By: Dan

Dan — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 03:19:30 +0000

Hello, I have been getting dilaudid, clonadine, and preprivicaine since 2001. In that time I have had 5 catheter revisions and got sick of being cut so asked to go back to oral medication. My last operation screwed up my back big time. But, my doctor and his PA blew town unannounced and I was basically asking strangers. My pump shut down on August 8th and my dose is quite large. I have never seen or felt such symtoms. Every thirty seconds or so my body involuntarily stretched my upper legs and abdomen as though I was on a rack being tortured. Hallucinations, smells, tastes, emotionally strung taut. Worse than I ever imagined possible and of course the doctors just say go to the ER which is hopeless since they can at best interogate your pump and it is physically impossible to sit in a little room for 4 hrs. At any rate my pump was replaced and because it had been off for 12 days they had to start me on the lowest dose. Only after all this crazy shit do I look it up and find out that there was a class 1 recall on my pump all those years for doing exactly whast mine did (clogging the needle with tissue). Medtronic claims it sent out letters on august 7th 2007. Did you get yours? Your battery should have lasted 5to 9 years by the way. In closing I will tell you that the new pump is also on a class 1 recall… meaning a malfuntion is very possible and it could result in death. New doctors…new pump…same old sh**. BTW I am a medically retired psychologist and so I know some things about pharmocology. This company is killing people and prancing around like saviors. Their prices are absurd for one fill up with generic medications. I wondered why my docs had failed me and left me on the hook but when I googled my doctor’s name FRIEHS and Medtronic I got over 600 hits in .37 seconds. Google this pain pumps record and you’ll get 10 to 20 lawyers. As you may have figured out, these are recent events and
I’m still emotionally charged and in pain. Just be careful out there people and do your own research. You’ll be quite surprised when you do………later…..Dan

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