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They always start with antidepressants, then flexeril, arthrotec, cipro, cymbalta, lyrica, tramadol all having terrible reactions ending in vision problems. it is how my body responds to drugs.
I was prescribed Lyrica but it has some discouraging side effects. It did, however, control the pain.
Lyrica is the only thing that help along with pain meds for major pain. After 20 years I had the facet issues throughout my neck, C67, after nerve block for facet made the fibromyalgia pain significantly reduced pain.
If you do an on-line search you'll find many articles about drugs for fibro. Harvard Health says: "The FDA has approved three drugs specifically for treating fibromyalgia, including pregabalin (Lyrica), duloxetine (Cymbalta), and milnacipran (Savella). However, other medications, such as amitriptyline (Elavil), cyclobenzaprine (Flexeril) or gabapentin (Neurontin) are usually considered first-line treatments. Each of these drugs is prescribed for other conditions, such as depression or nerve pain."
I haven't tried any of these meds as I've read the side effects are often not worth any relief and your body builds up a tolerance to them so doses have to be increased. Your body also develops a dependence on them so there will be withdrawal issues if you want to stop the meds.