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pharmakos said:

Methamphetamine

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That or oxycodone.

Really though @Adebisi I'd do

- Lysine load on an empty stomach if you can swallow big pills get the 1gram pills from Solgar.
- Get Zicam WITH Echinacea (theres 2 brands, dont buy the plain) and hold it under your tongue for a long time also on an empty stomach. From CVS or whatever pharmacy you have.
- toss some vitamin C in daily also on an empty stomach
- Green tea extract
- add Selenium if you have money to spend as well as a D3 supplement. Also recommend Solgar.
- fuckloads of water,

and cut your sugar back. Sugar binds to white cells before Vitamin C can, you want vitamin C taken on an empty stomach so it is picked up directly by white cells. You keep yourself sicker for longer by eating sugar while sick for more reasons than blocking vitamin C than I care to get into right now.

Not too big on listing dosages because everyone is different. Lysine load 2g-3g, then 1g every 8 hours. C on waking up, 200mg at least higher if you can tolerate. D3 is whatever as long as you aren't disposed to thyroid problems. Green tea also whatever, just pop them. Selenium 200mcg. All assuming you are relatively young to middle-aged average person.

The first 4 have case studies on them taken in combination.

WHAM!!

Suppression of influenza A virus nuclear antigen production and neuraminidase activity by a nutrient mixture containing ascorbic acid, green tea ex... - PubMed - NCBI

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In vivo and in vitro antitumor effect of ascorbic acid, lysine, proline and green tea extract on human melanoma cell line A2058. - PubMed - NCBI

Anticancer effect of lysine, proline, arginine, ascorbic acid and green tea extract on human renal adenocarcinoma line 786-0. - PubMed - NCBI

Effect of ascorbic acid, lysine, proline, and green tea extract on human osteosarcoma cell line MNNG-HOS xenografts in nude mice: evaluation of tum... - PubMed - NCBI

Antitumor effect of ascorbic acid, lysine, proline, arginine, and green tea extract on bladder cancer cell line T-24. - PubMed - NCBI

jayrebb said:

That or oxycodone.

Really though @Adebisi I'd do

- Lysine load on an empty stomach if you can swallow big pills get the 1gram pills from Solgar.
- Get Zicam WITH Echinacea (theres 2 brands, dont buy the plain) and hold it under your tongue for a long time also on an empty stomach. From CVS or whatever pharmacy you have.
- toss some vitamin C in daily also on an empty stomach
- Green tea extract
- add Selenium if you have money to spend as well as a D3 supplement. Also recommend Solgar.
- fuckloads of water,

and cut your sugar back. Sugar binds to white cells before Vitamin C can, you want vitamin C taken on an empty stomach so it is picked up directly by white cells. You keep yourself sicker for longer by eating sugar while sick for more reasons than blocking vitamin C than I care to get into right now.

Not too big on listing dosages because everyone is different. Lysine load 2g-3g, then 1g every 8 hours. C on waking up, 200mg at least higher if you can tolerate. D3 is whatever as long as you aren't disposed to thyroid problems. Green tea also whatever, just pop them. Selenium 200mcg. All assuming you are relatively young to middle-aged average person.

The first 4 have case studies on them taken in combination.

WHAM!!

Suppression of influenza A virus nuclear antigen production and neuraminidase activity by a nutrient mixture containing ascorbic acid, green tea ex... - PubMed - NCBI

lalalalalalala

In vivo and in vitro antitumor effect of ascorbic acid, lysine, proline and green tea extract on human melanoma cell line A2058. - PubMed - NCBI

Anticancer effect of lysine, proline, arginine, ascorbic acid and green tea extract on human renal adenocarcinoma line 786-0. - PubMed - NCBI

Effect of ascorbic acid, lysine, proline, and green tea extract on human osteosarcoma cell line MNNG-HOS xenografts in nude mice: evaluation of tum... - PubMed - NCBI

Antitumor effect of ascorbic acid, lysine, proline, arginine, and green tea extract on bladder cancer cell line T-24. - PubMed - NCBI

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I've noticed norco stops all my allergies and coughing fits but if I am heavy on it on a given day my ears ring for the entire night.
Anyone had experience with gabapentin? My PT guy keeps stating he wants me to move to that for my leg/foot pains but he also thinks my back pain can be cured with some exercises that so far several weeks in have only increased my back pain back to levels when I was working.

