 'drug' that they have prescribed for Hubby and took him off anything with codeine in due to the 'constipation' effect 😘😘😘😘😘
Indeed Tramadol is a strong pain killer but if the dihydracodine is no longer working where else can u go morphine? In time once his body is no longer inured to the codeine try going back to it
Let me just explain,i'm an addict who was dx 3 a half years ago with Cirrhosis,been in recovery since and i'm in the final furlong of drug treatment.I know what opiates have done to me and my liver.
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