Couldn't do upward dog until yesterday
I've got to say, as much as Big Pharma is a lying cesspool of evil, the right drug for the right reason is fucking magic. I took the first nerve drug -- Lyica -- last night. A half-hour later I was completely pain free and able to stand up straight for the first time in 9 days.
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Re: Couldn't do upward dog until yesterday
That one's for fibromyalgia too.
Regards,
-scott Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson. |
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Saw that on the labeling ... have you used it?
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Drew |
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Re: Saw that on the labeling ... have you used it?
No, I don't actually have FM.
I have a high avoidance to taking neuro medicines too. Too many side effects. Regards,
-scott Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson. |
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Oh, I don't plan on using it forever
I don't believe in lifestyle meds. I want something to treat acute symptoms, fix the underlying problem, then stop taking it. Given the choice between surgery and a daily med, I'll let them cut.
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Drew |
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Didn't do much for me.
My regular doc gave me a scrip for that while I was waiting for my surgery because I was bitching that the Vicodin was useless. It didn't do much, but apparently I was really a mess inside the spine. Glad it worked for you.
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Probably a dosage issue
I have a bottle of gabapentin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabapentin) from the old days when I popped pain meds like candy.
The only reason they invented Lyrica was becuase the patent was running out and they needed their next brand name drug in the family for the diabetes patients (their extremities can be in agony). Of course, at that point, the Pfizer salepeople sold it to everyone for everything. 1 did nothing. Nothing at all. WFT the fuck was those stories about, people waking up in a ditch after driving home from work under it (my sister in law). So I did 2. I woke up 2 days later. Must have been a fluke. I do it again. And wake up 2 days later. No, I don't think I'll be doing this stuff again. Like I said, I have a bottle of it. |
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Do NOT drive no matter how clearheaded you feel.
That drug has an affect like an avalanche when you hit a certain dosage.
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Thanks for the tip
I was planning to do more research over the weekend.
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Drew |