 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | Oxycodone is great for headaches and it also contains acetomeniphen (Tylenol) It is a medium strength pain killer and not remotely adequate for this stage of her recovery.
Your mother is basically being tortured by inadequate pain medications. You may need to threaten them with a lawsuit, especially if they don't follow the NCCN guidelines.
She's the first one I have heard of who got Klonpin for the anxiety. Most of us got Zanax or Ativan
Gary Allsebrook
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Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
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