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Prolotherapy and
Pain
Killers |
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Why it is Crucial for the Chronic Pain Patient to Stop Using
Narcotics
One of the most
heart-wrenching experiences any human being can experience
is watching a loved one die. I am going to tell you this
story so that you know we fully understand the power of
narcotic medications. |
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Can
I Take Anti-Inflammatories With Prolotherapy?
Anti-inflammatory medicine, like Motrin,
Advil, aspirin, Clinoril, Volteran, Prednisone, and
cortisone, all inhibit
the healing process of soft tissues. The long term
detrimental effects far outweigh the temporary positive
effect of decreased pain. |
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PROLOTHERAPY - ALTERNATIVE
TO VIOXX AND BEXTRA
Most folks who were taking Vioxx and Bextra for
chronic pain and
arthritis have been switched to other anti-inflammatories including
Celebrex. Let's think about it folks...Vioxx and Bextra were taken off
of the market because they were killing people is switching to another
anti-inflammatory which works in basically the same manner a good idea? |
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What
About Prescription Narcotics?
Our mentor, Dr. Hemwall
prescribed analgesics like Tylenol with codeine to ease stiffness and pain after Prolotherapy treatment. We occasionally use codeine, but we more commonly use
Tylenol or Ultram (which do not decrease
inflammation), or natural analgesics
like bromelain or natural muscle relaxers such as magnesium.
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Getting
Off Of Narcotics
Traditional pain
management in this country typically involves suppressing the symptoms of pain
with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory
medications (NSAIDS) and narcotics. Some of
the commonly prescribed narcotics include morphine, vicodin, norcor, darvocet,
percocet, codeine, tylox, and oxycontin. It is well known that these
medications do help many people function better, but they do not help the body
heal the reason for the pain. |
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Myths About Pain and Swelling
10 Myths about pain and swelling |
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Depo-Medrol - Prolotherapy
Depo Medrol is the synthetic steroid (cortisone)
medication used when physicians administer an epidural for the relief of severe
low back pain
and nerve impingement symptoms. It is possible that some patients will
experience a certain amount of pain relief for a brief period of time, but it is
strictly temporary, and it is a palliative procedure only. Even the
doctors that use this procedure are divided over the safety and efficacy of
depo-medrol. It
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PROLOTHERAPY-NEURONTIN AND ELAVIL FOR SLEEP
When a person
is wracked with
chronic pain, especially when
insomnia and
burning pain is involved, physicians will try and alleviate the
pain by prescribing medications such as Elavil and Neurontin. Elavil is FDA approved for depression, but has a side effect of
drowsiness, so doctors use it to help chronic pain sufferers
sleep. Neurontin is FDA approved for epilepsy, but it seems
that nearly every other pain patient who has a symptom of
burning pain is taking Neurontin!
The problem with these
medications is that they do not address the cause of the
condition. |
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