Clonidine in neuropathic pain
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From that time I started having absolutely awful pain in the top of my head. In 2005 I had an MRI and it showed severe damage to c3 through c7. It wasn't until both my parents died that I could look for treatment. I finally had an operation January 26, 2011. Discs C3 through C7 were removed; donor bone inserted, synthetic fusion, plus a plate and screws. Well, about two months after the operation the pains returned.
Thanks so much doctor for replying back about the frozen shoulder i have tryed the exercises and the TENS which none of them where any good i was told i could get the injection but hate needles .
Now it is all bulbous and red and if it even gets tapped lightly in the wrong way I drop to my knees in brief, but severe pain. My neuro thinks I probably have a traumatic neuroma, which may have been what they were looking for with the nerve scan.
I have never before heard of a nerve scan. Was it a nuclear medicine thing?
I have a bulging disc in C5/C6, a herniated disc at L5/S1 and degeneration in L5/L4. I suffer from nerve pain in both my arm and leg. I took neurontin for a while for nerve pain and although it helped with the pain it made me very tired and gain weight. I switched to Lyrica about a year ago and I love it. I never felt "high" from I only take 1 every couple of nights now and it has been a miracle for me.
m sorry to hear that no other medications have been effective in relieving your neuropathic pain. I am glad to hear that at least the Oxycodone has some pain relieving properties for you.
I know you said that you had side effects with Gabapentin - which may preclude you from trying a newer drug, Horizant. It depends on what your side effects were - and how extreme.
Horizant (gabapentin enacarbil) has been approved to treat postherpetic neuralgia (PHN) in adults.
Before you can treat this it's wise to see a physical therapist for a professional opinion. It's possible, though less likely, that you are having spasms, in which case a muscle relaxant can help. There are several on the market, all prescription. Members here have lots of experience with the various drugs.
It's also possible that problems walking are at the root of this. When this happens we tend to compensate, and can unconsciously really mess up our gaits and body positioning.
I hope someone can shed light on this. I have been experiencing neuropathic pain for 8 months after taking vitamins and supplements. My initial symptom was twitching in my left calf. This progressed with pins and needles sensation in more of my left leg. A week or so later I had similar symptoms in my right leg as well as significant numbness in my right thigh. Next I experienced parenthesis across my mid back at about th mid-thoracic level.
Hello, I was looking for some treatment options for General Neuropathic Pain as the only diagnosis my dr can provide me after negative EMGs both upper and lower extremeties and complete work up including MRIs, bone scans, x-rays, and blood tests.
My pain is debilitating sciatica like in both legs and ulnar nerve pain in both arms from shoulder down to the pinky fingers which feels like tightness in so many muscle groups. Pain for 2 years without answer or any treatment to help.
My husband had begun developing peripheral neuropathy approx 4 yrs ago. His doctor simply stated that his circulation was good & did not diagnose the neuropathy or treat it. A different physician later did diagnose. He has had nerve conduction tests, anodyne therapy, was tried on neurontin, lyrica - both with no positve effect & some neg. side effects.
It could be neuropathic, though an unlikely possibility. Neuropathic pain can be managed with medications or nerve destruction.
3. Likely possibilities include referred pain from other regions, infections, inflammations, chronic irritation etc.
It would be best to get this evaluated by a urologist or an internist for an accurate diagnosis and appropriate management.
Hope this is helpful.
Take care!
Hi, and welcome to the forum. Neuropathic pain is difficult to treat and we were lucky enough to have a pain management doctor wrtie up to Health Pages on the subject. Please click on the two links below. the first one is explaining what neuropathic pain is and the second is describing how to treat it and explaining why you want (actually NEED) to go slow. No one WANTS to go slow, of course.
http://www.medhelp.org/health_pages/Multiple%20Sclerosis/Pain---A-Primer/show/371?
Certain antidepressants have been shown to be very effective in neuropathic pain independent of their antidepressant effects (meaning the chemicals affected by these medications help treat the neuropathic pain). These include elavil, doxepin, and others. Topical doxepin and caspasin cream are also helpful for neuropathic itching. Anti-seizure medications found to be useful for neuropathic itching include neurontin and lyrica.
//www.endfatigue-dev.com/health_articles_o-q/Pain-effective_treatment_neuropathic.html
Book Notes for "Pain Free 1-2-3"
Chapter 4: Focusing on Nerve Pain
http://www.endfatigue.com/book_notes/Pf123_chapter_4.html
I hope you'll find something to help.
Pain descriptions can vary widely according to the individual, however it is possible that you may be suffering from neuropathic pain. Neuropathic pain can have many different causes. Among these are a group of disorders called entrapment neuropathies. As your nerves travel along the length of your arm, they are vulnerable to injury at specific sites where normal ligamentous and bony structures are predisposed to compression.
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