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Date: 15.03.2010
From: karen

Subject: fed up

hi can anyone tell me what diazampam do for you am on codine and paractmol for pain as well as mxt injectiobns axcoxia and a few orthers ra unrelated .but my hands and feet and wrist are still in agony like someone has put acid on them and the nerves feel like they are affectin them all the time i dont know what orther pain killers to take .any help p,leasseeeeeeeeee
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Date: 15.03.2010
From: sally

Subject: Re: fed up

Diazepam is not a painkiller but can be used as a muscle relaxant. I've had it for back pain. It makes you feel completely out of it, it's horrible. Can't your doctor give you some stronger painkillers?
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Date: 15.03.2010
From: karen

Subject: Re: fed up

at the hospital thats what they said to have but someone said try them as they relax you
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Date: 15.03.2010
From: jill

Subject: Re: fed up

Karen hi, what they told u at the hosp, whoever it was, was Wrong to ttell u that, like Sally said, Diazapam is Muscle relaxant, for spasms, its deffo NOT a painkiller, Im on them, I find them gr8( we r all different, for example, Diazapam makes a person kinds slow up, relaxed, sleepy, they help My spasms in my upper back, but thery keep me AWAKE, lol its tru, they dont knock me out at all, never have...even my GP thort that odd, But its tru.....codine and paracetamol that u take, U may as well be taking Smarties, the Nerve pain U describe, U wld be better taking Amitryptline...its for Nerve pain, so it sems to me, U need Amitryptline for Nerve pain, and decent, stronger painkilers, like Tramodol, cant understand Y your GP hasnt offered these to u...that is Y u r in agony, becos your pain isnt controlled enough!..see GP Immed tc
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Date: 15.03.2010
From: sally

Subject: Re: fed up

So that's your secret Jill :).
They make me want to sleep all the time. - though I guess if you were in a lot of pain they might relax you. I used to like being out of it but not any more lol! I find combination of amiryptiline and co-drydamol works quite well for moderate pain. Nothing works for me for severe pain.
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Date: 15.03.2010
From: jill

Subject: Re: fed up

amitryptline makes me unwell, cant take that for nerve pain at all....diazapam is good for me if I take one, I also take co-codomol, they help lots combined with Zomorph, if pain is bad, still can be painful tho, and cant go any higher, think ya right there Sally, when the pain is diabolical, nothing takes that type of pain away...u coping at the mo tho?
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Date: 15.03.2010
From: Sally

Subject: Re: fed up

I'm ok thanks. Got terrible heartburn from the lower dose steroids. For some insane reason they don't enteric coat them like the higher dose so have been up all night with that. Feel less tired this week, which is good. How are you getting on? Hope you are coping ok with everything that life is throwing at you :)
xx
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Date: 15.03.2010
From: karen

Subject: Re: fed up

hi yeah hospital said take codine and para as have just started on mxt injections so am goin everyweek but a friend said diazapam as it might just relax me and maybe sleep i have tried tramadol they just knock me out but might give them another go as cant stand the pain its like havin electric shocks in my hands wrist and up my arm and the pain when they get cramps ect is very oddi just cant understand why all this is comin up again
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Date: 16.03.2010
From: Abbie

Subject: Re: fed up

It's right that Amitriptyline is for nerve pain And depending what dose ur on it'll relax u and help u sleep. Co Codamol (paracetamol and Codine) weren't strong enough for me so now take Co Dydramol (paracetamol and dyhydracodine) there better for me as there that much stronger and I take them with Tramadol.
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Date: 16.03.2010
From: jill

Subject: Re: fed up

sally Im ok.....but I ran out of my Omeprazole, fella was suppose to put in repeat on thurs, had enuff till sund, said to him going to get my meds, and he said he hasnt put it in Grrrrrrrrrrrrr, so last night, blimey, my stomach was killing me, like b4, but no way as severe, so just goes to show, I still have Gastritis, and I need that med for sure!.... other than that, just waiting to hear from soine surgeon, gotta have spine op soon...eeeek! x
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Date: 16.03.2010
From: Verity

Subject: Re: fed up

Lol I ran out of omeprazole and forgot to put in my prescription a couple of days ago too!
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Date: 16.03.2010
From: sally

Subject: Re: fed up

hi Jill, men huh?
Gp gave me some stuff for the heartburn, soluble prednisilone, ranitidine and domperidone (thought that was champagne, ha! ha!) plus gaviscon. Maybe they might help you?

Not another op.....? Is that the GB one?
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Date: 16.03.2010
From: jill

Subject: Re: fed up

Sally I have already had a spine op 2003(called Dynesys) but the disc above the previous op, the dics has gone, so now need fusion...the Gall bladder probs, I found out about that whilst in hospital, they said I also have inflamed stomach lining, called Gatritis!...so lots going on, waiting to see surgeon to get on waiting list for spine op, and waiting to see surgeon as to wheter the GB shld be removed, as the Gall stones can travel, and knowing my 'Luck' that will be next thing that happens to me! lolol , funny thing is tho Sally, I dont get Heartburn, or reflux...hate gaviscon eeek
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Date: 17.03.2010
From: Abbie

Subject: Re: fed up

Hi Sally! I have GORD which is basically bad reflux. I also have heartburn with this. I have taken Domperidone for 7yrs. I take 2 20 mins before I eat and 2 at bedtime. I also take Lansoprazole 30-60mg at night. You're supposed to take it in the morn but I find If I don't take it at night I wake up chocking on acid sick. Good luck with it hun! PS Whenever I'm in hosp u always get a nurse on the drugs round make the champagne joke lol
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Date: 17.03.2010
From: sally

Subject: Re: fed up

Aren't we an interesting lot? We seem to cover just about every condition between us!

Abbie, does the domperidone make you hungrier? -GP said it speeds up food passing through gut. Didn't take it as doing weight watchers - trying to shift the steroid weight I put on.

Jill, not another spine op! I can't believe it.
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Date: 17.03.2010
From: jill

Subject: Re: fed up

Sally I have DDD (disc degeneration disease) so even if I have 2nd op, the other Discs may well disappear too! great huh?
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Date: 21.03.2010
From: Sally

Subject: Re: fed up

just seen this Jill. Is this anything to do with arthritis or a separate condition? Haven't been on for a while as feeling a bit stressed.
xx
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