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Pain med concerns

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ellen57898
ellen57898

I am 18 days post TKR. I am taking Norco. However my doctor gives me only 40 pills at a time. I have to cut back on medication to make it last more that five days. I take the medication before PT and then every 6 hours ( two pills). By six hours I am in agony.) sleep is horrible. I feel like I am begging my doctor for more medication each time I call him. Should I still have this much pain? I am in U.S. and am unsure if I am just being a baby about pain.

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    Rocco ellen57898

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    I'm 7 weeks post surgery and just starting to get some decent sleep. I went back to teaching high school this past week. I stopped taking oxy after one week because of the way it made me feel. I take 5 mg of Vicodin but only when I go to bed. I find that it takes about an hour before it kicks in and lasts for about 5 or 6 hours. Once i wake up from the pain, though, I just get up because I can't take another Vicodin and then drive or teach. I have some pain during the day but I can handle that. No way I could sleep with it though.It is getting better, Ellen. I thought I was going crazy in the first few weeks because of the sleep deprivation. Going back to work, along with PT and the exercizes, help to exhuast me so now I can actually sleep.

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