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- Wed Aug 14, 2013 11:47 am
- Forum: adult medical
- Topic: Help and advice please
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1829
Re: Help and advice please
I hope you appreciate that the health professionals on this forum cannot make diagnostic assessments or recommend specific types of management, or investigation, on an individual basis From what you say, it sounds as though it might be helpful to ask for a GP referral to a hospital based ME/CFS clin...
- Wed Aug 14, 2013 11:35 am
- Forum: adult medical
- Topic: gabapentin
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2227
Re: gabapentin
I would not say that gabapentin is commonly used to treat pain in ME/CFS but it is an option that can be considered for moderate to severe pain, especially where this has a neuropathic (nerve pain) quality, that has not responded to other approaches. Gabapentin has also been assessed in the closely ...
- Wed Aug 14, 2013 11:26 am
- Forum: adult medical
- Topic: New aches and pains
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1691
Re: New aches and pains
Most (but not all) people with ME/CFS experience pain. Pain can occur in the muscles, joints (arthralgia) and sometimes it takes on the quality of nerve/neuropathic pain. The pain can vary in intensity from mild to severe. So for some people with ME/CFS, pain can be the most disabling part of their ...
- Wed Aug 14, 2013 11:13 am
- Forum: adult medical
- Topic: medical supportand intervention
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2324
Re: medical supportand intervention
If your GP is unable to provide the management support that you need you can ask to be referred to one of the hospital based ME/CFS clinics that are available in most (but not all) parts of England. The situation in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales is much more difficult because there are far fe...
- Wed Aug 14, 2013 11:01 am
- Forum: adult medical
- Topic: Lack of treatment
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3173
Re: Lack of treatment
Helen Without having a better understanding of the underlying disease process in ME/CFS (and research is now providing some important clues regarding abnormalities in muscle, brain, immune system etc) we don't yet have a safe and effective drug treatment for people with ME/CFS. But things are slowly...