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I used to go to a pain clinic. I had 8 series of trigger point injections in my neck and trap. muscles and gave me very little short-lived relief. (they were billing my ins. $600 a visit). The Dr was also giving me vicodin 750s 4X day since Nov. I refused any more injections since they were quite painful and not loosening my knots at all. He then told me that He "had exhausted all treatments and narcotics dont work for fibro." (Narcotics worked fine when my ins. was paying $600 a visit for them). I had previously been on Lyrica, Neurontin and numerous other CNS pain drugs and could NOT tollerate the side effects. My Bi-polar is stable and I don't want to try any other psych drugs. I have not been able to find any other pain specialists that take my insurance AND treat fibro. I've found many dont or arent willing to prescribe them for someone in their 40s. I am now forced into vicodin withdrawel because I was shut off with no warning. Luckily I'm a stubburn person, so I WILL do it myself, but I resent the fact that I have to. For that reason, I would thoroughly research this DR and his philosophy on managing FM. Youre better off with nothing if your Doc. is willing to shut you off like mine did. Best of luck. I hope you find relief. psk |
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