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Is Ultram The Right Medication For Fibromyalgia?
`I have been on Ultram for years prescribed by a specialist in fiblermylasia. Recently got a new regular MD who put me on 3/325 hydrocodine ,6 a day plus a fentenal patch 25 mg. I m 72 so my arthritis has gotten unbearable so she had me go to a pain specialist who raised my fentenal to 50 mg. and put a shot of cortison in my lower back. After the shot a lady pain specialist swoops in to tell me my hydro is now down to 3 aday and I no longer will be on the ultram. I am dumbfounded and not sure if she is right. Isn t Ultram for fibermylasia? I still have low pain so I wonder if that was right for me.
Tue, 17 May 2016
hi,
thank-you for providing the brief history of you.
As you have Fibromyalgia, this condition called fibro-myal-gia is the inflammation of the fibers of the muscles. muscle contains numerous muscle fibers which acts as a mechanism for the contraction of the muscle. And inflammation in the fibers will lead to pain as the muscle gets to fatigue faster.
Also, medicine has a limitation to control the inflammation as this is deep inside the muscle fibers and fibers are numerous in number.
in my clinical practice most patients with fibromyalgia are referred to physical therapy as improving the metabolism helps reducing the pain.
Also, doing breathing exercises will help improve the oxygen carrying blood cells and will improve the endurance and avoid the fatigue to occurs soon in the fibers.
Regards
Jay Indravadan Patel
thank-you for providing the brief history of you.
As you have Fibromyalgia, this condition called fibro-myal-gia is the inflammation of the fibers of the muscles. muscle contains numerous muscle fibers which acts as a mechanism for the contraction of the muscle. And inflammation in the fibers will lead to pain as the muscle gets to fatigue faster.
Also, medicine has a limitation to control the inflammation as this is deep inside the muscle fibers and fibers are numerous in number.
in my clinical practice most patients with fibromyalgia are referred to physical therapy as improving the metabolism helps reducing the pain.
Also, doing breathing exercises will help improve the oxygen carrying blood cells and will improve the endurance and avoid the fatigue to occurs soon in the fibers.
Regards
Jay Indravadan Patel
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