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Suggest Treatment For Severe Joint Pain In An Elderly Person

First let me say that I am an active and healthy 62 year old male that use to workout 4-5 times a week. For the last several weeks I have had extreme joint pain. When I sit and stand my hips, and left knee, wrist and shoulder joints hurt really bad. Both my shoulder joints hurt constantly and keep me up at night. My left wrist is very painful and I now have limited motion in my wrist. I have pain in my neck when I turn my head. No fever or nausea just chronic joint pain. I went to the ER last week because I was in so much pain when I tried to stand and walk. Blood tests all came back negative. They gave me morphine and eventually sent me home with Percocet for pain. It hurts all the time now unless I m laying completely flat on my back. This all began on or about 11/9/16, when I began taking Crestor (as prescribed by my GP for a slightly elevated LDL). That is the only thing different that I have done recently. Any ideas as to what could be causing this pain.
Mon, 19 Dec 2016
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Hi dear. As i can understand yoy are very active at this age and are loosing calcium from bones causing them soft and pain. Continue your ldl medicine and also start tab calcium and vit d3 daily for 6 weeks.
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Suggest Treatment For Severe Joint Pain In An Elderly Person

Hi dear. As i can understand yoy are very active at this age and are loosing calcium from bones causing them soft and pain. Continue your ldl medicine and also start tab calcium and vit d3 daily for 6 weeks.