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Sadly NISAD's and OTC pain meds usually have little or no effect of Fibro pain. Properly done, if you pain warrants it you should be on a long acting opioid for maintainance & have a short acting one prescribed for flares. Lyrica seems to be effective for about 30% of fibro suffers if it's available to you I would try a course & see if it's effective for you and whether or not you can tolerate it. I would try it before considering opioids so you can gauge it's effect alone. BUT! for severe chronic pain you may need to take a combination of both (provided you body can tolerate either or both medications). Myofascial Release Therapy is currently working for me you can find links to information on it in the Fibro Forum Medicine & Treatment section under "Important Links" Post edited by: bshapiro, at: 11/03/2007 10:25 |
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