Pain Medications: What You Need to Know About Acetaminophen, Darvon, and Darvocet

Just because it doesnt help you doesnt mean others dont get relief. I take darvon for many pain issues Without darvon i would have to take medications that keep me from driving DUI doesnt just include alcohol it includes drugs that affect your driving and dont tell me they dont because they do. It is no less to lose someone from prescriptions drugs than it is to alcohol. Darvon gives me relief without the high you get from vicodan. I can drive and take proper care of my children while taking darvon. If it doesnt work for you then dont take it.

ccoins of LA 4:27PM September 06, 2010

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Himselfcare of 4:28AM December 15, 2009

The last sentence of your article needs some additional information. Could you please give more information for the example-complementary/alternative medicine treatment that are available for certain types of pain—in your back, neck, or legs.

I use the Piroxicam 20MG, periodic steroid injections and I go to a warm water Physical Therapy Pool 2-5 times a week for any where from 1 to 3 hours per session and I am still experiencing sciatic pain to the point where it prevents me from walking and when I do walk, I have to accept the fact that occasionally my leg will drop me to the ground.

My problem is both cervical and lumbar-sacral. It takes me all week to read the Sunday paper, as I cannot look down at the reading material for more than 10 minutes at a time before the cervical pain will radiate down my arm or sometime both arms. I also experience numbness and tingling in both hands, fingers and forearms.

I have tried on several occasions having acupuncture treatments, but it no longer reduces my pain level. There are times when I have nerve pain radiating non-stop for hours and even days. The longest for cervical pain was about 4 weeks, which has happened 4 times since 9/1983. The longest non-stop sciatic pain I have experienced was for 5 days - every time I even moved in bed, I screamed and cussed profanities. I can't help it, it just comes out of my mouth. My daughter would come to my house twice a day with a sandwich, apple quarters, peeled & separated oranges, V8 juice and Bananas, plus a pitcher of water. In addition she fed my 2 cats and cleaned the litter. Since I live alone, when one of these episodes occur, I am dependent on someone in order to live.

I use to take Darvocet occasionally, as I was able to still drive and do office work with it, but it no longer helps my pain. I tried a pain patch for a couple of months but it did not help the nerve pain either and it was too sadating - I simply didn't have any type of life while I was using the patch. I couldn't read or watch TV without my eyes ending up closing within a minute or 2 of starting to read or watch TV.

My diagnosed condition: Multi-level cervical and lumbar-sacral vertibral disc bulging and herniations, multi-level spinal stenosis and Spondialosis. I also have undergone one surgery, which was a hemilectomy, disclectomy and laminectomy of C-6/C-7 level to save use of my right arm. In addition my spine is a mass of arthritis and arthritic spurs.

Is there any other alternative medicine or treatments I could try. My doctor has recommended surgery consisting of spinal fusion and placement of a rod through 12 levels. I am fighting it, as I have seen some hope through stem cell research. I will continue to hold off on surgery until my spine collapses, at which time, I will be forced to undergo surgery. But, if there are any other recommended treatments out there, I would appreciate you telling me. I have been disabled (9/04) & only have Kaiser ins

Terry Sample of OR 8:02AM August 24, 2009

So what do we take if that's all the gp can prescribe and it's not strong enough anyway (we know that). I need Vicodin at least and can't get it. Doctor's are afraid to prescribe it. I have nerve damage from surgery (EMG confirmed) and pain doctors think they can control everything. They can't!

Sandy Eisner of VA 4:54PM August 14, 2009