 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | Adequate pain management is a basic patient right. All of the painkillers you describe are moderate pain relief agents. I get itchy when I take Vicodin (AKA Hydrocodone) also.
There exists pain management centers for this, if they are not available in your area , like Amy said, call your PCP. If you have an oncologist, he(she) should be managing all of your meds. If your pain is between 7&10 I would go to emergency. Some hospitals have small injury clinics and you can get in and out of them much faster than a standard ER.
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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