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CRPS - anyone suffering with complex regional pain syndrome
Chronic Pain | Last Active: Oct 25 3:58am | Replies (366)Comment receiving replies
I also have fibromyalgia and in pain every day, sometimes severe. I haven't taken any drugs for it yet. My Dr prescribed 100mg gabapentin 3x a day but I haven't started it yet. Afraid of side effects I guess. She didn't say anything about increasing the dose down the road, and said I could take it "as needed" for pain, which conflicts with things I've read about the drug. Can you tell me what dose you started with and what dose finally helped with pain? Do you have to continually increase the dose as your body gets used to the drug? thanks.
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Hello. I am sorry you are suffering from this disease. I do not have any qualifications to answer questions about medicine. I have recommended this book before, but the book The Fibro Manual by Dr Ginevra Liptan is excellent, It covers various medicine, supplements that might help, gentle massage and other good stuff. She is an M.D. who has Fibro herself. I can only encourage you to learn all you can from REPUTABLE sources and not from folks who have had unwanted reactions to meds. Every single person with Fibro reacts differently to medicine. The best thing I have ever done is to find a good, caring doctor who wants to help you with Fibro. Get your info from the doctor and/or from a trusted pharmacist. Be open to whatever your trusted doctor wants you to try.