alcazar

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Before this descends into silliness, let me make it clear that I take morphine for pain, and one of it's side-effects is itchiness.

I've been taking it for about 6 months now, and have spent many a night sleepless or just dozing, either too hot, so itchy, or too cold, so not itchy but needing to cover up. Then I get hot again, and the itch starts again

I've just recently discovered by accident that if I RUB the itches, they go away. If I SCRATCH, they seem to get worse. Is this right? Is there a reason, or am I just talking my usual?

Oh, and any advice for getting rid of itchesd, gladly received.

Snazy

A trick with fresh tattoo's that you cant scratch is to lightly slap the surface of the skin. Stimulates stuff and takes away the itch. A few light slaps usually do the trick, and will probably cause less irritating than rubbing or scratching away at the surface of the skin.

PS, good luck

PPS, reasoning behind what you explain is probably something along the lines of both will stimulate the area, rubbing gently will still cause everything to respond to touch, and fire off sensations, while scratching will do the same while damaging the skin, causing irritation

The Zohan

homer simpson voice> "Oral Morphine, hmmmm"

took it for a while (prescribed!) made me itch and loose a lot of time as well

Funkii Munkii

I broke my leg years ago and had a metal rod inserted into the bone, they went in via the knee cap and as a result a lot of the nerve endings were cut so when I get an itch in the knee I have no option but to slap it as scratching and rubbing has no affect as I have no feeling on the skin lol

alcazar

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Yes, it's odd stuff. I CAN get up and have a normal day, even rising at 6:30 isn't a problem. And I'm not massively any more tired at night than normal, or unable to drive, etc.

But IF I turn over and go back under, and keep on doing so, I can easily sleep until after midday

+Doc+

You should not scratch as you get the scratch > itch cycle.
Wiki quote "Often, however, scratching can intensify itching and even cause further damage to the skin, dubbed the "itch-scratch-itch cycle". ...

If you have a particular area that it happens with try some E45 lotion or some E45 anti itch cream.

If its really sever in the night wear mits.

Leslie

What will they think in S****horpe if you walk around lightly slapping yourself Alcazar? You could make a name for yourself!

Les

alcazar

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Think of me? Or of Scunny in general?

Me, I'd think about the same as most folk do already: eccentric.

ScunnY? Well it's STILL a music hall joke and successive councils have done nowt to alter it..........

Leslie

I used to like Scunny for a bit of a night out when I was doing my training at Kirton in Lindsey.

Les

Glowplug

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I've been on Tramadol for the last 5 months, no itching do i do lose a lot of time

Exactly the same here, and if i take them too late i have the weirdest night

Don't think they'd say much at all Les, you know what Scunny is like

Reggae in the 6 foot never caught on did it

alcazar

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Well it WOULD be better than KIL

Leslie

Certainly was!

Les