On narcotics, chronic back pain, took surgery, meds, nothing helped. Permanent solution?
Patient: Yes you may. I have been on narcotis or many years now or chronic back pain after two failed surgeries, with the last on putting in an artifiial disc at L4-5 which only caused things to get worse, consiquently I have been taking pain meds to give some kind of relief. What I have found is that it takes more and more pain meds to be effective. I m finding that I don t feel anything when I take these meds.....not much relief, no buzz which concerns me as I believe there may be something wrong with my liver processing the meds. I m not chasing the high , I ve just always contributed some kind of mental change to knowing the medicine was working. I m afaid that my liver is messed up after years of processing drugs. Can you help me?. Doctor: Hi, as you describe you on treatment for liver problems, and pain medicines to the maximum extent. It is not advisible to have more pain medications with liver problem.                             When ever you are prescribed pain medicines you should inform your doctor that you are on liver medicines.                              I advise my patients with such symptoms neurotropic injections for 10 consecutive days, to enhance the resistance to pain along with other medicines, and slowly minimise the dose of pain drugs. Thank you.