Posted by Cairo on December 9, 2005, at 23:38:39
In reply to Re: Entering study vs symptoms, posted by Phillipa on December 9, 2005, at 22:16:11
I get enough side effects from drugs that it would be better to have someone with some experience using Lyrica to prescribe it. Also, it is a schedule V medication, so prescribing it for a family member might raise red flags.
I've decided to forgo the study and shop around for a doctor to prescribe it. I agree that maybe it should be an add-on to nortriptyline. Maybe a Neurologist would do. My husband will ask around, though he's not impressed with the specialists he knows. Fibromyalgia is a tough disease to handle and many doctors know only the first or second line treatments, and are not familiar with refractory cases. I had a Neurologist who gave me Botox injections into the neck and should muscles imply that my treatment failure was somehow my fault as he never had a patient not respond before. Gave me the look like it was all in my head. I "fired" him quickly. He also could not see why I suggested nortriptyline, when he insisted that amitriptyline works just fine with his patients. Fine if you like being a poster child for Night of the Living Dead, I told him after a trial of Elavil.
It's not easy if you don't live in big cities with tertiary centers.
Thanks for your insight.
Cairo
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