Suggest treatment for fibromyalgia

Posted on Mon, 18 May 2015

Question: I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia about 7 yrs ago. It has only been the last two years that I really neede pain medication, mostly because I exercize every day, get 9 hrs. of sleep per night, I eat healthy foods every 3-4 hours, drink lots of water and practice yoga and meditation. I am 61 yrs. old and I feel like I am 81. My fingers do not move at all in the morning for at least 5-20minutes. I take lexapro and adderrall, which help, but I am in constant pain. I take hydrocodone only for the flare up days. the new FDA regulations have made my doctor stop prescribing the medication. By the way I have tried lyrica and cymbalto with too many side effects the worst being significantly more depressed. Can you tell me what to do?

Answered by Dr. Shruti Rijhwani (40 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
May be an alternative medicine would work.

Detailed Answer:
Dear Madam,

Thank you for posting your query on HCM.

Well looking into your problem I would like to tell you that you have been receiving adequate medicines , since you have tried duloxetine ( cymbalta) and that doesn't suit you its better to try another similar salt like fluoxetine , its also very effective .

If your doctor is not keen on to this , you can take paracetamol 500 mg which will be available over the counter if there is no contrainidication . I hope this should help. Any other query let me know.

Take care.

Dr. Shruti

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Shanthi.E