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JanAust - 05 Feb 2008 02:12 GMT

Hi

I just want to say a quick thank you for the wonderful people that answered
my post. I will try and get to you all separately but have been in that
much pain and feeling really down.

Have been (finally) put on Durogesic 12 patches. Have only been on them
for about 22 hours and apparently they can take at least 48 hours to kick
in (may be a bit longer) but they seem to be helping a bit slowly so far
and I am also still taking Panadeine Forte, I just couldn't put up with
that pain, am sure you all know what I mean !!!

Anyway thanks to you all for your posts and please feel free to post me.
The more support I get the better !! Pain is just so depressing and
debilitating.

Regards

Jan
Adelaide
Australia

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Joan Carter - 05 Feb 2008 03:28 GMT

>Anyway thanks to you all for your posts and please feel free to post me.
>The more support I get the better !! Pain is just so depressing and
>debilitating.

Hi Jan, and welcome to the alt.support.arthritis sandbox. Sorry
you have to be here. I have both osteo and rheumatoid and I hear
you about the pain. I had a flare with the RA a few weeks ago and
finally gave in and agreed to 10 days of Prednisone but my elbows
and knees and hands get really bad with the osteo at times. I
take Tylenol when the pain gets bad and am on Glucosamine. I
don't use the one with Chondroitin, my RD suggested Glucosamine
but thought studies have proven that Chondroitin doesn't help
that much. I know some people here take the combo. I see my RD
again in March and will bring it up again. Any thoughts from
folks here?

I find that heat sometimes helps and sometimes a topical gel. I
get one here called BioFreeze and some people use the arthritis
creams. I do sometimes too, the ones with the hot pepper stuff in
them,

I "know" someone in Australia from the MS group. I guess it is
hot summer there, I could use a bit of that in Ontario, Canada
about now.

Joan

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Pope Pie (Sy Lehrman) - 05 Feb 2008 04:13 GMT

>>Anyway thanks to you all for your posts and please feel free to post me.
>>The more support I get the better !! Pain is just so depressing and
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> again in March and will bring it up again. Any thoughts from
> folks here?

I took the glucosamin-condroitin stuff for a few years back in 2000 through
last year when it didn't seem to do any good any more. I tried it again for
three months last year and got no apparent benefit at all. It used to be
quite helpful. I'm chatting with the doc in a few days about changing the
meds so I'll ask if he thinks there is any point in using it now. It used
to be quite helpful.

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