other symptoms related to fibro? It all depends on your symptoms. My real problem is the intense pain 100% of the time. A lot of people don't have that much pain from it and are bothered by other symptoms, so different meds work for different things.
I take Synthroid for hypothyoidism and Celexa for anxiety. For severe chronic pain I see a pain management physician and am on Zanaflex 2 mg twice a day, fentanyl 50-mcg patch every 3 days, and oxycodone 10 mg every 6 hours for breakthrough pain. I hoping this upcoming Thursday at my next appointment to change my breakthrough meds as they are not really working and not strong enough, although of course they are better than nothing.
I cannot tolerate NSAIDs much either. Besides they don't do anything for the pain as fibro is not an inflammatory condition. I occasionally will take some ibuprofen as I have OA as well but limit that as much as I possibly can because they are dangerous drugs causing end-organ damage of the kidneys and liver and of course ulcers, bleeding, etc. of the stomach. I really don't need more problems caused by the NSAIDs than I already have. Good luck to you! |
Do you have mostly problems with pain or sm - Shannon
