DICLOFENAC vs GABAPENTIN

Hello reddit and fellow chronic pain people. I posted on here about 2 days ago asking for help because I was in severe pain from open heart surgery I just had on top of my CRPS in my hip and chronic back pain, and they gave me tramadol which didn't help that much and diclofenace gel and told me to m

Background info i'm 19. Have stage 4 congestive heart failure (terminal illness), severe debilitating pain. I have neck pain, chest pain in the middle of my chest thats nerve pain after open heart surgery, pain in my heart area. Pain and Spasms in my back, mostly lower back. Left Hip pain from surge

First I want to preface this by saying everyone's pain is different and pain meds are a totally valid treatment. A couple months ago I finally decided to do a spinal cord stimulator for my low back and down the leg sciatic pain. And especially the severe pain in my hip from this. Four months on I ha

My doctors told me I have mild inflammation in my bladder. I can't take ibuprofen, so I was prescribed Prednisone for a while, then Diclofenac. Neither helped. I do drink around a gallon of water everyday but I will spend hours in the bathroom. Just peeing. It's usually in little spurts but everytim

I gave it about a week with some Diclofenac. 23 years later...

I have arthritis, chronic fatigue, and chronic headaches. Sometimes just walking down the hall is hard as my knees scream at me with every step. It's hard to function when my body is telling me I need fourteen hours of sleep a day. And the headache never. Fully. Stops. And I just had to listen to f

I went to the ER today after my doctor worried that I might have Cauda Equina (negative), and the ER attending suggested that I try Diclofenac to manage my nerve pain as I wait for a diagnosis (it's been a year into testing, next up are nerve conduction tests and EMGs). I told him that I had previou

Desperate for any help, i decided to try this. Supposed to give it a week. I have only used it since yesterday. It is a topical NSAID so I never bothered with it. Needs reapplication every 4 hrs in the US and not labeled for back (just extremities). It really seems to be doing something so for now I

I just came across this sad story about a man suffering with pain from **bone** cancer (extremely painful!) who could only get Gabapentin for pain relief. He and his wife of 52 years jumped to their deaths holding hands. Now imagine if he had received proper pain relief! This is utterly heartbreakin

New study just dropped recently. We are so cooked 😔 https://bmjgroup.com/nerve-pain-drug-gabapentin-linked-to-increased-dementia-cognitive-impairment-risks/

Day 5 tomorrow admitted with intractable neck pain and new evolving neuro symptoms. MRI tomorrow to see if my brain or my cervical spine are responsible for whatever is happening to me. Some unpleasant possibilities on the table like MS or my cancer coming back and I'm growing a uterus in my brain �

I need to feel like I’m not crazy. I was diagnosed with fibro about two years ago. Underwent quite a few tests including an EMG to rule out other things. Currently taking gabapentin to help symptoms. But along with the pain I get so many muscle twitches. Kind of like when you get that really annoyi

Today my boyfriend of a year told me he doesn’t think I should be taking my opioid pain medication any longer. I have had chronic pain for 18 years, have tried every single thing I could think of, that was recommended to me, have had multiple surgeries, and ended up with CRPS in my right hip/thigh.

I'm going to share my story and what I've found does work and doesn't work for me. Feel free to ask questions. And feel free to comment with your own journey. I was diagnosed at 23. I went to Disney world and on the second day I woke up and couldn't walk. I was in so much pain. My legs and feet wer

And the only fibromyalgia drug in existence as far as any of them know is gabapentin, but gabapentin makes it so you can't feel your clitoris.

I had my monthly appointment with my PM doc this morning. I brought up the new drug that has just been approved by the FDA and wanted to get his thoughts on it. He said and I am quoting him pretty detailed here; The drug has only been approved by the FDA for acute pain only, as in post surgical pa