6 months far out. How long were u on oxy and did u taper? Out of curiosity
I started the oxy April 2019 for degenerative disk in my neck and back. I started the Praulent in May. I noticed over the next couple months I was feeling worse each week and hurt more than usual.
Pain management increased my dose at first and and at 60mg a day I felt tolerable but by October they wanted to taper me down for some reason.
The pain all over got worse and I thought it was withdrawals but it got worse and I told pain management I was quitting after Christmas.
They said good luck and on December 28th I quit.
The withdrawals were terrible but a week later I took my next Praulent shot and was put down for 3 weeks!!
I could hardly get out of bed to walk to the bathroom!
That’s when I realized what had been going on all those months.
The manufacturer of Praulent says the pain happens in 1% of patients and it would take 100 days to get out of my system.
They weren’t lying!
I wasn’t able to do much of anything until May and it was mid June before I could workout consistently.
So I have just felt normal again the past 3 weeks!
Unfortunately my last lipid test has my total cholesterol at 270, ldl at 173, triglycerides at 171, and hdl at 35!
So my cardiologist did the paperwork to get me back to pain management so I can get back on that nasty shot.
I have one stent in my heart and he would rather me be a junky than end up with more.