ALPRAZOLAM vs PREGABALIN

34F Height 5'5 Weight 130lbs Race white Medications sertraline 100mgs, alprazolam .5mgs as needed, ibuprofen as needed (I know I use too much, generally 800mgs every 4 hours). Current daily smoker, no drinking, no drug use. I was in a motor vehicle accident in 2004 which resulted in a shattered ri

In short, I am a 33 year old male who has been on alprazolam 90mg for 19 years. The times I have gone without it, I have had seizures consistently as well as suicidal ideation. I have tried coming off of it but it never goes well. Literally out of nowhere, the nurse practitioner randomly said she do

*This is a* ***LOT*** *of information, but we wanted to give all of you as much as we could. The local doctors have had no idea and everything they've thought it could be has been wrong. We've seen an orthopedist, a general practitioner, and now a rheumatologist.* 39M, 5'9 height, 230lbs, caucasian

Well, our DM sent an email out to lock up all popular items. (alprazolam, any kind of -tussin, and pretty much any benzo) This is reasonable enough, but it was added on that we need to take down ALL will-call bags, place them into empty vial boxes, and lock them in our storage room. Of course, we ar

Hi AskDocs community My mother is having some issues at the moment and I feel like she might be overmedicated. She is on multiple different medications daily for years and I feel like something really needs to change as her health is really deteriorating over the past few months. Some background on

3 days ago I had a seizure in my room, I fell and hit my head and somehow survived. Since then I’ve been tasting metal in my mouth, my tummy and chest feel hot, I completely lost interest in everything, no appetite, everything seems so surreal and eerie I feel like I died I don’t know. It’s been 3 d

I'm a person who struggles with bipolar II (Rexulti, Zyprexa) and PTSD related panic attacks (Alprazolam) from a family member's suicide, yesterday I was planned to go on a trip to see my best friend graduate college. I never travel anywhere without all three of my medications in order for the time

I'm a tech. My pharmacy hired a new staff pharmacist in August and I mean NEW. She just graduated this year. In our opinion, she has absolutely been handling the job like a champ, especially since our store is notorious for being one of the crazier and more challenging ones to work at. Yesterday we

Just a bit of comical diversion in the midst of COVID and your hard work. I live in rural Mississippi, and we get our local news report from a city of less than 40 thousand people. As a result, sometimes the station doesn't have enough news to fill the half hour; they supplement with generic, prefa

I was talking with a friend who is counseling patients in Cambodia. For those who don't know, Cambodian prescribing is pretty...lax and that is putting it lightly. Hear this: * Patient is a 25yo female who describes being depressed every day for 2-3yrs with SI 1-2x/wk. Pt was not reciving talk thera

I had a patient call about her clonazepam medication. It needed PA since it's a new year. Also medication is too soon to pick up because she claims her meds were stolen tried to give me a bogus police report, no Dx code of the medication either, its the the weekend and doctor won't be in the office

Patient is a canine. Alprazolam 1 mg, #90 for 45 days supply. Has filled ~700 tablets in past year. And what’s your rationale for/against?

I came across this news today and thought I should share it here. It sounds promising because it’s the first drug that targets one of the root causes of chronic pain and fatigue: non-restorative sleep. >The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has just approved Tonmya, a non-opioid, under-the-to

6 years ago I broke my knee playing rugby. I was 33. I had a fair bit of metal put in and lots and lots of rehab. 2 years on crutches and over 4 years of physio. Nothing helped the pain and they removed the metal, which also didn’t help. I had a nerve block injection and was told it may stop the pai

In 2018 I started having daily headaches, it was in my temples, eyebrows/forehead and neck/occipital. I was bedridden for 6 years, unable to work, study, clean my own bedroom or even watching something on TV. I've taken every possible migraine medication: topiramate, emgality, amitriptyline, pregaba

The Italian Society for Rheumatology (SIR) has developed 17 recommendations for the diagnosis and management of fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS), emphasizing a comprehensive, individualized, and evidence-based approach. Below is a summary of these recommendations: 1. Comprehensive Evaluation: FMS manage

I've had to move back home due to the cost of living be so high and my mum has taken my dihydrocodeine from me. She says I take it everyday and am addicted. She says that I should just take paracetamo and be on a pain patch. I'm only taking my dihydrocodeine as prescribed for my slipped discs and p

25F just recently diagnosed so I went to the pharmacy to pick up pregabalin prescribed by my rheumatologist. Of course I hadn’t taken it before so I asked the pharmacist to go over it with me. He asks “what’s it for”? I say “fibromyalgia” then the comments of “wow you’re pretty young for that”. I gu

Title says all. I was recently diagnosed with fibro after testing negative for other autoimmune and muscle diseases. However I seem to have a unique version where I experience 24/7 muscle stiffness and inflammation. Being a little risqué, it feels like I'm tightly wrapped up in BDSM-type rope all ov