Re: Pain relief without NSAIDS

January 13, 2006

Hi

This is in WI,

Thanks for the answer. I have developed Kidney failure from nsaids, since this

is the second time, doc says no more nsaids,

I spoke to my rheumy on the phone and she put me on steroids for the time

being.

I see her the first week of February,and we will talk about it then along with

my new problems. It is just I get most of (all really) through drug asstinace

programs, I would like to know what choice there are, and which drug have

assistance programs.

Dobrowolski <mchristinad@...> wrote:

Someone asked about pain relief without using NSAIDS. I can't use NSAIDS any

longer due to what they did to my gastro system. I used NSAIDS fro the time I

was 7 until I was 38. At first it was aspirin for migraines. In my twenties,

it switched to being various NSAIDS for my joint pain and stiffnesss. I

developed bleeding in my twenties then stopped for a while and when I finally

developed esophageal spasms, I knew I had to give up NSAIDS. I tried Vioxx for

two days and my esophageal spasms started back up again and so after that, no

more NSAIDS.

First of all, you take a DMARD if you can. I take plaquenil and medrol. Next,

you get prescriptions fpr pain medications. There are many types including

opiods and synthetic opiods. If you have nerve pain, there are both medications

for neuropathic pain and the older style antidepressants like amytriptyline at

very low doses do work with most people. When I was having lots of pain from my

ulanr neuropathy, I was prescribed 10 mg. of Elavil ( the antidepressant dose

is more like 100 mg.) and it did help a lot. With the narcotic pain

medications, they do take a bit of getting used to. When I first took them,

they made me sleepy but now they don't. I don't drive if I take one so I have

periods of time when I have quite a lot of pain and no pain relief. I got into

the habit of eating dark chocolate then . I thought that it was simply that I

was trying to mask the pain by doing something pleasurable but it turns out that

there are some pain relief proerties to the dark

chocolate.

I try to have my pain down to a level three, if I can. Even with the pain

medication, I don't go below a 2. I don't take pain medication unless my pain

rises to at least a five and I don't have to drive.

in Belgium

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