Lyrica and joint pain
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At first I thought it was over working out, and I slowed the workouts but the pain got worst. In addition I started to have joint and bone pain in my knees, legs, hips, shoulders.
It has become so bad that if I just cut the grass I suffer for days with serious pain in my muscles and joints. I am on high blood pressure medication, lisinopril 7.5 mgs for about a year. I am also on clonazepam for about 14 years at 0.5 three times a day, and colchicine at 0.
Anyone else with FM have swelling in their hands in the morning along with severe joint pain?
I was diagnosed with FM in 2006. Just recently I've started having a lot of swelling in my hands along with severe pain in the joints of my fingers and wrists as well as my hips, knees, etc. In the summer my hands would swell but go down but I can't even wear my engagement rings now and the only time that has happened is when I've been been pregnant.
My symptoms have been low/absent period all my life, irritability, intolerance to heat and excess sweat all my life, joint pain started after first baby 7 years ago and got progressively worse, heart palpatations comes and goes 6 mos now, unexplained weight gain, increased appetite. I also have very low Vit D levels. She said it could be post partum hyperthyroid since I just had a baby. She is 3 mos old. If that is the case then shouldn't we still investigate the joint pain?
I have been having a lot of pain in my legs, back, hands and arms. Ibprofen and other things don't seem to help it. I do not know how to make if feel better. Some of it is in the muscles that are extremely tight and others seem like joint pain. Just wondering. My doctors won't prescribe anything else. I have tried Lyrica and a bunch of arthritis meds. Again I am undiagnosed so they are also trying to figure out what I have.
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I have permanent pain for years, especially thigh pain. A deep burning cold pain with electric shocks. Also extreme buttock pain. I always feel very cold. The hair on my thighs stopped growing about a year ago. I feel flu like without temperature.
I agree with others you need to see a rhemy. I too had joint pain after tx and the flare-ups got worse. Hard to get up and in pain in the morning, not sleeping etc. My rhemy watched me for about a year before he decided I had fibromyalgia, obviously a sx of tx. So now I have 2 awful sx for life. I am taking Lyrica now for the pain and it works great for the pain. It is for nerve pain and has it's sx, but so far I like it.
i had chemotherapy in 2006. in 2007 about 3 months after final treatment, i started getting joint pain, beginning in my fingers. some times all my joints hurt, especially at night. gabapentin helps some, as does lyrica. I still have too much pain with the neurontin. tried a higher dose of lyrica and just went to sleep, couldn't function. the joint pain has gotten progressivdely worse over the last 14 months. i would think it would be getting better, not worse.
ve been treated by many of the physicians, orthopaedic surgeons, neuro surgeons but with no one, I could get rid of this killing pain which seems like that my body nerves stretch and I feel severe pain in my both arms,which comes from top of neck and goes down towards legs with back. I've taken so many medicines and injections so far but none of them has given me permanent relief. I have also tested LFT,CSR,Neck X-rays, all of them look normal. The medicines are:
i.Tab. neuberol forte
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Well she weighed 125lbs when she started and 15 months later she weighs 197lb and likes the Lyrica for her pain but is now having severe joint pain , etc from the weight gain. I already have a metabolic disorder and cannot gain weight. Its very, very hard for me to lose weight. Anyway, I know it can cause vision problems, can make you high at times, bad headaches, etc.
(Another cause of neuropathy is vitamin B12 deficiency). Neuropathic pain can be diagnosed by history and physical, and also may include an examination called EMG/NCS which assesses the condition of your nerves. This is performed at most neurology clinics. Additionally, blood tests are indicated to find the etiology of the neuropathic pain. The most common cause of neuropathy is diabetes; thus, this should always be tested in the workup.
I am now on lyrica and opiates..I also have facet joint arthritis and having radiofrequency ablation for sacral lower back area helped some of my nerve issues..
Some people get relief with capsicum...a prescription lotion..that causes burning sensation which subsides with use and helps nerve pain...
Taking alpha lipoic acid, thiamine, B6 and B12 helps some people also
Don't mean to write a book....
In my honest opinion....
i have 3 kids and i get so worn out so easy. i find it harder and harder to get up and down because of the joint pain, its in my back hips knees ankles wrists neck . what can i do am i able to take that kind of RX to relief this pain?? and take the treatment? please help me out , thanks so much, Cristina.
It depends on what your pain is from. I have RSD and nerve pain, along with severe joint pain. My meds have always helped the deep joint pain but nothing much has helped my joint pain, and I have tried almost everything there is.
Talk with your doctor about maybe trying a different long-acting med. We're all different and what works for one, may not work for another. There are several long-acting meds that you could try and see if they work better than the OxyContin.
I have only *recently* been diagnosed with Fibro (Jan 21, 2008) and have been put on both Cymbalta and Lyrica... I find the side effects for Lyrica almost debilitating and I'm unsure if it's really going to help (doc put me on a VERY low dose to begin with, and even that is terminally messing up my system. I feel chronically stoned, now.)
Anyways, I guess that's all a bit off topic.
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