Pain Pumps - Latest Comments

Re: Bradford to undergo season-ending shoulder surgery

baquila — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:38:25 -0000

Bradford was a great quarterback, teammate, and as you stated a humble guy by all accounts. In a world were money is everything and players feel they're being disrespected for only getting several million dollars a year to play a sport, Bradford was a welcome change.

Many will second guess his decision to come back, but I believe him when he says he has no regrets. I would like to think I would've done the same thing myself. Although there are circumstances where leaving school early is warranted, like in Josh Freeman's case where he left Kansas State because they were bringing in a new coaching staff, changing the system, and rebuilding for what would've been his senior year, I believe players should strongly consider the debt they owe to their university and fan base for giving them the opportunity they were given.

I wish Bradford all the luck in the world and look forward to him giving it a shot on Sundays. Hopefully he can break the mold of unsuccessful OU quarterbacks in the NFL and go out there and light it up!

Re: Pain pump manufacturers named in lawsuit

BeasleyAllen — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:42:29 -0000

Dear Becky,

Thank you for your comments. We appreciate your taking the time to share
your experience with others. Please talk with your doctor about how the
pain pump was used in your case. He or she may be able to provide some
insight about whether or not this may be the cause of your continued
pain. We wish you the best with your treatment and hope that you may
find relief soon.

Sincerely,
Wendi L. Lewis, Beasley Allen

Re: Pain Pump Malfunction Saves Officer’s Right Shoulder

Richard — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:44:26 -0000

Type your comment here.Hi i have had two surgeries on my shoulder.
after the first i had nothing but dramas a lot of pain going down to the outside of my bicep surgeon said every is good. anyway too cut down a long story.i checked out these pain pumps only because i was in alot more pain for the two days that it was in my shoulder it seemed like alot of presure going in. i could not move after the second operation i had a pain pump and no dramas at all its been 8months since then.
i still get pain down my arm and severe pain in shoulder i have no strength can lift my arm up with a pulley it cracks clicks and is numb down to my bicep i had a mri and exray not long ago things look ok now iam looking back to the first surgery to see what damage this pump did to my shoulder it must of damaged my nerves and god knows what. and this is in australia done with a stryker pump with naropin

Re: Pain pump manufacturers named in lawsuit

becky — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:03:57 -0000

I had knee surgery in December of 2007...I had a pain pump inserted during the surgery. Since then I have had terrible pain in my knee. Recently I went back to the doctor and had another MRI completed. At that time they found that the menicus has shrank. The doctor has given me other injections since then and I am wondering if the pain pump medicine caused the shrinking of the menicus and other problems I am now having.

Re: More lawsuits filed as link made between pain pumps and chondrolysis

Mark Williams — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:01:03 -0000

I had orthoscopic surgery at a place called S&B Surgery center in Heverly Hills Califonia my condition is getting worse I was sent home with a pain pump attached I wounder if it caused any damage how can Ifind out

Re: Pain pump manufacturers named in lawsuit

Joseph — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:37:31 -0000

No Lisa the little plastic cathether is very smooth. Your lateral meniscus is very dense tissue and can only be torn by excess strain. Either your surgeon missed it during the procedure or it has been injured since your surgery. See a new doc.

Re: Pain pump manufacturers named in lawsuit

BeasleyAllen — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 13:51:13 -0000

Dear Lisa,

Thank you for your comment about the pain pump, and your question about
the injury to your knee. This site mainly deals with the issue of
cartilege damage as a result of pain pump use, resulting from the
medication being improperly administered, rather than the type of injury
you mention in your post. However, if you like, I'll be happy to ask one
of our attorneys to evaluate your situation and let you know if you may
have a claim.

You can email me directly at wendi.lewis@beasleyallen.com, and please
include a way for our attorney to contact you - phone number, email,
mailing address - and I'll be happy to forward this to the department
that is evaluating these types of claims.

We appreciate your interest and I hope that we'll be able to direct you
to someone who can answer your questions!

