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Do you have any other chronic conditions in addition to osteoarthritis? How do you manage the different medications?

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20/02/2018 at 10:25

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Are you affected with other chronic conditions apart from your osteoarthritis? What are they (is it)?

How does the different medications you take for your conditions interfere with each other? Is the treatment difficult to handle?

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Smudger

28/03/2022 at 16:57

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I have been useing an excellent cream for my arthritus, its that Capsaisin cream , but we are having problems down where i live getting hold of it.Have tried every chemist here but no has had any for about a month from the manufacturer, is the same across the country?

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25/04/2022 at 15:35

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Hi There,I was using Capsaicin Cream but i now find it difficult to get where i live, i have tried all the chemists in the town but even when they order it the supplier does not send it. Has any body else having the same problems?

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Edited on 27/04/2022 at 17:29

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@Smudger ... Sorry to hear you are unable to obtain Capsaicin Cream.

Where exactly are you living? USA, UK or other? Have you also looked online? Perhaps you might find it by doing a Google search, or on Amazon.

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28/04/2022 at 13:27

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Thank you for your reply,I am in the uk, in the south east of england.I thought you had to have a doctors persciption.

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05/07/2022 at 13:48

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Spinal stenosis (cervical) - now looking at operation number 3, nightmare. Only take amitriptyline to try and sleep, it's not very good to say the least

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04/08/2022 at 06:43

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Hi. New to the group,I have ostiiarthritis plus sciatica and tendonitis. For this happy arrangement I'm on morphine patches ,have been for around 20 years. Last night which makes the 3rd Time ever I was cold turkey as the heat just peels away the patches by making me sweat more moist than anything . But I have an arrangement that I have 4extra 5mg patches for as and when I need them cos if you run out before the alloted date boy ,are you in trouble. And going cold turkey at the thanks to the NHS is just great. The hell can i do to stop them coming off my arm , and they are taped on. But that's my night last night ,shaking twitching sweating as the house is like an oven an to top it all, I've been in a flare up for the last week. So if any one out there goes through the same ,ehatr do you do if you have no patch?????

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Pete1966

Edited on 29/11/2022 at 09:59

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Hi, all I can say is the meds help for a while, it's all about knowing what your pain tolerance is. And no t taking meds all the time. Stretches physiotherapy etc always made mine worse 1 hour session would put me on my back for 2 days. Every week for 6 months they never listen when you tell them.

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