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Suggest Treatment For Severe Muscle Pain

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Posted on Thu, 30 Jun 2016
Question: hello, I am having severe muscle aches and pains. it is interfering with me taking care of my daughter and being productive work, so I was wondering if there was a non narcotic muscle relaxer you could prescribe me to try?
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Answered by Dr. Dr. Matt Wachsman (34 minutes later)
Brief Answer:
we do not prescribe.

Detailed Answer:
but I do on healthtap as "topdoc"

alternatively, there is yoga, stretching in hot showers (careful of falls), magnesium and/or potassium supplements, aspirin like drugs, and mainly seeing if there are particular actions that are overstraining the muscles.
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Suggest Treatment For Severe Muscle Pain

Brief Answer: we do not prescribe. Detailed Answer: but I do on healthtap as "topdoc" alternatively, there is yoga, stretching in hot showers (careful of falls), magnesium and/or potassium supplements, aspirin like drugs, and mainly seeing if there are particular actions that are overstraining the muscles.