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what are the most effective non-narcotic pain relievers?
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| Posted 4 months ago Has anyone considered doing a electromyogram/nerve conduction velocity study on your arms and legs? I was in a MVA in1995 and developed severe low back pain that I couldn't work or take care of my children who were young and my elderly grandmother who lived with me. I had hard time sitting, walking, laying, and sleeping. I went to my PCP, an ortho. surgeon and a neurosurgeon, at the suggestion of my PCP. I went through lots of xrays, CT scans and bone scans. All of them said there was nothing that they could find that was wrong. My lawyer referred me to a neurologist 18 months after the MVA. This neurologist immediately said he was sure that something was wrong and scheduled a EMG/NCV immediately. It revealed abnormal nerve and muscle activity related to my sciatic nerve. I was placed on tricyclic antidepressants to help with sleep and coping with the pain, muscle relaxants for muscle spasms and anti-inflammatory to reduce the inflammation created by the muscle spasms. The combination worked wonderfully. I finally had my pain under enough control that I could return to a normal live. But it took 18 long months before I found someone who believed me and was able to find something! Maybe an EMG/NCV is something to consider and counseling therapy could be beneficial, if for no other reason than to talk to someone who will help you develop coping skills for the depression/anxiety that goes along with uncontrolled pain. Good luck!
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| Posted 3 months ago Thanks kidzrn3. I'm glad you have some semblance of your life back. I had those tests done about 6-7 years ago and was told I'm normal. They only did my right shoulder the one that got operated on twice. The second time to fix the mistakes the first guy who talked me into it made. (I'm still a little bitter) Anyway they said I was normal. I recently had one done on my forearm and wrist. I have mild carpal tunnel which I already knew. Turns out that a lot of the pain I've been in recently started since I began Statin drug treatment. I am getting back to "normal" that is the pain level I was in prior to Statin's slowly. The constant aching of the schaphoid (wrist) and the ball of the hip joint (both right side) has subsided. I have some lingering sharp and aching muscle pain in the right thigh, and difficulty in lifting my right foot off the floor when sitting. I hope that isn't permanent. I am going into the med school soon and once I have a feel for the place and who I can trust I am going to ask them to figure out a diagnosis for me. No one has even told me it might be fibromyalgia. I'm sure it is some subtle kind of neuralgia that cannot as yet be detected empirically. I am also convinced a lot of my pain is due to the stress, uncertainty, and lack of ability to trust caused by the abusive medical treatment I have received since first going into get treated for the symptoms I woke up with in October 2000, especially in the last 3 years. Thanks for the encouragment |