Went to the doctors yesterday. Says the tumor on my lungs might be getting bigger or maybe the scan just caught more of it.
Also got my bag for 2 days. Hands and feet are super tingly and everything tastes like super pennies

Olebass said:

I've noticed norco stops all my allergies and coughing fits but if I am heavy on it on a given day my ears ring for the entire night.
Anyone had experience with gabapentin? My PT guy keeps stating he wants me to move to that for my leg/foot pains but he also thinks my back pain can be cured with some exercises that so far several weeks in have only increased my back pain back to levels when I was working.

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Funny you should mentioned this. That is one of the main reasons I can't get off my pain management thus far. Allergies (indoor now, from living in the big city) get to the point of severe inflammation that comes with real pain and skin/tissue damage, not just some sneezing. Last time I stopped I developed real asthma for the first time in my life and scared the piss out of me. No thanks for now!

I have some experience with gabapentin for about 2 years on-and-off at 300mg (low dose), sometimes 600mg. It is one of the few medications approved to help block (the word treat implies its actually helping your feet, which its not) neuropathic leg/foot pain. In that way, it is a non-narcotic pain killer. In plain terms I guess the best way to classify the type of drug would be "spinal CNS sedative". But your average joe would say in terms of effects its like Valium minus the hangover/grog, more a profound calmness and coolness to it. Some describe it as "taking your brain out, and placing it on a shelf" at higher doses. Its not prescribed to people with a history of alcohol abuse for that reason.

My guess is your doctor wants you to get off the narcotics. If you want to remain on, just keep reporting bad acute pain from the back exercises. He also probably feels gabapentin is more effective for your feet, but he also does not want to be liable for prescribing you two sedatives at the same time. Hence, pushing alternative medicine for your other pain complaint. That seems like his angle. Getting to try gabapentin while on narcotics seems like it may not happen with this doctor. Little bit of irony of the situation is, gabapentin is also (off-label) a first-line Addiction Medicine treatment for acute narcotic withdrawal due to the way it is able to absolutely obliterate withdrawal symptoms in even the worst case of abuser given the right dose. Again, because it has interesting effects in the spine and enhances endorphin function in the spinal cord.

Also bud I don't know what dose of hydrocodone you are working with, but since you mentioned ringing ears in association with hydrocodone, I feel obligated to give you this. Don't let the headlines shock you. Everyone is different, and not everyone has problems because its very complex-- But its best to take it easy if you are in it for the long haul.

Hydrocodone use and sensorineural hearing loss. - PubMed - NCBI

Acetaminophen ototoxicity after acetaminophen/hydrocodone abuse: evidence from two parallel in vitro mouse models. - PubMed - NCBI

Profound hearing loss associated with hydrocodone/acetaminophen abuse. - PubMed - NCBI

jayrebb said:

Funny you should mentioned this. That is one of the main reasons I can't get off my pain management thus far. Allergies (indoor now, from living in the big city) get to the point of severe inflammation that comes with real pain and skin/tissue damage, not just some sneezing. Last time I stopped I developed real asthma for the first time in my life and scared the piss out of me. No thanks for now!

I have some experience with gabapentin for about 2 years on-and-off at 300mg (low dose), sometimes 600mg. It is one of the few medications approved to help block (the word treat implies its actually helping your feet, which its not) neuropathic leg/foot pain. In that way, it is a non-narcotic pain killer. In plain terms I guess the best way to classify the type of drug would be "spinal CNS sedative". But your average joe would say in terms of effects its like Valium minus the hangover/grog, more a profound calmness and coolness to it. Some describe it as "taking your brain out, and placing it on a shelf" at higher doses. Its not prescribed to people with a history of alcohol abuse for that reason.

My guess is your doctor wants you to get off the narcotics. If you want to remain on, just keep reporting bad pain from the back exercises. He probably feels gabapentin is more effective for your feet, but he also does not want to be liable for prescribing you two sedatives at the same time. Hence, pushing alternative medicine for your other pain complaint. That seems like his angle. Getting to try gabapentin while on narcotics seems like it may not happen with this doctor. Little bit of irony of the situation is, gabapentin is also (off-label) a first-line Addiction Medicine treatment for acute narcotic withdrawal.

Also bud I don't know what dose of hydrocodone you are working with, but since you mentioned ringing ears in association with hydrocodone I feel obligated to give you this. Don't let the headlines shock you. Everyone is different, and not everyone has problems. But its best to take it easy if you are in it for the long haul.

