Elombard
I agree with Your doctor, oxycontin is uncalled for in the treatment of fibromyalgia. Oxycontin is a powerful drug and should only be used to treat the most serious diseases. Not only is oxycontin controversial, so is fibromyalgia. Many people and doctors use a fibromyalgia diagnosis when nothing else fits; in other words, when nothing "physically" wrong can be found. There are no test to confirm the diagnos, no x-rays, no biopsies, no skin changes, no abnormal blood tests. There are only the very subjective, vague 'symptoms' that patients claim to have(SELF reported at that)- restless, non restorative sleep, light sensitivity, pressure point pain. I even read that some fibro advocates claim that trauma from car accidents, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and emotional abuse are all possibly responsible for fibromyalgia. It resembles chronic fatigue syndrome in many respects, a whole lot of complaints but nothing concrete to back it up. I know my position will be attacked but I don't care, it is time to be honest. I have had this discussion with a group of woman I know. We all have lupus or Scleroderma. Our diseases are real, deadly, disfiguring and Painful!. They can be confirmed by an assortment of medical tests and procedures. Unfortunately, somehow we are often linked with fibromyalgia and none of us are happy about it. One person even asked me if Scleroderma is a "nervous condition." That question might be more accurately asked of fibromyalgia. Sorry, but I don't buy it. I believe that people with fibro "BELIEVE" they have something wrong with them. They are unwilling to accept the fact that it might be emotional and psychological, not physical. I am not ignorant but fibromyalgia has become a catch-all for folks who have no real, physical disease, only when doctors can find nothing else. Save the oxycontin for people who have a medical need for it, pain that is caused by a physical reason. One of my doctors said, after I questioned her, "people with fibro believe their pain is as real as yours is to you." But just because someone belives they're Napolean, doesn't make it so. It is time to recognize that fibromyaglia is not so much a physical disease but a group of symptoms which point to some major emotional problems.