Pain Treatments

Hi,

I wanted to do a post of all the thingsI have come accross which has been used for people with fibro, i thought it would be good to get it all in one place and give anyone else some ideas for things to research or talk to thier Dr's about.  This is things I have come across over the internet across the board so potentially some medications i mention may or may not be available to your residing country specifically for Fibro. 

Perhaps anyone who has tried anything listed below could give thier personal experience with it.

Non prescription things:

1) Actipatch (I have tried this, not miraculous but I think it may have helped slightly, weather has been good so hard to know for sure, they are doing a trial version for £2.95 which lasts 7 days)

2) Ultralieve (Ultrasound device, never tried, quite expensive, not sure if it would help)

3) Pain master patch (Not tried, good Amazon reviews)

4) Gluten Free diet

5) Paleo Diet

6) Magnesium 

7) 5HTP

8) TMS recovery (if you goole search it you will find a free audio thing on Wikipedia)

9) John Sarno book "The Mind Body Prescription"

10) Accupuncture

11) Reflexology

12) Massage

13) Meditation

14) Yoga - were physically possible

15) Graded exercise

16) Bio Freeze

17) Deep heat

18) TENS Unit

Perscription Things:

1) Amitriptyline/Elavil - Old school antidepressant used in low doses to treat pain (Tricyclic)

2) Nortriptyline/Pamelorl - Old school antidepressant used in low doses to treat pain  (Tricyclic)

3) Gabapentin/Neurontin - Anticonvulsant medication

4) Pregablin/Lyrica - Anticonvulsant medication

5) Wellbutrin/Bupropion - Anti D (NDRI) (Have read it doesnt affect weight or sex drive like others do)

6) Cymbalta/Duloxetine - Anti D (SNRI)

7) Carbamazepine/Tegretol (Anticonvulsant) 

8) Lidocaine Patches 5% (Versatis) - HAD NOT HEARD OF THESE UNTIL I BOUGHT AN AMERICAN BOOK BUT THEY ARE AVAILABLE IN UK FROM PAIN CLINIC, YOU CAN CHOP THEM UP AND USE THEM IN VARIOUS PLACES, THEY ARE PRESCRIBED FOR POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA BUT USED OFF LABEl FOR OTHER PAIN. MY GP WOULDNT GIVE ME ANY AS PAIN CLINIC HAS TO PRESCIBE FIRST

10) Trigger point injections

11) Co Codomal - Codeine and paracetamol (Varying strenghts)

12) Morphine - Opiate

13) Tramadol - Opiate

14) Diazepam - Benzo (Wont get long term)

15) Carisoprodol/Soma - Muscle Relaxant

16) Cyclobenzaprine/Flexeril - Muscle Relaxant

17) Robaxin/Methocarbamol - Muscle Relaxant

18) Lorazepam - Benzo (Wont get long term)

19) Low Dose Naltrexone (Please do your own research on this and speak with Dr as this is not FDA approved for anything but help with opiate addiction, Ive read limited reviews and the study was very small, they also claim to treat various ailments so that always makes me suspicious. I have an information sheet that was sent to me from them, they told me to take to my GP, I will be happy to share via PM should anyone want to see it)

20) Milnacipran/Savella - Anti D (SNRI)

21) Topomax/Topirimate - Anticonvulsant

22) There is a drug which is medical cannabis but i cant find the name of it.

There is probably many more and im hoping people can add to this list. 

Best wishes

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