Re: Tolerance to pain meds

Building up tolerance to narcotic pain medication such as the ones you
mentioned  is very common.  In addition, regular use of narcotic pain
killers for migraine treatment can cause what is called "rebound"
migraine and for this reason it is not recommended for treatment of
migraines.  If you are needing to take these every two weeks I highly
recommend that you talk to your doctor about getting specific migraine
medication such as triptans which are non-narcotic and for most
migraine sufferers will actually work much quicker and more
effectively than narcotics.  Also triptan are not addictive like
narcotics are.  However, I also find that if I use the triptans too
much they start to not work very well either so I try to keep them to
a minimum.  I think the usual advise if you are having more than one
migraine a month is to instead take a preventative medication of which
there are quite a few.

Some GPs may not know very much about migraine so its a matter of
finding one that does.

Hope this advise is helpful

Karen

On Aug 7, 7:10=A0am, Lagomorpheus <pluton...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Hello,
> I have noticed over the years that the usefulness of my rescue meds
> has worn off and the dosage has had to be increased.
>
> I can remember about 10 years ago when I had my wisdom teeth out and
> one Percocet knocking me out cold. Although I take maybe one pain pill
> (a Lortab 10/500) every two weeks for a migraine, the same kind of
> "wisdom teeth" dose helps a bit with the pain, but certainly does not
> knock me out anymore.
>
> I could understand if I was taking these meds daily or on a regular
> basis, but it seems s****adic enough that they should still be
> effective.
>
> Does anyone know what is happening chemistry-wise with the body to
> make the medicine less effective over time?
>
> Is there a period from which I should completely refrain from taking
> it so that I could get back to a lower dose that would still have a
> painkilling effect?
>
> Marie