| Joined: Apr 2016 Posts: 75 Likes: 2 Supporting Member (50+ posts) | OP Supporting Member (50+ posts) Joined: Apr 2016 Posts: 75 Likes: 2 | Hi I have tried roxicet and oxycodone both very powerful and a zombie for days. Are there any pain meds that do not give this zombie effect but yet are effective in relieving pain, thanks, Michele
SCC 2005 floor of mouth and neck disection SCC 2009 partial rt tongue RAD PEG 2009 20 HBO treatments following surgery of three teeth and 10 more HBO to follow 2015 Diced food diet due to weak muscles long term effects of radiation 2018 Radiation Fibrosis of the jaw and neck, vocal cord dysfunction
| | | | Joined: Jul 2009 Posts: 1,406 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts) | Patient Advocate (1000+ posts) Joined: Jul 2009 Posts: 1,406 | Hi Michele, well Roxicet is of course a version of Percocet, which is simply Oxycodone and Acetaminophen. Not sure if the way it makes you feel would be any different if you were using the other similar meds I know about, mainly Dilaudid, Morphine and Vicodin. Fentanyl is stronger but might well send you into even deeper zombification.
Dunno where you live, but if you're able to get your hands on some medical MJ that might be something to try.
I'm so sorry to hear of your distress and I hope you'll get some relief. I expect others will have suggestions of their own that I haven't thought of.
Sending good vibes your way!
David 2 SCC of occult origin 1/09 (age 55)| Stage III TXN1M0 | HPV 16+, non-smoker, moderate drinker | Modified radical neck dissection 3/09 | 31 days IMRT finished 6/09 | Hit 14 years all clear in 6/23 | Radiation Fibrosis Syndrome kicked in a few years after treatment and has been progressing since | Prostate cancer diagnosis 10/18
| | | | Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 1,291 Likes: 1 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts) | Patient Advocate (1000+ posts) Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 1,291 Likes: 1 | Ditto the MMJ. There are varieties that help with pain, sleep, and uplifting as well as calming. Are you able to get out and walk and exercise a bit? Often times, just loosening up the muscles and getting some blood flowing and basking in the sun does wonders.
Don Male, 57 - Great health except C Dec '12 DX: BOT SCC T2N2bMx, Stage 4a, HPV+, multiple nodes 1 tooth out Jan '13 2nd tooth out Tumor Board -induction TPF (3 cycles), seq CRT 4-6/2013 CRT 70gr 2x35, weekly carbo150 ended 5/29,6/4 All the details, join at http://beatdown.cognacom.com | | | | Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,606 Likes: 2 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,606 Likes: 2 | Fentanyl patches allowed me to commute almost 500 miles each way to work. After the first or second patch, I never felt like a zombie. I was up to 2 75 mcg/hr also.
SCC Stage IV, BOT, T2N2bM0 Cisplatin/5FU x 3, 40 days radiation Diagnosis 07/21/03 tx completed 10/08/03 Post Radiation Lower Motor Neuron Syndrome 3/08. Cervical Spinal Stenosis 01/11 Cervical Myelitis 09/12 Thoracic Paraplegia 10/12 Dysautonomia 11/12 Hospice care 09/12-01/13. COPD 01/14 Intermittent CHF 6/15 Feeding tube NPO 03/16 VFI 12/2016 ORN 12/2017 Cardiac Event 06/2018 Bilateral VFI 01/2021 Thoracotomy Bilobectomy 01/2022 Bilateral VFI 05/2022 Total Laryngectomy 01/2023
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