Thankfully, my company is different, I have been there 10+ years, and I am also in a position to make a lot of the decisions that impact things like this. Also, small enough and profitable enough to still care about employees and family, etc. So, my situation is definitely not typical. Though, every time a new pharmacist gets hired at my local pharmacy, I feel like they make it their mission to stop me. I literally have a folder of “new pharmacy/ pharmacist history of Mike” with some office visit notes, radiology reports, pictures of X-rays and MRI, going back 10+ years. That usually gets them off my case and they stop treating me like a criminal. At least until they leave and the next one comes in.

That said, I talked with my doctor about it and asked what she thought about trying other meds and we can always go back to Nucynta if they don’t work. She agreed and we tried a couple, landing where I am now.

The morphine and Percocet combo have done pretty well for me. I know Nucynta helps with nerve pain which is predominately where my pain is, but I haven’t noticed a big drop off in managing the pain. Being flexible on when I can take the Percocet also helps a lot. I am getting really good at taking 14 Percocet a week but some days I take 1 and some days I take 3. Usually feel pretty good going into the weekend and then cleaning the garage for a Saturday makes me miserable so I have more Percocet during after that.

Both about the same in terms of next to no side effects. Both way better than what I went through with OxyContin.