General Health Care - April 2007

In the past I had been given vicodin from my doctor. It was very helpful, but very addictive. I'm looking for something that could be comparable but OTC. Maybe 3 aleve?

2007-04-28 03:21:43 · 8 answers · asked by smb 3 in Injuries

2007-04-28 03:10:18 · 7 answers · asked by STIXX 1 in Pain & Pain Management

on a daily basis for an illness or some other reason?

2007-04-28 02:52:53 · 16 answers · asked by phanti 3 in Pain & Pain Management

I'm having a terrible headache right now.. not migrane (or however you spell it) and i don't wanna eat pills.. how can i stop it. what can i do??

2007-04-28 02:32:32 · 14 answers · asked by Jojo 2 in Pain & Pain Management

I think I have tried everything in the book for sore achy knees due to osteoarthritis.Smelly creams and lotions.Maybe someone has some solutions I haven't tried yet.All help greatly appreciated.

2007-04-28 01:31:09 · 4 answers · asked by honeypot0214 4 in Pain & Pain Management

2007-04-28 01:16:35 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in First Aid

I don't know if it's still part of the abdomen but it's the place where my bellybutton is.The outer part doesn't hurt the inner part is the one that hurts. It doesn't hurt when you push the bellybutton. It doesn't hurt passively. It just hurts when stretch your bellybutton using your hands to your left or upward. What are the organs there? What is this I am feeling? Any suggestions? Thanks.

2007-04-28 00:23:13 · 3 answers · asked by Drew C 1 in Pain & Pain Management

I have been to my gp regarding this, however he could not find anything wrong. It has been occuring more frequent recently behind my knee at the back of my leg. It can occur when sitting or walking.

2007-04-27 23:15:54 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

iv had a sore throat for about 3 days now... this morning my right ear started to hurt now i can barely hear from it and my left ear hurts!! what is it??? and should i see a doctor tomarrow?

2007-04-27 22:56:23 · 6 answers · asked by jåy 1 in Pain & Pain Management

2007-04-27 22:22:05 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - General Health Care

I had fell on my knee a couple of months ago and nothing was wrong at the time.As time has progressed i am having popping and creeking sounds in my knee,and my knee caps is moving around poppin in and out.What kind of injury could this be and what meds should I ask my doctor to perscribe for this?

2007-04-27 21:00:53 · 4 answers · asked by **BLu Tinkerbell** 4 in Injuries

i'm 22 years old and i'm having this really irrating pain between my index finger and middle finger right above the palmish.. when i drive it aches and when i pick up something and it touches that spot it hurts.. can anyone please relate.. when i rub between it, it kinda feels like somethings moving but yet it hurts so i try no to touch it... any answer i'd reallllllllly appreciate them.

2007-04-27 19:10:50 · 4 answers · asked by moane84 1 in Pain & Pain Management

withthese two falls hes suffered a hematoma and acat scan found a pooling of blood that was causing tremendous pressure on his brain so a neurosurgeon operated and drained the blood from dads brain and reliveed the pressure,now dads in a rehabilitation hospital recuperating,they are giving him speech therapy and other kinds of therapy to help him. dad was acting so weird after his two falls that my mother thought his alzhiemers was getting worse. what did hapen was that due to the pressure on dads brain he had a mini stroke.heres the problem,my mother is in a state of complete denial and thinks that my father did not have a brain injury and should be home so she can care for him.she herself will be operated on for a reconstruckted knee and i would like to see how shes going to care for dad this way! any suggestions? i say that dad should stay put and his doctors should be the ones to give the okay as to when dad should go home. withpeninhand33

2007-04-27 18:56:24 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Injuries

Just wondering what the job market looks like in these areas. Are there nice hospitals?

2007-04-27 18:24:05 · 1 answers · asked by crazy H 2 in Other - General Health Care

2007-04-27 16:50:37 · 2 answers · asked by curl432000 1 in Pain & Pain Management

out of place. When I fell with the bike, my right knee was trapped under the right side of the bike. As we hit the ground, I felt my knee pop out of place to the outer-right side. After 2 years of relaxing my leg, the knee occasionally pops and hurts. I have noticed that the bones on the bottom portion of my knee joint have grown outward as if they had been fractured and swollen. Does anyone happen to know what the name of this sort of knee problem might be named? I would like to get more information on the condition before I see a doctor for self treatment purposes.

