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Serious shoulder pain

User
Posted 23 Feb 2017 at 15:04
Any advice - my shoulder "went" on 8th Feb. I've had every drug going up to Oramorph which don't seem to touch it. Gp useless, shoulder specialist on holiday. Serious grade 15/10 pain.

Helpppp.

User
Posted 23 Feb 2017 at 15:36
User
Posted 23 Feb 2017 at 16:20

Hey Bazza
The best non-prescription for me is co-codamol and Ibu together every 4 hrs. That's three different painkillers but allowed. I'm a drinker so Morphine doesn't help. An oromorph is no better than a pint of stella. Could be rubbish but Acupuncture mate ??

User
Posted 23 Feb 2017 at 16:21

No idea if this response will be of any use but just in case: my OH had agonising pain in his back the other weekend with pressure on the nerves from either the cancer mets and/or an inflammation in the spine...Oramorph didn't help so we ended up calling the out-of-hours doctor who gave him an injection in the buttock of something that made a massive difference within 20 minutes and lasted for 12 hours. Don't know what it was but it did the trick. The next day he was put on slow release morphine 10mg twice a day and told to up the Oromorph to 2.5mg with up to 20mg over a 4 hour period if necessary, plus take Ibuprofen and Paracetemol in turn every two hours.

The next day he had radiotherapy to deal with the inflammation and was put on a high does of Dexamethodone plus continued to take the various painkillers.

Eight days later and all's calmed down on the pain front (not anywhere else but we are thankful for small mercies!).

Hope that's of some help! I do feel for you - 15/10 sounds unbearable.

Eleanor

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User
Posted 23 Feb 2017 at 16:23

Have just found the name of the stuff that was injected in to his buttock - Diclofenac. Spelling might be entirely wrong.

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User
Posted 23 Feb 2017 at 16:29

An injection of Diclofenic in the bum helped me too in November Baz following a fall on holiday. Gave me relief for 3-4 days.

We can't control the winds - but we can adjust our sails
User
Posted 23 Feb 2017 at 22:33

Bazza, do you have known mets in the shoulder blade or ribs? Spurspark had terrible trouble in his shoulder and it was transferred pain - try searching his threads?

Edited by member 24 Feb 2017 at 09:25  | Reason: Not specified

"Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards." Soren Kierkegaard

User
Posted 24 Feb 2017 at 09:16
Don't think or hope I have mets yet Lyn. Historical injury going back 20 years has always played up. Just went into serious spasm out of nowhere two weeks ago. Acromioclavicular joint. GP thinks it's nerve impingement. XRay just shows injury. I asked if they could tell if it was mets by looking at X-ray and they said yes but it's not in this case. I just need effective pain relief. Funny enough I can sleep without any pain and it is less when laying down. It just gets unbearable if I stand up. The arm is weaker as a result and I can't lift it. Tried TENS plus all the usual drugs.
User
Posted 24 Feb 2017 at 09:25

<< phew >>

"Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards." Soren Kierkegaard

User
Posted 24 Feb 2017 at 10:09

Bazza have you tried a topical cream named Flexiseq sport. It works for me with severe neck pain. It a little expensive  around £20.00 but it can be used safely with all known pain killers without any interaction it may be worth a try.  you can obtain from  most Chemists.

User
Posted 24 Feb 2017 at 14:26

Hi Bazza,

I tripped over a tent guide rope and jarred my left shoulder, the pain lasted for weeks. Then I had a serious of steroid injections into shoulder muscles. The pain went almost immediately and has never returned, that was 5 years ago.

Stu

User
Posted 24 Feb 2017 at 19:18

Cortisone injection mate ??

User
Posted 24 Feb 2017 at 20:25

Yep thanks for the correction.

User
Posted 24 Feb 2017 at 20:27

Had cortisone.

 
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