Muscle Spasm/ Aches & Bone Pains
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I am male, 33 age, 95 kg of weight and had been suffering muscle spasm, body aches and joints and bones pain since November last year. Doctor diagnosed uric acid as it was 8.5 and gave me adenuric tablet for 15 days and that reduced my uric acid down but the pains and aches were slightly reduced and didn't go away. I started taking normal food and not the uric acid prohibited food and now my uric acid is 8.3 and same pains, spasm and aches specially in shoulders, blades, back side of neck, elbow and hip bones. All my other tests like CBC and RA factor and few others are normal and I met a rheumatologist and he examined me in detail and said its not the artheritis and its the uric acid issue. He suggested my uric acid tablet, vitamin A and vitamin D3 injection for drinking. In this whole episode of three months I tested myself for Vitamin D and it was 16. Now I am taking these medicines since last ten days except multivitamin mega man that the rheumatologist prescribed and my symptoms are same. Please advise what to do as I am really frustrated mentally. Please help what should I do
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EileenH
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You haven't said what dose of vit D you are taking - but at that blood level of 16, which is very deficient, some NHS Trusts prescribe doses of 20,000 I.U. twice daily for 10 days at least. One lady who took this dose felt a relief in a couple of weeks.
If you are only taking a low dose of vit D it will take quite a long time for it to improve - but without more info I can't really say any more than that.
old_nanna
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bilalzaslam
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Nefret
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Are you on Prednisolone at all? It doesn't say in your first post but if you have PMR then trying it might prove beneficial and I'm a bit puzzled over your doctors' attitudes.
EileenH
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The only hope there might be that someone would be willing to try the experiment - but who?
Nefret
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Whoops
old_nanna
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Nefret
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old_nanna
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EileenH
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old_nanna
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EileenH
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Physio and/or a podiatrist can help by stretching the ligaments gently or giving you an inlay for shoes. If the area is inflamed the pred for PMR will help a bit but a local injection of cortisone is better, one-off and less pred in the long run. Pred isn't a pain-killer - it kills the pain by reducing the inflammation, so it IS dealing with the cause in some ways. What it can't do is stop the underlying autoimmune disease that is making the body attack itself and causes the inflammation.