Sincerely,

Wendi L. Lewis
Communications Director
Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C.
(800) 898-2034
(334) 269-2343

Re: Pain pump manufacturers named in lawsuit

lisa — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 11:17:01 -0000

could someone respond to my posting. I really need to know if this pump caused my problem.

Re: Pain pump manufacturers named in lawsuit

lisa — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 11:15:20 -0000

after using a pain pump following knee surgery, I had great difficulty removing the pump since my skin healed over it. I had to pull very hard. My pain has not left my knee and it is almost a year. A follow-up MRI showed a lateral meniscus tear which the surgeon said was not on my previous MRI. That MRI showed a different meniscus tear.Could the removal of the pump be the caused the new meniscus tear?

Re: Pain Pump Malfunction Saves Officer’s Right Shoulder

BeasleyAllen — Fri, 22 May 2009 09:10:37 -0000

Hello "Aussie Pain Pump Rep", :-)

Thank you so much for your post on this topic. The information you
provided about the pain pump use is very interesting! I really
appreciate your sharing your experience and knowledge with our readers.
We hope this site will provide exactly this type of information, to help
prevent future unnecessary injuries.

We appreciate your taking the time to post here!

Sincerely,

Wendi L. Lewis
Communications Director
Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C.

Re: Pain Pump Malfunction Saves Officer’s Right Shoulder

Aussie Pain Pump Rep — Fri, 22 May 2009 01:39:23 -0000

Pain pumps are extremely effective when used properly. I am a pain pump rep in Australia and we have never had any problems. This can be largely attributed to several factors which the surgeons in Australia do differently to US surgeons.

Firstly, we only ever fill the pumps with pure Marcaine or pure Naropin. Secondly, the catheter is NEVER positioned inside the joint capsule where the medication can come into direct contact with the articular cartilage. Thirdly, we only ever use low flow rates below 4mL/hr to avoid incisional leakage and remove the catheters at no later than 50hrs post-operatively to reduce any infection risk.

From what I hear and have been told, shoulder surgeons in the US have for a long time always positioned the catheter inside the joint capsule and added other medications into the pumps such as anti-clotting agents and anti-inflammatories. Who knows what effect these concoctions have on cartilage, they were never specified for use inside joints.

I am sorry for your pain. I wish I was in the operating the theatre the first time a pump got used on you. I would have never let the surgeon use it the way he did.

Re: Studies show medication, physical therapy just as effective as knee surgery

david_black — Thu, 14 May 2009 20:28:07 -0000

The concept of a pain pump makes sense.
It would use very small doses of analgesic to control pain.
As a pharmacist and chiropractor I endorse this wholeheartedly !
Dr.David Black
www.blackchiropractic.com.au

Re: Pain pump manufacturers named in lawsuit

unclaimed — Wed, 06 May 2009 21:50:09 -0000

I would say go get an MRI asap!

Re: Pain pump manufacturers named in lawsuit

jbmed222 — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 12:29:53 -0000

My husband underwent should surgery and was given a pain pump. He has never had complete restoration to that shoulder and does have some pain and limited ROM. We are not certain what pain pump and meds were used as we do not have a copy of the medical records to date. What can we do at this point?

Re: Pain pump manufacturers named in lawsuit

Anita — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 17:43:02 -0000

I also had a pain pump inserted in my left knee after arthroscopy and have had many problems (pain/swelling) including both knee's replaced since.
I didn't have a pump with the right knee arthrosope (no probs).

Re: Studies show medication, physical therapy just as effective as knee surgery

BeasleyAllen — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 15:53:25 -0000

Thank you so much for your comment about the pain pumps. It really is
terrible, isn't it, that something that is supposed to provide help and
relief may end up making the problem worse, isn't it? I guess it really
shows the importance of always trying to find as many options as
possible on your own, and insisting on second opinions, before making
any decisions. Thanks again for the comment!

Wendi

Re: Studies show medication, physical therapy just as effective as knee surgery

Vern M. — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 13:44:35 -0000

How fascinating and actually pretty unfortunate at the same time. I've known a lot of people who have had surgery on their back or lower extremities for the symptoms of osteoarthritis and in many cases the end result was worse than what they were dealing with before surgery! That they could have been put into a transitional physical therapy program and given pain medication instead is even worse, though, because they were never even given an option for that!

