Attention Dave and anyone else interrested

[angelbear]

Ok so I had that prob at work with not agreeing that one of my pts with huge open wound was not recieving proper wound care and was getting inadequet pain med prior to procedure. Persistance pays off I just called work and I WON actually pt won. Better wound care procedure now ordered and better pain med. Yippy Skippy

[FranEMTnurse, CNA, LPN, EMT-I]

I have done that, but so far my pcp looks at me doubtfully. And he has witnessed me in it. It rattled him. That was when I was placed on the Dilaudid. I have told him that my body has become sensitive to it, and I'm no longer able to take more than 2mg without getting pruritis. I've been taking it since April 2001, PRN. I went to two pain specialists. The one told me he could give me cortisone epidurals. I have had them and they don't work. The second one is a real grouch, but he tried Fentanyl duragesic, but it gave me pneumonia. Then he placed me on oxycontin. That gave me a severe case of pruritis. I was treated in the ER with 150mg atarax IV, and IV Benadryl, before I got any relief. My next drug was Methadone. That resulted in pruritis also, just not as lengthy as the oxycontin. I was also given morphine which resulted in projectile vomiting and pruritis. Tylenol with codene was like taking asprin, as was Percocet. They didn't work either. Every since my anaphylactoid reaction to Niacin, my body has been sensitized to most narcotics. I thought of suggesting Toradol next to see what they say.

[prmenrs, RN]

DAve, do you think you could fix Frances? We need her! Thanks!