It really depends on the type of pain and how bad it is,
I take naproxen and cocodamol for arthritic pain. If it’s nerve pain I believe Gabapentin is required as traditional pain killers don’t work with that.
Is the doctor prescribing pain killers for him? It’s best done through one of his doctors as they will have overview of his current medication and history.
Weaning off maxitram as they don’t agree with him not in a lot of pain so have spoken to the doctor and he has suggested ordinary pain killers to see how he copes.was just wondering what everyone else finds affective. Thankyou for replying. Take Care.
Just on a note I had a scan on my back which revealed two slipped discs, waiting on a cortisone injection for two and a half months now but I take Pregabalin for pain, it works reasonably well along with co codormol and ibrofen,
Thanks, I used to take naproxen but when mixed with other treatments I was on, it gave me some bad side effects. The Pregabalin can be taken in different strengths, I used to take Amytriptyline fairly strong pain killer, I took it at night to help me sleep. Because I had kidney stones at the time, it worked but, I used to go to the loo 3/4 times a night because I had a utric stent in and I was a little dizzy when going so had to stop as I kept banging my toe on the bed.
Hope to get my injection the end of the month as I keep phoning pushing for it.
Here’s hoping you pushing it brings it forward. I used to take a low dose amitryptaline at night to help me sleep because of arthritic pain. I stopped taking it because my head felt “woolly “ in the morning and it was a struggle wakening up!
