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Originally Posted by snowflower
hi
i am new to this board. i have been diagnosed with myofascial pain syndrome..my doctor has me on a few meds since i also have sero negative arthritis and tendinitis/plus nerve pain.
the main problem i am having is alot of pain in my neck and shoulders which are casuing headaches..by the letters i have seen on this board alot of people share the same symptoms.
i am having a hard time getting doctors to rpescribe pain meds for the really bad periods i go thru
does anyone else hae that problem?
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Welcome aboard!
I have spinal doisorders and also have had trouble getting pain meds.
My neuro will RX anti seizure meds and ADs to treat the pain, muscle relaxers, that kind of stuff, but no pain meds. PCPs won't do it either anymore. And they will not come out and say that, they make you wonder why you can't have them.
I figure you have to see a pain management clinic for that sort of thing these days. PM will do more than pills though - I'm not familiar with MPS, so I can't say what they'd do for you. Check Spinal Disorders forum, and see if others have the same thing, and what they can tell you.
I have had ESIs to help with my sx, and next the PM doc wants to try diagnostic facet joint injections. My neuro thinks he (PM doc) should do pain meds for me, so I asked him to contact the pain guy on my behalf. We'll see about that.
I do get topamax for migraine prevention, relpax and zanaflex that's it for now.
I know, it's tough. Over 10 years in constant pain w/o meds and it's enough to make ya crazy.
Good luck, and keep us posted, okay?