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Oh my!!!! I just read in one of your posts about medications that suppress the immune system.
For my migratory joint pain (which is awful!!!!!!!!!!!!!) I have been taking Meloxicam.
I had read where you don't want to take steroids and this was a synthetic steroid. I thought I was okay with it and it works really well.
Here in the last month, the pain is slowly coming back and the meloxicam is not working as well.
Now I looked it up and it does suppress the immune system.
Now what? It is another month before I can go to the LLMD. I have to work. What else is out there that can help with the pain that is safe?
I might add that I had to take Duragesics awhile back. I took them for three years. I worked at Goodyear and hurt my back. They had their doctor give them to me so I could work.
Got addicted to them BIG TIME!! I really don't want to take anything like that again. Advils do not work for me.
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None of those work. Can't even tell I have taken them. I really don't want to stop taking the meloxicam because it does help a lot. Even with the pain coming back.
I am afraid that it may stop working completely and I will be in that awful painful situation again. My hands got so bad, I could hardly move them.
Would the lyme have anything to do with the meloxicam not working as well. I have taken the meloxicam not quite 30 days.
If I can just make it until April 9th, hopefully that doc can help me.
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I started having really bad joint pain recently. I just ordered this -
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Lyme treatment will get at the source of the problem, but there is no overnight cure.
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I don't know if this is always related to Lyme. Other things can cause this... It's good to treat Lyme, of course.
Someone posted in another thread that their EDS practitioner discovered that the joint pain was being caused from EBV. They treated it & it went away. So, other things may be at the root of it.
I was just thinking about this today. It's on the Parasite Warrior thread...
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Carolann-I am on tramadol for my joint pain. I ended up with ulcers years ago from taking too much advil for the then undiagnosed lyme
My gi has told me that tramadol is much safer than advil for anyone who has had stomach ulcers.
I use supplements as much as I can-learned on this site about curcumin and it does help. Also heating pad for muscle pain works well for me.
But there are times when I need something stronger, esp when at work. I have no side effects on tramadol
And the longer I treat, the less I use them..Goodluck
Just started gluten free too-seems like lots of work but curious to see if helps with pain
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Vitamin C, Enhansa (tumeric) and Quercetin helped my daughter's joint pain significantly. (except the Bart foot sole pain, we're still working on that)
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