Jason Spear, I need your advice... - 4 Months, 3 Weeks ago Mon, Mar 8, 2010 12:29am
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Aren't you in pharmacy (sp) school? My question is there 1 certain ingredient in about all pain meds such as Lortab, percoset, darvoset? My reason for asking this is all of a sudden every time I take a pain pill in about a hour my nose itches so bad it really driving me crazy. My pain management Doctor just keeps switches me to a different pain med. I've had 22 spine surgerys since 1991. I have a ton of metal inside of me and they are wanting to operate again. You got any ideas on why my nose itches like it does?
Re: Jason Spear, I need your advice... - 4 Months, 3 Weeks ago Mon, Mar 8, 2010 12:41am
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sorry man, I'm in PT school not pharmacy school. We learn a little bit about meds, but basically just how they could affect therapy intervention. We don't learn all the specifics. I'd just go to your local pharmacist or ask your doctor why it does that. I haven't got a clue.
All 3 of these drugs are opioids, although of a different subclass, intended for pain relief. Even though they are somewhat slightly different, all 3 can potentially lead to histamine release, which can cause anywhere from minimal to severe pruritis (itching). So that could be the case. If it is really bothering you though, I would go see a real pharmacist (since I'm not one yet) to make sure that it's nothing of immediate urgency. If it is, then he/she can refer you on to your doctor. I wouldn't worry about it too much though, unless it continues to get worse or something.
Re: Jason Spear, I need your advice... - 4 Months, 3 Weeks ago Mon, Mar 8, 2010 7:11pm
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4BarCat wrote: Huh?????
it's a joke Marc likes to make alluding to me being gay for some reason because I used to work at Orbitz booking vacations for people and one guy mailed me a $500 gift card as a thanks for booking his Christmas vacation/honeymoon for he and his wife.
I did my job and got $500, basically for free, from someone I don't know. I used that money for shit I needed. Make fun of that all you want.
All 3 of these drugs are opioids, although of a different subclass, intended for pain relief. Even though they are somewhat slightly different, all 3 can potentially lead to histamine release, which can cause anywhere from minimal to severe pruritis (itching). So that could be the case. If it is really bothering you though, I would go see a real pharmacist (since I'm not one yet) to make sure that it's nothing of immediate urgency. If it is, then he/she can refer you on to your doctor. I wouldn't worry about it too much though, unless it continues to get worse or something.
Hope that helps
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Almost certainly, the itching is coming from the opiate part, not the tylenol part.
Are you going to a pain clinic? Chronic pain is really kind of tricky, and you need someone who knows what they're doing, not someone who just loads you up on percocet.
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