Re: Pain Pump Malfunction Saves Officer’s Right Shoulder

BOBBIE — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 09:58:43 -0000

I have had 22 shoulder surg in 23 yrs due to a auto acd I am a surg nurse and now 2 artificial joint surg , all of these i had this pump with no relieve & a lot of malfucations & I was told to keep quite & it will be changed I now am on the way to have #23 surg following yet an other bad surg after an auto accd 2 yrs ago where I was hit on the same side from before. I am in so much pain and nothing helps the doc says I have nothing left to wk with in the shoulder jt & all areas all of it has been destroyed, HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Re: Studies show medication, physical therapy just as effective as knee surgery

Colorado Physical Therapy — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 11:59:20 -0000

I think this was a very interesting journal. But I think it is important to differentiate between two common types of surgeries for arthritis, i.e. arthroscopic Vs total knee replacement.

As far as I'm aware total knee replacement have very good outcomes. I believe this journal was more comparing Physical Therapy Vs arthroscopic knee surgery.

Re: Pain pump manufacturers named in lawsuit

Tara Kamm — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 09:17:12 -0000

Is it true that the first 22 cases are going to trial within a couple weeks? Thanks.

Tara

Re: Pain pump manufacturers named in lawsuit

WendiLewis — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 10:59:23 -0000

Hello Ms. Burks,

I am sorry to hear about your daughter's pain after her knee surgery. I wanted to find out if you'd like me to refer this question to our attorneys who evaluate these types of cases? If so, please email me at wendi.lewis@beasleyallen.com to let me know. I'll need to get some additional contact information from you that you probably don't want to post here in this public comment forum. Thank you for commenting!

Re: Pain pump manufacturers named in lawsuit

Vernetta Burks — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 22:49:50 -0000

My 22 yr. old daughter is in the military and in Oct. of '08 she had knee surgery and she was given the pain pump for 2 days following the surgery, and she's only experiencing pain, she's receiving a medical discharge, what should she do?

Re: Shoulder pain pumps can result in lifetime disability

healism — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 23:10:37 -0000

Thanks for the detailed Article on Pain Pumps. So, pain medications are of no use for PAGCL, instead they worsens the symptoms.

Re: Pain pumps can cause cartilage damage

LORI — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:03:37 -0000

PLEASE HELP ME AND MY SON THE DOCTOR INSTALLED AN ON -Q PAIN PUMP WITHOUT MY AUTHORIZATION AFTER A C-SECTION. I TOLD HER I WANTED IT REMOVED WHEN I SAW IT ON MY BODY. SHE SAID IT WAS PERFECTLY SAFE FOR ME AND THE BABY I WAS BREASTFEEDING. NOW I AM IN SO MUCH PAIN...NOTHING WILL MAKE IT GO AWAY. I AM A 35 YEAR OLD WOMAN THAT FEELS LIKE I AM 95 ALL OF MY JOINTS AND BONES ACHE CRACK GRIND STIFFNESS AND MY MUSCLES EVEN HURT I CAN HARDLY GET UP AND DOWN OUT OF A CHAIR. IT MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE TO EXERCISE NOW BECAUSE OF THE PAIN. RIGHT AFTER SURGERY I ALSO HAD PROBLEMS WITH MY HEART IT FELT AS THOUGH IT WOULD BEAT OUT OF MY CHEST AND NOW IT SEEMS SLOWER THAN NORMAL NO MATTER WHAT THE ACTIVITY IT DOESN'T REALLY INCREASE MUCH. MY BABY IS NOW 2 YEARS OLD AND HIS PLATES IN HIS SKULL HAVE STILL NOT FUSED TOGETHER. I WONDER IF THIS IS A SIDE AFFECT FOR HIM BEING THAT I WAS BREASTFEEDING HIM AT THE TIME THAT THE PAIN PUMP WAS ADMINISTERED IN MY BODY PLEASE HELP US.....LORI N TANNER WOMBLE