2007-04-12 10:56:39 · 4 answers · asked by jeisea j 1 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Pain & Pain Management
I don't know what the medicine is you are taking, so it's hard to tell you with certainty the results. If your doctor is giving you medicine for this condition it should reduce the pain enough for you to function Fairly normal .
2007-04-12 11:13:47 · answer #1 · answered by Cherokee Billie 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I still have aches and pains especially depending on the weather. Today its raining and cold and I don't feel so hot, even though I am taking my meds every 4-5 hours. I only take percocet. I've had RSD for 8 eights and I found in the first year that all that other crap was just that crap. Nothing cures it so I learn to live with it. If all the other meds, neurontin, elavil, etc., don't cure it why would you want to put all that in your system? I find just the pain meds work fine.
2007-04-12 11:13:44 · answer #2 · answered by SusiQ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have RSD in my neck and upper back so I suffer pain throughout my body. So far I have tried several different kinds of medication, everything from basic ibuprofen, flexeril, neurontin and even nerve blocking injections. None work to completely eliminated the pain. I have also tried all kinds of physical therapies like massage therapy and acupuncture, again nothing work to completely got rid of the pain. My neurologist explained to me that with RSD it is usually "hit or miss" with treating the pain symptoms. Different meds and therapies work differently with everyone. You just have to keep trying to find a combination that works the best for you but it may never completely eliminate the pain.
2007-04-13 09:36:22 · answer #3 · answered by Li-An V 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I took medications for my CRPS/RSD and none of the medication helped me so I do not take them anymore. I have had a Spinal Cord Stimulator (SCS) implanted which has been the best relief of my pain (about 70-80% pain relief). I took many different pain medications, nerve medications, and a few other medications, but none of them did much for my pain and most of them had severe side effects which is why I like my SCS because there is no medication involved because it uses electrical stimulation so that the pain signal does not reach the brain so you get a pleasant, tingly feeling (feeling similar to a TENS unit). You check out SCS's at www.ans-medical.com
2007-04-12 16:45:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