IBUPROFEN vs PREGABALIN

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.

I’m sharing this in case it helps even one person—because I spent eight years living with pain that almost no doctor could explain. For nearly a decade, I had severe left-sided testicular, groin, and lower abdominal pain every single day. These weren’t mild flares or background discomfort. These wer

A couple of days ago I went to the emergency room after putting it off for a while because I didn’t want to deal with the healthcare system (and be labeled a junkie or frequent flyer) and thought I would be okay. When I finally gave in they told me that I needed my appendix removed and said that bec

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

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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

I started with 1.5mg and slowly worked my way to 4.5mg, going up 0.5mg at a time. Since the very first dose, I noticed a decrease in pain. With every single dose increase, the pain relief got better and better. When I hit 3.5mg, I had ZERO pain the next day during my 8 hours of work. That’s right -

Just a vent post really. Why is every single medical appointment such a fucking fight every time to advocate for myself and be heard??? Like even with pain management doctors who are supposed to want to help people like me. I literally asked about pregabalin because we haven’t really tried many me