DICLOFENAC EPOLAMINE vs IBUPROFEN

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A fellow 14 Batch Medico’s post here made me write my story as a comment and I thought I should post is a separate post for me to not lose it later. Was a comment on a recent post. Copying pasting my comment there as a post here. I am 2014 batch student, when I passed Final year and internship star

*(Disclaimer - I am not a doctor and am only providing information which you can speak to your doctor about. Sorry for the long post, but I hope it’ll help some of you)* Hey everyone, I see a lot of posts on here asking for advice on medications/treatments, or posts from people who are suffering fro

I’m 52 with EDS and today has been a right kick in the pants. I have arthritis in the base of both thumbs. Any action that requires an opposable thumb causes so much pain. At the moment I can’t even do up my own bra, write, carry a full plate or cut up anything harder than cooked veg. There’s no h

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EDIT: made a video to better demonstrate the process. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1n_66LDHHYlM5hC8BNQ3QTpS5pKy_UZuf/view?usp=drivesdk Hi all, For years I have been suffering from medial tibial stress syndrome, also known as shin splints. In the last few months I have found a solution to my prob

And don’t you DARE tell us it’s the same as the prescription pain meds. That’s just medical gaslighting and we’re SICK of it.

This is meant to be silly, I spent like 30 minutes making this based on personal and shared experiences. Please feel free to add any squares you think I missed c:

I won my disability case a few months ago (after 3.5 years of delays) and recently signed up for an Aetna Medicare Advantage plan. They keep sending me these condescending letters about the opioids my doctor prescribes me. I have had multiple failed spinal fusion surgeries. I've tried everything fro

Why? Because over the counter meds such as Tylenol/ibuprofen/Aleve can cause organ damage and opioids can cause addiction. So, it's basically a lose lose either way! It sucks! Edit: Thank you all so much for your comments! I unfortunately can't read and reply to them all as quickly as i would like

A rant, be warned I'm so pissed off with the way my doctor is treating my pain after major surgery. Not ONLY do I have break through pain from surgery, but I also have had issues with my bladder from that damn catheter so it's extra painful. He's only given me 5mg oxy every 6 hours and ibuprofen ev

Quick rant. Cats got neutered. They were prescribed fentanyl. I tore my spine in two places. I got 600mg ibuprofen. They are prancing around acting fine right now. I couldn't walk for three months. Do I resent them for it? Yeah, a bit. That's all.