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lesley91928
lesley91928

Hi there I posted about my hands and wrist and the pain I was in I got hospital the day am on methatrixre and meloxicam and take tramdol for pain but they don't help I had steroids jags and yeah they do help for a short period of time I need something to ease my pain so that I can have better quality off life I do work long hours 12 hrs and I work with the elderly which is hard going or even harder when u try and lift and can't cos u r in so much pain but I am going here today and get something sorted and am not leaving till I do lol thanks to your who got back to me much appreciated 😀😀

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  • helen263490
    helen263490 lesley91928

    Posted

    Ive found voltrol suppositorys are the only thing that allows me to work long days 100 mg x
  • lynne_30818
    lynne_30818 lesley91928

    Posted

    The only effective pain relief for me was co codomol . You could ask. 
  • loulou282
    loulou282 lesley91928

    Posted

    hello lesley, i have liquid morphine (oramorph) for breakthrough pain but wouldnt use it at work!!!! good luck hun. coc codamol are good as well xx
  • donna82193
    donna82193 lesley91928

    Posted

    I cant find anything either as codiene intolerant and tramadol make hallucinate. I do find low dose amitriptyline works.
  • cheria
    cheria lesley91928

    Posted

    Hi, the only thing that helped me was to take the 10 day steroid pack to bring down the inflammation. Managing stress is very important as is 11 to 13 hrs nightly sleep for daily pain and stress management. I take plaquinil for the RA which takes a little while to kick in and saturate blood cells, but for me is very effective without side effects (unlike methotrexate and biologics, which lowers the immune system, and caused pain, and secondary conditions, and secondary infections (also fibromyalga). Also critical is a prescribed anti inflammatory, and a balance of D3 (2000 mg), 1250mg calcium carbonate and magnesium glycinate (2:1 or 1:1 ratio..what ever helps you manage pain and secondary symptoms best) with a good multi vitamin. If you are working these extremely long 12 hr days, it is extremely hard to manage RA and induced secondary pain and conditions, and actually causes health to degenerate.
  • Light
    Light lesley91928

    Posted

    Cannabis oil is supposed to be a brilliant non-invasive, non pharmaceutical pain reliever. I gather it's now legal for medical purposes in the UK.

    I think you can get where it cuts the psychotropic effects, too, if you don't want to get high.

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