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Posted 1/27/2015 10:20 PM (GMT 0)
I have been working with a physical therapist who has been very helpful in figuring out what's wrong with my body. He says no structural problems just that my nerves are tight and mostly the problems with range of motion are due to inflammation. He thought I should be on a prescription anti inflammatory while I'm taking these antibiotics. Do you think that would help or not? I hear that they can have bad side effects but this wouldn't be a long term thing. I'm ready to try anything to bring down the inflammation. I have been taking big doses of fish oil and turmeric and eating very anti inflammatory diet.
Posted 1/27/2015 11:35 PM (GMT 0)
When my health first went down-hill - I tried prescription anti-inflammatories for two months straight - didn't help at all. But, mine was for pinched nerve. Codeine (T3s) barely took the edge off the pain for the first two months.

My chiro - scolded me for taking them. He said all they would do was "rot your guts out".

I understand you wanting to try them and get some relief....maybe just do a short run on them and see if they work for you.

Basically - really the only thing that seems to be working - is treating the Lyme... and Pinella (brain-nerve cleanse).
Posted 1/28/2015 6:36 AM (GMT 0)
I will stay away from all anti-inflammatory prescriptions. Try turmeric and another thing I found out that works well is propolis. I get the one that is mixed with honey from Amazon. RIght now, both of my kids and myself are on it and we are 95-100% pain free. It is a natural antibiotic and an anti-inflammatory. My kids initially didn't like the taste but now they come and they ask for it, when they are in pain. It doesn't decrease in effectiveness either, like other antibiotics, and it's made by the bees created by God, all natural and good for us, rather than something filled with junk in a lab.
Posted 2/3/2015 3:16 AM (GMT 0)
I am not a fan of anti inflammatory medicines, here is my very long story about them:
I took anti inflammatory medicines for about 7 years straight (from age 12-18) then whenever I could for the next 2 years. My pain wasn't as severe at the beginning and got worse and worse so it started out as just motrin then I switched to naproxen. It did help at first but I was still always in some pain (sometimes severe pain). When I was 18 my stomach was is such bad shape that I couldn't take any anti inflammatory medicines daily anymore. I had stomach burning for 3 years and it just got unbelievably bad when I was 18 so I had to get a stomach scope done and had to take more medications (for gastritis, GERD, and acid reflux) to help heal my stomach but it didn't completely help, I still sometimes get burning (and had to completely cut out any acidic or spicy foods, even tomatoes). Around age 18 is when the medicines started to stop working even more. I tried out different ones but nothing was working so I went to taking just motrin once or twice a month. When my Lyme got crazy worse when I was 19 (after a car accident) the motrin stopped working more and more and made my stomach burn too bad so when I was 20 I completely stopped taking it because of the burning and because it didn't do anything (2 years ago). Some people say that anti inflammatory medicines can cause leaky gut and I do have leaky gut, which is extremely horrible and my reactions to foods are AWFUL.

So I say if you can function and live your life without anti inflammatory medicines, keep doing that or just take medicine every once in a while (like once or twice a month). I wish I hadn't taken so much motrin and naproxen, it ruined my stomach and intestines and now that I need it the most it doesn't work. Like others are saying, try turmeric first. I can't even eat turmeric because it burns my stomach so bad.
Posted 2/3/2015 3:48 AM (GMT 0)
If the Anti-inflammatories are steroid based, i would say bad, because they suppress the immune system, which would make the Lyme worst. if its like weak ones like aspirin or aceto, maybe.
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