Anyone have a good pain med for Rheumatoid Arthritis?!
Question: I was recently diagnoised with RA and I am in horrific pain. My elbows and knees hurt terribly and in the morning my hands harldy work. The worst part is I am a mother of two small boys who are very active outside and want to play all the time with me! It hurts my heart so much when the pain is to much to do this with them. My primary DR. put me on percocet until I saw my Rhumatologist who didn't feel comfortable perscribing that to me so he put me on vicodin which is like taking Tylenol (it does nothing.) My primary wants my Rhumatologist to be in charge of my meds now but he doesn't get it like she did. Any suggestions? This is my fist time ever writing on something like this.
Thanks to anyone who can help!
Answers: I was recently diagnoised with RA and I am in horrific pain. My elbows and knees hurt terribly and in the morning my hands harldy work. The worst part is I am a mother of two small boys who are very active outside and want to play all the time with me! It hurts my heart so much when the pain is to much to do this with them. My primary DR. put me on percocet until I saw my Rhumatologist who didn't feel comfortable perscribing that to me so he put me on vicodin which is like taking Tylenol (it does nothing.) My primary wants my Rhumatologist to be in charge of my meds now but he doesn't get it like she did. Any suggestions? This is my fist time ever writing on something like this.
Thanks to anyone who can help!
i dont understand how ur rheumatologist "doesnt get it", i think u need a new rheumatologist because a primary care doc cant treat your RA......u need to be on RA medication, and pain meds, not only pain meds cus they prolly wont work, atleast they dont really for me.....and pain meds deffinitely wont stop doint damage................for stress and depression try marijuana instead of psych drugs, it works for me....good luck
I haven't ever had arthritis but my father has osteoarthritis, and he refuses to take drug medication for it. However, he swears by an over-the-counter product called Glucosamine, or also called Glucosamine & Chondroitin. He's 71 and he takes it on a daily basis, and is more active than me. He never complains about any side effects, and here's what I dug up on the net:
Taken from MedicineNet.com
Glucosamine should not be taken by people with a history of allergy to shellfish. Levels of the blood-thinning medication, coumadin, may be affected by chondroitin sulfate. Recent reports have shown that glucosamine might elevate insulin levels in diabetics.
No med.
If you are in cold country use all warm things.
Massage and exercise in front of morning sun will help.
Hot water bath will help.
There is hardly any medicine for H/A OR MIGRAINE, RA, OA, Back ache and almost all painful diseases. Hence they become chronic.)
Acidity, WORRY, sadness, excessive wind, cold , heat, sour food and sinusitis, constipation, intestinal inflammation; drug side effects, stress, bad smell, TV & COMPUTER SOMETIMES, Blockage in the flow of Vital Energy, BODY CONSTITUTION etc are their causes. None of them can be treated with medicine. Our 90% success in treating All pains confirms it.
Acupuncture is the best treatment.
I treat it with our SHREE SWASTHYAYOG THERAPY, but how can you manage pl see.
Pain killers don't treat the pain but we loose the sense of pain for some time; in that duration our body itself treats sometime and credit goes to meds.
The useless drugs have tremendous power of side effects like liver/kidney failures, ulcer, inflammation of intestines and lot more.
Avoid ALL COLD THINGS, late sleeping if possible; worry, tension, spicy foods, sour fruits(if acidity rejects), stale bakery foods, SMOKING and alcohole.
FRESH MEAT AND SOUPS, Sweet foods, COCOANUT WATER, sweet fruits, milk, SPROUTS, SALADS, ALL WARM THINGS and good sleep will help.
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