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Suggest Treatment For Rheumatoid Arthritis And Abdominal Hernia

Posted on Tue, 8 Jul 2014

Question: I was diagnosed with ra as well as a abdominal hernia. I was on Percocet for 2 yrs and felt addicted so went to a physicians who prescribed suboxone took for a month did not help the pain and discovered hives went back to Percocet and am weak ,hives sweats, dizzy fainting chills and my primary is no help? can you please tell me what is my next step? Im in severe pain and cannot take this anymore......

Answered by Dr. Rohit Gulati (6 hours later)

Brief Answer:
You need some investigation s

Detailed Answer:
Hi, The symptoms you are mentioning may not be just because of the medicine, though a lot of these do fit into the range.

In this context, if I were your treating doctor I would stop suboxane for the time being & start methadone (dolphine) 5 mg 8th hourly instead. If the side effects persist 5 days after starting the new medicine, you must get thyroid function and complete blood tests done.

What are you taking for RA? Can you list those drugs too?

Regards

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Follow up: Dr. Rohit Gulati (13 hours later)

Hi,

I havent seen a rhumotologist yet. I was hospitalized due to a strangulated hernia and they just stabilized me and sent me home. My focus at that point was on that. Could the hernia be causing all of these problems as well?

I am not on any drugs for RA, only percocet for pain.

Answered by Dr. Rohit Gulati (12 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
hi

Detailed Answer:
No, hernia does not seem to b the reason fir these problems. The analysis of your problems remain the same. Regards

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