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Can I Take Opana For Fibromyalgia ?
I have fibromyalgia and haved tried many different medication. Cymbalta, lyrica and other antidepressant medications. Nothing works and have had unpleasant side effects. I have heard that opana is a good treatment option. would you recommed this or is there another pain medication that would work well for this painful condition? Thanks!
Mon, 2 Jan 2012
Fibromyalgia is a painful condition no doubt,but one has to rule out many other conditions like joint hypermobility, hypothyroidism,Vitamin D deficiency before attributing all pain due to fibromyalgia.The treatment of this condition remains more of physiotherapy in the form of biofeedback and aerobic exercises.Medicines do help but to a limited extent.Especially drugs like opana is to be avoided as these are habit forming and can lead to serious side effects on long run.
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