Re: Sorry lengthy, but I am ready to throw in the towel or die....
10/01/07 03:47 PM
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lalala
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No, I haven't tried painkillers either. I'm like you, a bit hesitant when it comes to trying new meds. However, I had a horrible lupus flare this morning and I was in excruciating pain for five hours, so I can kind of sympathize with your IBS attack. It's so horrible to be in that kind of pain -- you can't think right, you can't move. It just hurt all over! I didn't know what to do, but I'm thinking about asking for something for those days where the pain just won't ease up. My doctor had given me a presciption for low-dose vicodin, but I never used it and now they've expired. I know some people on here have discussed taking painkillers before, like Vicodin and Codeine, and that's how I knew to ask my doctor. Ibuprofen just makes my IBS symptoms worse, and Tylenol doesn't even touch the lupus pain. I think the lorazepam works on spasms, but yeah it doesn't do much for pain. My doctor said it just helps you "cope" or deal with the pain better, but it's not going to stop it.
Do you have some chicken broth? Maybe a nice, hot cup of broth, along with some toast, will give you some strength back and not be too hard on your digestive tract.
Edited by Maria!Maria! (10/01/07 03:59 PM)
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