Hydrocodone use and sensorineural hearing loss. - PubMed - NCBI

Acetaminophen ototoxicity after acetaminophen/hydrocodone abuse: evidence from two parallel in vitro mouse models. - PubMed - NCBI

Profound hearing loss associated with hydrocodone/acetaminophen abuse. - PubMed - NCBI

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Ya I've noticed it is a long term thing. If I take it heavy for a week from say doing heavy working it gets worse over a period, not instantly. If I back off it slowly goes back away. As long as that is all it does it is actually handy as a gauge for when I take too much. I never abused them in the sense I've seen people do it though. I've seen people eat them by the handfuls. I try to stay under 60/3250 a day. Many days half that.
Agreed on his thoughts which actually just pisses me off. Last month I went weeks without taking a single pill and I had no real side effects and I definitely wasn't wigging out. Him treating me like a junky just pisses me off and I think I am going to let him know so next visit and once again go over the back pain being actually worse when I was very active and in excellent shape a few years ago.

Oddly enough and I didn't realize this, we have bottles of gabapentin laying all over the house as it is. Shell had shingles right before Xmas and has degen MS so that is what they give her. I've never taken one as we both take so many medications and so many interactions I usually leave her medicines to her and she leaves mine to me. I'm concerned because when she was on them it caused some wacko crazy bitch reactions and she had dreams of flying cats and shit. As much as flying cats sounds at least entertaining, I don't need to be more crazy. I am crazy enough as it is.

Kuriin said:

That's a lot of Tylenol if you're doing it every day. I would be concerned with your liver enzymes. Any particular reason you provider won't just prescribe Roxicodone?

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Liver is always good and as said before Kidney comes in under range. I don't know what the one you listed is but the provider I have and had for the past 2 years has made very few changes from what I was in the hospital. Every specialist I go to talks about how great he is and he teaches medicine to boot and is in the community medical leaders but as far as I, my father and 3 others I know that go to him he is the biggest do nothing of all. He will only order tests when you outright demand it and never offers changes unless you beat it into his head something is not right.Usually my tylenol intake on a given day is roughly 975-1300 though. The high end is extreme pain days which are not often but was given as an example of cap compared to other people I've seen on pain medicine who swallow 10 pills at a time.

All right had a cold about a month ago. Pretty sure it was the run of the mill common cold viral infection. It's a month later and I still have the cough. So the cold turned into a chest cold and although I feel much better I still have the cough. My Dad read me the riot act last night about how my grandfather died from pnemonia. I just don't want to go see a doctor and have him throw anti-biotics at me.

Infection: Bacterial or viral? - Mayo Clinic

Treatment - Mayo Clinic

Should I go see the doctor anyway?

Why are you worried he'd throw antibiotics at you?

Noodleface said:

Why are you worried he'd throw antibiotics at you?

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Generally speaking taking antibiotics is not good for you. If you have a bacterial infection then it's better than the alternative but one problem with healthcare in the first world is that we just throw antibiotics at problems.

The Danger of Antibiotic Overuse

Deadly 'superbug' fungus emerging in U.S. hospitals
That came up in the past few hours while looking up something for Omi's reply. Basically what I WAS hunting was an article this week where they basically have militarized penicillin to make it such a small particle that it should in theory defeat most superbugs but it is still in theory and testing or something or another. Anyways stay safe in the hospitals!

I haven't been prescribed an antibiotic since I was like 8

Antibiotics are fine.

Overuse of them is bad. Not taking the full course is also bad. If you take that first one, take the last one too. And all the ones in the middle. Don't stop just because you feel better.

Omi43221 said:

Generally speaking taking antibiotics is not good for you. If you have a bacterial infection then it's better than the alternative but one problem with healthcare in the first world is that we just throw antibiotics at problems.

The Danger of Antibiotic Overuse

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Antibiotics have been casually linked to being the trigger point of a benign liver disorder in those genetically disposed to it who had not yet expressed the disorder prior to taking the antibiotic.

That said, I've probably run 15+ courses of antibiotics minimum. In my younger years I was chronically very sick. The school setting didn't agree with me. As an adult, I've been sick maybe 1 time in 5 years.

I've always prescribed my own antibiotics with consultation support (only after being diagnosed in the office setting, of course. I accept their antibiotic and then place it in storage). Most doctors don't have the time to prescribe the safest antibiotic. I help my family members out when I catch an antibiotic that is considered an unacceptable risk to their health due to their age (when being prescribed antibiotics for head colds and sniffles, my intervention is absolutely warranted and fully sanctioned since there is no "Greater good" to consider in such a scenario. In fact, it is the absolute opposite, there is only harm to consider by the antibiotic).

I simply advise them to return to the doctor and request another antibiotic outside of that particular class. I maintain a loose blacklist of contraindicated antibiotics.

jayrebb said:

Antibiotics have been casually linked to being the trigger point of a benign liver disorder in those genetically disposed to it who had not yet expressed the disorder prior to taking the antibiotic.

