by NeuropathicGuy » 09 Oct 2009, 14:56
There was a time when my fissure acted up real bad and the pain was absolutely killing me. It peaked when I had a bowel movement at work one day and just couldn't get up from the toilet. I swear the pain was a minimum of a 9 out of 10. Wave after wave of extremely painful spasms just kept hitting and I had to be carried out in tears because I couldn't walk. Anyhow I ended up at the ER that day, and the doctors gave me some kind of antispasmodic drug via IV, which stopped the pain immediately, then sent me home with Valium and Percocet to relax the muscle spasm and break the cycle of pain.
I know Valium and Percocet are somewhat controversial (and non-conventional) approaches to fissures, but I swear it helped me, if only for the short term. I was also using nitroglycerin and nifedipine ointments at the time, but the Valium and Percocet took away that crazy throbbing pain and bought me some time for the ointments to work.
I didn't use the Percocet for any more than a few days because I didn't want to be constipated. But that day it all happened, I couldn't have cared less, I just wanted the pain to stop for a moment (and the MiraLAX I was taking helped me avoid any constipation whatsoever).
Anyhow, take it for what it is: my personal experience only. I know others here haven't necessarily gotten the same relief from the same medications, and not everyone believes these drugs should ever be used for fissures. Personally I think it's a mattter of whether the potential benefit outweighs the potential risks, which in my case it absolutely did.