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Hey hippies.
I have just came back from seeing my doctor because I still have major shooting pains in my thigh. I am 3 months post LTHR. He is sending me for an X-ray on both hips as I have pain in the right one too now. He also gave me a new painkiller for me called pregabalin. I was just wondering if any of you guys have used this drug?
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rose0000 julie90197
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No I haven't, but sending you light and hope all is well with your xrays. You are doing the right thing getting it checked. Hopefully someone can post you with the answer x
julie90197 rose0000
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madla39168 julie90197
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Julie i havent , but what i know is use for pain. Have look internet or Google. It make two of as i have pain in opsite hip too wchich is rigt too. Left one done 10 of October 2016. Right one will be
hopefully done in March. I hope all will be ok with your exray.
and you will feel better soon. Good you went see doctor. Im sure some one will post you with answer.
Hug Madla💗
julie90197 madla39168
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beth2509 madla39168
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I was warned about possible pain in the other hip after surgery, because they said that my OA was bad in both hips but the pain from the left could be masking the right one so that I "thought" it wasn't hurting. In fact it just wasn't hurting, thank goodness. It's still fine for a bit longer.
madla39168 beth2509
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That's good Beth. I diid put lots of presure on right one when my left hip hurt and after operation even more.. i did not know the right is so bad till they did exray after 6 weeks post operation and
Surgeon told my rigt hip is bad and need to be done as well.
Look after hips .
Hug Madla
beth2509 madla39168
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Yep, mine is bad but not hurting. They told me it's as bad as the left one was. But it still doesn't hurt yet. On the other hand, there is that pesky ankle, which they think may have been partially a result of the bad hip.
There no winning!
beth2509 julie90197
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I have used two similar ones - you have the third of a "set". It is used for neuropathic pain from the nerves. Technically, it isn't a pain killer at all. In higher doses, these are all three anti-depressants, although I understand that they have much more effective ones now. But they discovered that in lower doses, they are said to deal with neuropathic pain (although I don't know anyone for whom they actually worked - and they didn't for me). They work by changing your brain chemistry so that you don't get the pain messages.
?You would normally be given what is called a titration dose. That means that you have a pattern of gradually increasing the dose over several weeks until you find a dose that works - if one does.
You need to be careful of them too. They are highly addictive and you cannot just stop them. You have to gradually reduce doses down again until you can stop.
julie90197 beth2509
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