Hi Everyone,
Just thought I'd toss this one out there and see what you think. My
86 year old mom has rhumatoid arthritis which causes various intervals
of unbearable back pain. Because she has diverticulitis as well, she
cannot take any products that contain aspirin. So that has pretty
much left Tylenol and Vicodin. The vicodin doesn't really work as it
doesn't relieve the pain. It just makes you whoozy and changes how
you deal with pain.
Question: Are there any products out there, prescription or over-the-
counter that she could take that do not contain aspirin? Advil works
but it contains aspirin and she cannot have that. Any feedback is
appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
sweetpickleNO@SPAMknology.net - 03 Jul 2007 04:33 GMT
Larry, the only other thing I know about would be a prescription from a
doctor. Those are available, and some of them really help with the pain.
Gwen
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betaine_hcl@yahoo.com - 03 Jul 2007 06:12 GMT
Is she open to complementary practices such as the use
of fish oil capsules. And even they may make the blood
a bit less prone to clot which may or may not be a good thing.
She'd still need the pain meds but it
might help a little bit from what I've read. Alternative medicine has
some
other things that I think could also be used in a complementary
manner but I reluctant to say much. Anyway that
is an avenue you might consider. I would avoid boswellian
acid based herbal meds as they work in much the same way as the NSAID
class meds which you said is contraindicated. I'd also
avoid feverfew same reason. Certain vitamins have been used in mega
doses by certain alternative medicine practitioners in this context as
I recall. Other
nutrients have been used in this context in more supportive
roles. Given that she is getting lots of Tylenol, I'd consider
an ample sized NAC supplement but that is just me and I am not a Doc.
These are just the ideas the pop to mind.
It is late in game and the score is rather lopsided.
Do some searches on the topic at Medscape in the CME section
and on Pubmed the NIH site.
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