the meds they have me on atm are:

Naproxen 1000mg a day bin on it for 7 weeks and not felt any relief yet
omprazole (7wks)
tramadol as and when needed (7 weeks)
co-codomol 4x a day 30/500mg (7 weeks)
and now ametripteline 20mg before bed. (2days)

in the past i have been given diazapan and cocodomol when i have had severe periods of pain. (i tend to have back and hip pain 24.7 with flares every few months or so.

when i was in hosp (this is the first time a flare has hit every joint, in the past its been one joint for a couple of weeks and iv just written it off as a sprain i now think its been this all along) they had me on morphine (oromorph), co-codomol, diazapan and something else i didnt ever grasp the name of.

xx

just hope something starts to work soon.

thanks so much guys x


* Constant pain in lower back and hips since childhood/early teens
* Joint pain started June 2012- mirroring polyarthritis
* reg chest pain since 11yrs old. knife stabbing like sensations.
* Jaw and hips click and reg seize (cant open jaw- cnt move hip;feels dislocated at times-have confirmed fusion around sacriliac/illiac joints ref to physio 2010)
* Anaemia- constant- take spa tone
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