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Chronic Pain | Last Active: Jul 2 6:34pm | Replies (21)Comment receiving replies
Thanks to all of you - bajjerfan - ehjude - laura1970 - rockon79 - for those incredibly helpful responses. Yes, I didn’t mention my wife’s age - happens to be same as mine - 76, but other than this dreadful appearance of nerve pain which crescendoed gradually over the course of 2 years to its present nearly unbearable intensity, she’s perfectly healthy, so we have no complicating factors to worry about.
I am so glad that I asked about the difference between GabaPentin and PreGabalin since responses like these -
*GabaPentin was useless for me, but PreGabalin is in wonder drug category
*I’m on Pregabalin for the pain and it works pretty well but had a few side effects for the first couple of months
*I absolutely agree about the efficacy of PreGabalin
*Pain management then suggested PreGabalin, and on the second day of its use, the numbness was reduced 50% in both intensity and duration, and no noticeable side effects! It also greatly elevated my mood
are very encouraging to hear and even though anectodal (as opposed to a clinical trial evaluating efficiency), it’s enough to get us to ask her physician for an Rx for PreGabalin and with any luck it will prove to be as effective as it was for you responders.
“That back surgery worked wonders almost totally eliminating the pain and numbness. That lasted about 10 months and then the numbness came back with a vengeance”
That is horrifying to hear on a few levels. Was this major surgery or did you bounce back to normal quickly? Prior to the surgery, were you informed that it might not work or if it did, the result could be so fleeting? Did you even consider a second surgery following this giant disappointment?
“I’m on Pregabalin for the pain and it works pretty well” So are you on the PreGabalin only at this point or do you still have the breakthrough pain that requires Tramacet?
“If she has nerve pain radiating from her spine, Tramacet is a much better drug. It has been shown to work well for nerve pain.” If this is the case, why are you not taking Tramacet instead of PreGabalin?
Again, thanks to all for your kind participation in this thread.
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I had major lumbar surgery with some bone removal, screws and cages etc. The passage ways for the spinal cord had narrowed and several discs had slipped all severely pinching on that nerve which resulted in tremendous pain and numbness in the right buttocks down the right leg and into my foot. That was the cause of the pain (the nerve literally being pinched), and since that fix remains there is much less pain if any. As it was explained to me the numbness is caused by the nerve being damaged from the stress of the pinching, for lack of a more medically accurate term. That damage will repair since the narrowing and slippage stress was removed by the surgery. But it takes time, thus the resurgence of the numbness and the need for medication. PreGabalin worked well for me as an individual with no noticeable side effects-plus it is not a narcotic although it does create a dependency needing titration to stop its use if withdrawal is to be avoided. Not everyone has the same experience though.