Posted by Elizabeth on September 8, 2001, at 22:05:32
In reply to Re: in case of an accident... LONG, posted by v on September 1, 2001, at 5:36:03
> i couldn't get in to see my primary and had to settle for the doctor's asssistant, whom i've not had good luck with in the past - i suspect him of being a recovering addict because of his refusal to dispense anything with any narcotic properties...
Naw, lots of clinicians have that sort of attitude. Nurses and "mid-level providers" might be worse than physicians.
> in other words anything that works for me... i have a very low pain threshhold and a very high tolerance to opiads of any kind since my meds...
"Intrinsic tolerance" as opposed to acquired tolerance? That's me too. (Chronic musculoskeletal pain, hypersensitivity to cold, etc.)
> btw, i am not an abuser, just someone looking for relief... which is what the damn things were designed for... but i digress, although this is somewhat pertinent to my recent experience.
If you'd been born 100 years ago you'd have no problem getting them. Sad, n'est-ce pas?
> now supposedly (i even asked to make sure) the doctor's assistant has "your" chart - there is supposed to be only one chart...
I ran into this problem when I was in the hospital (medical, not psych) this spring. There seemed to be very poor communication and documentation among the hospital staff.
> i have discovered that i have a weird reaction to dextromethorphan... i've pinpionted it to either effexor or ritalin since those have been the only drugs which i have been on consistently for some time now, although at different doses.
DXM can definitely interact with Effexor. (I have weird reactions to it by itself, in recommended doses. Anyway, it's not a very effective cough suppressant IMO.)
> the first night, i took the prescription dextramethorphan, my partner said i was slurring severly like i was drunk and sent me off to bed.
Bingo! Slurred speech, ataxia, etc. are symptoms of DXM overdose.
> what other, possibly "benign" substances could harm me... and are they also linked to some of the same toxicity of maoi's?
Hmm. Ultram comes to mind.
-e
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