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Reviewer: JJ, 35-44 Male on Treatment for 1 to less than 2 years (Patient)
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I have a severe intractable pain condition called Central Pain Syndrome. Opioids are the only effective pain medication and provide limited relief. I took Oxycodone for a couple of years and it had limited effectiveness for quick acting control. I take the ER version and it works ok. I did pharmacological DNA testing and indicated poor absorption of most of the heavier opioids. Nucynta on the othe
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Reviewer: Landrenk, 45-54 on Treatment for 5 to less than 10 years (Patient)
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I have been taking this medication for a little over 9 years. 75mg 4X a day. The efficacy has not been reduced and I find it to not be habit forming (Some days I do not take the full dosage if the pain is tolerable). That fact makes this medication a big plus. The only side effect I have is mild constipation but it outweighs the benefits of being pain free most of the day. The only other negat
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Reviewer: KT12346, 35-44 on Treatment for 2 to less than 5 years (Patient)
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I have had back issues since I was 19. I am now 37, having had two back surgeries due to two severe bulging discs. I now have degenerate disc disease and also scar tissue pressing on my sciatic nerve. My whole lower lumber spine from the L1 -S1 needs to be fused together as they are disintegrating. I have tried so many different opiate medications. I took percocet for 12 years. So as my tolerance
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Reviewer: Jn, 55-64 on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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I first took this after sinus surgery. It worked very well. Several years later I had shoulder surgery and Dr did not give me a nerve block. In post op I had excruciating pain and nothing they gave me would make the pain go away. Went home and took one 50 mg tablet of Nucynya and the pain went away within 30 minutes. Unbelievable. Am now taking it for recooperation from tendonotomy surgery I
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Reviewer: dimples, 45-54 on Treatment for 5 to less than 10 years (Patient)
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if there are so many people with such bad reviews why have you not reported to the FDA. I put in a complaint and asked them how many people complaining and FDA said on 5 people complained about drug. Come on
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