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Fibromyalgia - Does anything help relieve severe pain during flares?

Fibromyalgia | Last Active: 15 hours ago | Replies (83)
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@sue417

Hi
I have fibromyalgia the only medication I can tolerate and helps is cyclobenzaprine for me a muscle relaxer. Also take 1 advil plus after breakfast , if I need something at dinner i take an tykenol arthritis.
Cymbalta was a nightmare to come off and so was Lyrica.

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ripley | @ripley | Aug 11 11:05am

It sounds like Cymbalta and Lyrica didn't help you?

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bunstuffer | @bunstuffer | Aug 12 5:04pm

I was on 30mg Cymbalta for about 2 years for fibromyalgia when my doctor decided to up the dose to 60mg daily. Within 2 days I was hospitalized with serotonin syndrome. I tried to back off the Cymbalta but each time I skipped a dose I would get nauseous so I continued to take it. A bout a year later I collapsed at home and was taken to the hospital with low blood sodium, another side effect of Cymbalta. This time I absolutely HAD to get off of it. It was miserable but I finally kicked it after 2 weeks. Both those side effects can be fatal (or so I was told). I have had many negative side effects from medication so I am very hesitant to to try anything new.
I also tried medical marijuana with no success. I was told that if I went out of state and got "real" marijuana instead of the weak stuff in Iowa that it would likely help.

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