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Curious what medication to discuss with doctor regarding fibromyalgia
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@4corazon
As someone already pointed out, Tonmya is nothing more than cyclobenzaprine (aka Flexeril) that has been reformulated to be a lower dose and taken subliminally rather than as a pill you swallow. By reformulating the drug, the drug company can charge lots more money. (I take a 5mg tablet of cyclobenzaprine before bed. I think it helps with sleep and pain.). It's a shame that no one can come up with a drug to help with Fibromyalgia without addictive properties and bad side effects. The current 3 drugs approved by the FDA are only effective for about 30% of the people who take them, and the relief they provide is often minimal.
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@daisy17 In my experience, because I also have ME/CFS, most of my meds are low dose. Sometimes they work differently if they are low dose rather than normal dose. For example, LDN (low-dose naltrexone) is 4.5 mg, but Naltrexone normal dose is 50 mg. This LDN helps with my pain.
It appears that, if I were able to take Tonmya, as a geriatric patient my dose would be 2.8mg. I see that the daily dose for Flexeril is 30 mg. So it appears this is a very low dose. However, I am not a candidate, from what I read, as I do have CHF, heart block, and heart rhthym disturbances. So, as excited as I was to see this med for fibro, I don't think I can get it. At least it would be covered by my insurance, whereas the LDN is not--it has to be compounded. Darn! I will ask my cardiologist though because I will see him at Mayo Clinic Phoenix in December. Perhaps this low dose would not be a problem, whereas the regular dose of cyclobenzaprine would.