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im on oxycodone for chronic degenetive disc diease multiple dics and bulging dics is this a good medicine to take. i cannot function woth out something for the pain.

By Anonymous April 25, 2012 - 4:54pm
 
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Maryann Gromisch RN
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Hello Anonymous,
According to PubMed Health, "Oxycodone is used to relieve moderate to severe pain. Oxycodone is in a class of medications called opiate (narcotic) analgesics. It works by changing the way the brain and nervous system respond to pain."

It is a drug which you can easily become addicted to.

Are you being treated by an orthopedic surgeon, a pain management physician or an internist? I would strongly encourage you to be evaluated by a pain management physician, who can recommend other therapies beside the use of a narcotic.

Maryann

April 25, 2012 - 5:19pm

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