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[meem120]

Ive had great success from TYlenol Arthritis.  I had the same problem with the meloxicam. It has worked for me.

[Kachina624]

It wo7ld probably benefit many of you to skip all the Lessman-sold supplements of questionable value, visit a rheumatologist and get a prescription for something that is really effective AND is paid for by insurance. 

[pdlinda]

@Thats Me   I had a bilateral cortisone epidural injection in my back 2 days ago from a pain management specialist. 

My pain involves a "pinched nerve" on the right side that gives me SHARP PAIN and a DULL PAIN with radiation going from my thigh to my toes on my left side.

I was told that there was a chance the injection might work but there's no guarantee.

Yesterday, I felt better but today the pain was back full force.  (I'm thinking that I felt better yesterday because the surgeon gave me some "numbing" substance when he did the injections and today that substance wore off.)

I am trying to maintain my optimism and have a follow-up appt with the surgeon in 10 days.

Before I had my right knee replaced I had 2 synvisc injections prior to the surgery.  As I recall, those shots improved my pain somewhat, but in the end I needed the surgery.

I'd love to hear anyone else's experience with these cortisone back injections.  I'm hoping that some relief will kick in soon because the level of pain I'm in at the moment is disabling.

[Kachina624]

@pdlinda.  I hav3 a l9ng history of chronic back pain.  One summer, I visited a pain management specialist every two weeks for cortisone injections.  Each time he'd try a new site.   I'd then walk his halls to determine if there was any relief.   We repeated this numerous times but There was never a change.  Eventually he admitted defeat and suggested a back brace.  You do have a lifetime maximum of cortisone, a steroid, which you should have.  I think I'd reached that maximum.

[Thats Me]

@pdlinda @Kachina624 @@I'm so sorry. My mother had severe spinal stenosis and cortisone injections in her back helped her for a few years. They helped her until the stenosis had progressed to a point that the doctor couldn't get the injection into the right spot.

Once she stopped the injections she relied on Ultram and that helped her a great deal, but it didn't completely erase the pain. She couldn't take NSAIDs and didn't want to go the opioid route. She became pretty bedridden.

My father had stenosis too but his symptoms were more numbness than pain. He was losing sensation in his feet. It was suggested that he try acupuncture. He went for a few sessions, thought he had some relief, but decided they didn't work for him.

I know several people who have great results from acupuncture as a treatment for pain. One has arthritis in his neck, and the other has chronic muscular soreness (I don't know the exact cause). I understand that it can be hard to find a truly skilled acupuncturist.

I'm sorry for everyone who suffers from chronic pain. It's terrible and I wish there was a quick, easy guaranteed fix.

[MariotaMurielle]

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@monicakm wrote:

@MariotaMurielle 

Thank you!  Which of the two products do you think is helping the most with your pain?  I think I read that astaxanthin is an anti-inflammatory.  Those seem to have an inflammatory effect on me but I'm willing to try them.

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I think the astaxanthin is the one that quiets my inflammatory pain the most. I have run out of the resveratrol before while I was still taking the astaxanthin and couldn't tell much of a difference. but in reverse...when I've run out of astaxanthin while still taking the resveratrol I could definitely tell that my hands/thumbs were beginning to feel sore and painful. they were both recommended by a hand specialist about 20+ years ago when I was diagnosed with DeQuervian's tenosynovitis, so I've taken them since then.

[Nonametoday]

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@monicakm wrote:

@Kachina624 

Do you remember the drug Darvocet? I think it was the weaker version of Darvon??? That worked so well for my fibromyalgia. Then they took it off the market. There's not been anything like it since. If it had any unwanted side effects, I wasn't aware of them.  Arthrotec is good for maybe two or three days and then it also causes swelling in my ankles/feet and hands (sigh).

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@monicakm @Kachina624 

It's an opioid drug and it is available, as far as I know, by the name propoxyphene.  

[Kachina624]

@Nonametoday.  Yes, I remember it.  One of those drugs had codeine in it.  Sometimes taken for bad menstrual cramps.o

[Tinkrbl44]

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@monicakm wrote:

My recent heart attack was blamed on Meloxicam.  I don't know how the cardiologist could say that with any certainty.  I have other risk factors.  But, I can no longer take that drug or any NSAIDS.   My hands HURT!  I can not take turmeric.  It actually causes inflammation :/  What are your tried and true supplements for inflammation?

Thank you

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@monicakm 

I know you said you want suggestions for supplememts, but can you try Aspercreme with Lidocaine ... and try it as a hand cream?   

It's really very helpful for athritis in your hands.

[goldensrbest]

Very interested in this thread,   such pain in my hips, knees.