That said, I've probably run 15+ courses of antibiotics minimum. In my younger years I was chronically very sick. The school setting didn't agree with me. As an adult, I've been sick maybe 1 time in 5 years.

I've always prescribed my own antibiotics with consultation support (only after being diagnosed in the office setting, of course. I accept their antibiotic and then place it in storage). Most doctors don't have the time to prescribe the safest antibiotic. I help my family members out when I catch an antibiotic that is considered an unacceptable risk to their health due to their age (when being prescribed antibiotics for head colds and sniffles, my intervention is absolutely warranted and fully sanctioned since there is no "Greater good" to consider in such a scenario. In fact, it is the absolute opposite, there is only harm to consider by the antibiotic).

I simply advise them to return to the doctor and request another antibiotic outside of that particular class. I maintain a loose blacklist of contraindicated antibiotics.

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ATBs are no M&Ms, but it sure beats getting your leg amputated after a scratch.

The only way to get the optimal antibiotic is to wait until cultivation results come back, until then you treat stuff empirically. And AFAIK no ATB is contraindicated due to age, you are looking at kidney and liver function (or conditions) instead or pharmacological interactions so, I'd sure like to hear what and why you are switching. Especially if you have the knowledge of common bacteria and their resistance in the community, since that should be also the guideline for the doctor. I'd like to think nobody is prescribing ATBs for common cold, but somehow I wouldn't be surprised.

Zaphid said:

The only way to get the optimal antibiotic is to wait until cultivation results come back, until then you treat stuff empirically. And AFAIK no ATB is contraindicated due to age, you are looking at kidney and liver function (or conditions) instead or pharmacological interactions so, I'd sure like to hear what and why you are switching.

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Offhand, the fluoroquinolone class (depending which one) is best avoided in the elderly. *cough everyone* I believe they even carry a black box warning at this point, but I can't be sure. Major issues are renal damage, impairment of collagen synthesis (can lead to tendon snapping in those prone to it even years later after taking the antibiotic, the achilles tendon specifically in this case), brain damage from CNS excitotoxicity.

So it all depends on what your definition of contraindicated is. The FDA's own blast should be sufficient without getting into case studies and documented damages of what is known as a "flouroquinolone injury".

The history of flouroquinolone development and approval is controversial enough. Its buyer beware in a for-profit healthcare system. These came in under the George Bush admin through a nepotist system with...i cant recall its been a decade I think it might have been Donald Rumsfeld who had an interest in them. I didn't need to wait until 2016 for the FDA to say whoops guess some people got hurt over a head cold.

I could bomb several pages of open litigation and class-action suits that are being filed back-to-back over and over again, aimed at this class of antibiotic. Its been open season since the FDA had to cave.

FDA updates warnings for fluoroquinolone antibiotics

FDA Drug Safety Communication: FDA advises restricting fluoroquinolone antibiotic use for certain uncomplicated infections; warns about disabling side effects that can occur together


Safety Considerations of Fluoroquinolones in the Elderly

Safety considerations of fluoroquinolones in the elderly: an update. - PubMed - NCBI

attempts to design a safe program specifically in the elderly https://oup.silverchair-cdn.com/oup...IOunP4dpGQ__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAIUCZBIA4LVPAVW3Q

pharmakos said:

Oldbased i took gabapentin for a long time for my neuropathic foot/leg pain (mine is chemotherapy induced), and found that i didn't like the side-effects. left me very cloudy minded and forgetful. so i asked my doctor if i could switch to pregabalin (Lyrica). Lyrica is still under patent and so doesn't have a generic version, so most insurances/doctors will make you fail the gabapentin first as a cost saving measure. all you'll have to do tho, probably, is either pretend to or really take the gabapentin for awhile, tell them that you don't like the mental side effects and have heard Lyrica both works better and has less side-effects. my insurance switched me no problem after trying gabapentin for two months on this latest attempt (also took it before ~3 years ago).

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I didn't care for it either. I now take pamelor which is an anti depressent but it really helps with the nerve pain, but you have to ask for it nobody prescribes it any longer but it was given a lot in the past for neuropathy. I also take a fairly large amount of alpha lipoic acid which you can get over the counter. The do ifusion/IV of it in Europe for neuropathy. I haven't noticed any side effects from either.

Just to give an update, after talking to my sister (nurse). She advised to take an over the counter expectorant and then take a hot shower. This seems to be working

I have contacted Anthem Blue Cross and asked that Physical Therapy be reclassified as modernized medieval torturing in all authorizations from this point forward.
6 more visits this month alone. /sigh
That is all.