Did you know ambien and Lunesta are both sleep meds.? I am or was till I was put on disability a pharmacy tech./Med.tech. That could be a dangerous combination! dr.s don't always check there PDR when they write RX's trust me when I tell you they would call us to ask what they should give to a patient for whatever.

OMG Deana, I wish your husband could go through one horrible day with Fibro. He could not take it I assure you. I am on Cymbalta 60mg 2xday, Lyrica 300mg daily (MD wants to increase to 450mg) , Percocet 10/325mg one 4xday, Methotrexate 2.5mg take 8 pills on Tuesdays, Flexeril 10mg one 4xday and still having pain! I had Gastric Bypass in 2002 and lost 165 lbs but have gained half of that back. It is a daily battle to do what is right with my diet and because I feel so much like crap. Did going to a chiropractor help anybody?

different medications work on different biologic chemical mechanisms of pain transmission.

the aim is also to use a combination to minimize the side effects of any one product while maximizing beneficial intended effects. Some meds work on the perception of pain while others work at the neuronal level. So while you may think if i just could get on some sort of strong opioid I would be better, that is not the solution for fibro pain.

I am not sure what kind of nurse your husband is, but I have been frustrated as a nurse who has studied pain management at the graduate level and taken but national certifications in Adult Nurse Practioner and Peri-anesthesia Nursing, as well as taken the LPN. exam to make a little money and work while I was in training, that LPNs have very little pharmacology in their course work, and if they do not commit themselves to intensive study, and work in an office, even if it is an orthopedic office, where you would think that many patients would be on these meds, they do not have a clue, and most of their job is purely secritarial. Even if they write your meds down, they would not be able to say what classification they are in, what the side effects are, or if the dosages are appropriate. Still there are some RNs. not in the specialty or who don't take their certifications or are too busy they think to keep up on meds to know either. There are so many sites these days for nurses and medical personnel, that might be helpful to him. Encourage him gently to check these out. I know that it is just as difficult to see you suffer as it is for you many days from experience.

I really understand that! Keeping up with meds and staying on top of this other entity. It's a thing all unto itself we have to carefully monitor it or we pay dearly.