I'd just prefer an oxy 40 with some promethazine. Makes it last longer. Some say benadryl does the trick also

Hi,

Chemist's Own is a UK otc brand name

I've found that by rotating what I take for pain, and only taking what I truly NEED I can manage tolerace.

for example given say... Soma, Hydro, Valium, Codeine to choose from I can more or less use the Soma and Valium interchangeably... almost (depends on the nature of the tension etc)... and codeine and hydro hit SLIGHTLY different combinations of receptors I think (they FEEL different at "equivalent" doses)... so I try not to do the same things 2 days in a row.

but yea on bad days/nights... I can relate... you take them all and hope for relief.

I think Chemist's Own is Australian; the UK doesn't have that brand.

It is Australian, I've bought it before.

Oxies for sure. nothing like the lovely bitterness of an 80. But then again, that probably why I'm on 110mg of meth Hate the liquid handcuffs, lol.

Only because I have no idea what the others are.

This poll was a little strange I like you idea Genethebean works the best for me in the er as well good old meds.

TM

I'd go for Dilaudid, Percodan or Jurnista.

OC40mg 10/325 norco

Ibuprofen

Isn't that what they call as a "cocktail" they give you before surgery? They did it to me and then after that I didn't care what they did.

Yeah, I like the none of the above option. Can you add that to the poll?
Not sure what Id do if thats all I had to choose from.

I didn't vote. Same reason "None of the Above"

same as me

Whatever they make in that "Cocktail" in the hospital is my choice. You don't care about anything. I even think I said "GO AHEAD, CUT IT OUT, I DON'T CARE".

They call it a 'pre-med' over here, often given the night before the op or in the morning if the op is in the afternoon. But with the advancement of anaesthetics, they don't offer them routinely like they used to. Apart from the relief of anxiety, they can also reduce the amount of anaesthetics used.

Now they prefer to give lidocaine and midazolam in the theatre itself, followed by propofol.

In the past, I have had barbiturates and halothane for induction.

Levo-dromoron,oxycodone any dose without too much actaminaphen.Numorphan.Stadols not bad depending on the type of pain but no opiate buzz.Never had fentanyl but I'm sure it would be high on the list if not number one.Methodone also I thought was a great P.K.the first few weeks.

I take methadone and it is a good pain killer, but you do need a breakthrough med along with it.

Handfull of funny white pills say "Winthrop?"
Demerol I think. Then Dialudid sp?

Same, that is the new and old way of UK pre-surgery drugs. I use Midazolam 15mg alot, and i do not recommend others to do so as you will become Benzo immune.
I've used various other drugs to boost benzo's and replace them, Aurorix for example, you will know that Nephro.

RP

so which one

I don't know if you were asking a question about exactly what the white pills are or just answering the poll question. If the white pills have "score, 35" on one side or "score, 37" they are current Demerol either 50mg or 100mg.

If they actually say "Winthrop" rather than a W logo on the pill imprint, they are really old.
The company that manufactures this oral medication now is Sanofi-Aventis I believe. Don't know what ever became of Winthrop.

I didn't you know! I know that moclobemide (Manerix is the UK brand name) interacts with opioid analgesics (especially pethidine) but didn't know it affected benzodiazepines apart from diazepam and/or one or more of its metabolites, so thanks for the info.

Cimetidine inhibits metabolism of benzodiazepines, and yes, it's definitely worth mentioning to the anaesthetist that you have benzodiazepine tolerance prior to an operation, because they could use it to reduce the amount of maintenance anaesthetic, and nobody wants to wake up during an operation.

fentanyl or oxycodone.

I have a very painful urological disease, yet the urologist
I saw says he never gives pain medicine!"See your regular doctor".Problem is I lost my job, insurance and my doctor.I don't
want oxycodone do get high, just to stop the pain. I feel
if I seek out another GP, that I might appear to be a drug seeker.It's so frustrating. Half the MDs I have have spoken to,to matters worse have not even heard of my disease and the specialist for my problem, is Dr Laurence Levine of Chicago estimate up to 10% of men,mostly in their fifties get it and
it is a curse. Any suggestions would be appreciated,thanks.

This is what happens when DEA and Gov scares doctors into not giving out pain meds. Let the doctors do the "doctoring" there the ones who went to med school. My father lost his practice because the Gov thought his partner was giving out to much pain medicine. This is honest guy, who went to med school at Dartmouth, who is FARRR from a drug Dealer/Distributor.
Is the government gonna may for me and my sister's tuition? Nope and now my parents cant either. Thanks Big Brother.

Sorry to go off topic, but billy123 got me goin!

Now that I'm done ramblin I'd take a Norco 10/325 and a 10mg diazepam. Does the trick for my disc problem. If its a bad day x2 on the Norco.

Billy if your desperate you might have to go to an urgent care facility. They'll give you something for the pain. Big bill though

It is a pretty strange list.

I voted for chemists own cause I don't know what the other drugs are on the list. But I do trust my pharmacist to know what she's doing! (She's cute too!)