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GETTING OFF OF NARCOTICS One of the primary reasons people continue to have pain is because of connective tissue deficiency (syndrome). This is a condition whereby the body breaks down the connective tissues (ligaments, tendons, cartilage), faster than it can rebuild them ( catabolism.) One of the primary reason a person maintains a state of catabolism is because of medications such as NSAIDS and narcotics that inhibit the normal inflammatory healing cascade. The reason people have pain is because the body is telling the person something is weak or injured. A persons back hurts because either the muscles, ligaments, discs, tendons, or vertebrae are weak. It is that simple. The most curative treatments will be those that stimulate the painful area to repair. They use a technique called Prolotherapy which directly stimulates the area to heal. It involves the injection of various natural substances that induce the normal inflammatory reaction that occurs to heal the area. Yes, it is by inflammation that the body heals. Medications such as NSAIDS including voltaren, vioxx, celebrex, anaprox, naprosyn, aspirin, and ibuprofen inhibit the normal healing mechanisms of the body. What most people don’t realize is that narcotics are also potent inhibitors to the bodies ability to heal. Thus, the only thing that can happen to patients who take these types of medications is that they get worse and more catabolic. How Can You Get Off Narcotics When You Are In So Much Pain? To heal the body it is vital for the person to get off of these medications even before the actual tissues are completely healed. The sooner a person gets off of the narcotic medications, the quicker they will improve. To assist the persons healing abilities various dietary and nutritional supplements are given, depending on each individual case. Sometimes anabolic hormones are also used (like DHEA and Testosterone). To stimulate the exact site of injury to heal, Prolotherapy injections are given. Typically a person is seen once a month for follow-up. It is important for patients to realize that narcotics are physiologically addicting and must be weaned off slowly. Depending on the dose of the medication, typically a person can decrease the narcotics safely by going down by one pill every 5 days. For instance is a person normally takes 10 Vicodin ES per day, after 5 days they will take 9, and after 5 more days take 8/day and so on. If a person weans off of the medications too quickly, drug withdrawal symptoms can occur. These include: intense craving for the drug, insomnia, fatigue, vomiting, diarrhea, anxiety, tremors, sweating, nightmares, muscular aches, and chills. To help make the weaning process more tolerable, various nutritional supplements are given. These can include: protease enzymes, ProEndorphin, ashwaghanda/ginseng (adaptogens), as well as many others. Various supplements are given depending on the physical and emotional state of the person. The main point is that the weaning off process can be very tolerable, but it starts with the person. There has to be the motivation to get off the narcotics.
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