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Pregnant. Severe Back Problems, Had Failed Back Surgeries. On Morphine And Ativan. What Are The Safe Pain Relieving Tablets?

History, serve back problems including 4 surgeries resulting in failed back surgery syndrome (fbss). Meds included about 6 months ago 100 mg morphine three times a day, 1 mg ativan every 12 hrs, plus norco 10/325 for break thru. Thru my request I asked my dr to try and lower the dose of morphine. 4 months ago 60 mg three times a day plus ativan & norco, about 5 weeks ago we dropped it to 30 mgs every three to fror times a day. Doitng out I'm pregnant about 3 weeks ago, I'm 7 weeks, yesterday, and since then I've dropped to 15 mg every 6-7 hrs and pushing it an hour longer every few days. Trying to Traper. However with my back issues I'm in A LOT of pain. Is my baby at harm from meds before knowing I was pregnant? My goal is 0 morphine in the next few months,.or sooner. What other pain relief do I have while pregnant.
Mon, 7 Oct 2013
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Hello.
Thanks for writing to us.
Morphine is habit forming and can cause an addiction in your child also. But since you are having a severe pain, it is not likely to be adequately controlled with mild pain killers. You can get some muscle relaxants prescribed form your physician.
I hope this information has been both informative and helpful for you.
Regards,
Dr. Rakhi Tayal ,
drrakhitayal@gmail.com
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Pregnant. Severe Back Problems, Had Failed Back Surgeries. On Morphine And Ativan. What Are The Safe Pain Relieving Tablets?

Hello. Thanks for writing to us. Morphine is habit forming and can cause an addiction in your child also. But since you are having a severe pain, it is not likely to be adequately controlled with mild pain killers. You can get some muscle relaxants prescribed form your physician. I hope this information has been both informative and helpful for you. Regards, Dr. Rakhi Tayal , drrakhitayal@gmail.com