2007-04-27 16:46:44 · 2 answers · asked by JUSTIN 2 in Pain & Pain Management

about 2 months aho i hurt my ankle really bad ..i was skateboarding...and i really mssed it up it got all swollen and it hurt sooo bad...but time has past but i still cant walk on it or put weight on it..i can only put a certain amount of wieght....i really want to get bak on my feet and do wat i love to do ...so if u can help me please do

2007-04-27 16:24:01 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Injuries

2007-04-27 16:22:02 · 4 answers · asked by spiceyskittles 1 in Injuries

ok i have ibs gastritis and colitis with ocasional diahrea due to intestinal cramping ive ben taking librax it helps a little bit and too sleep at nights i take ativan but ive been getting depressed latly and my school psychologist is aware that i atke these pills and she said that since i have deppression due to the meds she suggestd switching from anti anxiety meds to anti deppressants

will anti deppressants help my ibs? does anyone have any experience with anti deprresants and ibs?

2007-04-27 16:05:03 · 4 answers · asked by antelias 2 in Pain & Pain Management

2007-04-27 15:40:57 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

Why would a doctor question me whether I have a pain somewhere or not - especially if I have total health coverage and he is getting his money? I was having bad back pain, my orthopeadic surgeon and my general doctor more or less questioned it was as bad as I was telling them. For 4 years, I was given physical thearpy (which made it absolutely worse - and I told them so), I was given celebrex (which worked for a couple of months), I was given Mobic (which didn't work to well at all). I was in agony - serious agony, and eventually was told there was nothing to be done. I finally got in touch with a pain specialist who gave me a series of epidural injections. This is the first time I've had no pain in 4 years. Why wasn't I given this option to begin with? The first 2 doctors are not idiots - they are tops in the field - but I always felt they thought I was lying. Even if I was - why would they care?

2007-04-27 15:04:01 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

i had Bell's Palsy back in '03, and the neck stiffness and extreme pain never really subsided. what can i do to stop the neck pain?

2007-04-27 14:56:24 · 1 answers · asked by kelleygaither2000 1 in Pain & Pain Management

He now cannot hear completely out of his left ear, well he can hear but not like he can with his right ear. I think he stuck the q-tip in too far. What should i do? Please help

2007-04-27 14:55:20 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in First Aid

i found a small, white pill that has a large "M" on it with numbers on the other side. I was told it was an oxycontin. Is this true?

2007-04-27 14:51:14 · 3 answers · asked by lbkipp@verizon.net 2 in Pain & Pain Management

I've been feeling an extreme pain on my stomach. People tell me is bowel movements but you see I don't have to go to #2 cause I did it early without pain. They are so extreme that I have to stop for a long minute to scream. What can it be?

Has anyone gone thru this after a d&c?

2007-04-27 13:54:45 · 9 answers · asked by Mom2aGirlandaBoy 3 in Pain & Pain Management

2007-04-27 13:35:32 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Injuries

2007-04-27 13:33:01 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in First Aid

2007-04-27 13:07:34 · 4 answers · asked by roostertail2 1 in Other - General Health Care

i don't really feel the pain except when i'm working out. i can't do any kind of pushing exercise with my arms, like bench press or push ups. i also can't do any tricep exercises. does anyone know wats wrong? its' been goin on for a while now.

2007-04-27 12:29:35 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pain & Pain Management

I laid down for about 3 hours this afternoon and slept. I have taken Acetaminophen, drank a glass of iced tea.
I have photophobia and have been sitting around in the lounge chair with a towel over my face with the TV on. It seems to have gotten better, but not completely gone. What do you suppose is causing my headache and what do people do to make them go away? If I wake up tommorrow like this I will be crazy. I need this to go away.

2007-04-27 11:27:51 · 6 answers · asked by happydawg 6 in Pain & Pain Management