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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 460202" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>The pharmacy can't do the "tweaking" - pain doctor has to.</p><p>But ask the pharmacy if they know about this stuff... and who in your area specializes is prescribing it.</p><p></p><p>My aunt had severe RA plus several other conditions... and then got meningitus, and the only thing that worked for pain and didn't make the other symptoms worse.</p><p></p><p>The key to this stuff is that they can move any one ingredient in small increments. I don't know pain medication compounds very well, but here's the stimulant equivalent in logic...</p><p></p><p>Concerta comes in 18mg increments. 18, 36, 54... and then combinations of that. Fine, if the 18 mg increment lands about where you need it.... but for many kids, 36 is not enough and 54 is too much... With Ritalin tabs, they can be split down to 5 mg... which is a much finer dose (but you don't get the delivery mechanism...)</p><p></p><p>With a liquid pain cocktail... they can have a combo going, and then go "+1mg of morphine and -.5mg of something else"... this is what makes it possible to "tune" it to your needs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 460202, member: 11791"] The pharmacy can't do the "tweaking" - pain doctor has to. But ask the pharmacy if they know about this stuff... and who in your area specializes is prescribing it. My aunt had severe RA plus several other conditions... and then got meningitus, and the only thing that worked for pain and didn't make the other symptoms worse. The key to this stuff is that they can move any one ingredient in small increments. I don't know pain medication compounds very well, but here's the stimulant equivalent in logic... Concerta comes in 18mg increments. 18, 36, 54... and then combinations of that. Fine, if the 18 mg increment lands about where you need it.... but for many kids, 36 is not enough and 54 is too much... With Ritalin tabs, they can be split down to 5 mg... which is a much finer dose (but you don't get the delivery mechanism...) With a liquid pain cocktail... they can have a combo going, and then go "+1mg of morphine and -.5mg of something else"... this is what makes it possible to "tune" it to your needs. [/QUOTE]
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