Medication Advice
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AnonymousJuly 19, 2006 at 6:53 am
Cheryl, sorry about the pain, I too have CIDP and went through a long spell of pain. In general the ordinary pain relievers don’t touch our neuropathic pain. The most effective are some of the anti-epilepsy drugs, we used to use Tegretol (Carbamazepine) and some still do, then came Neurontin (Gabapentin) then its cousin Pregabalin(Lyrica) with fewer side effects.
Tricyclic anti-depressants (Amitriptyline, Imipramine) in small doses at bedtime raise the pain threshold so the pain is less.
Some are on morphine/heroin based drugs (Fentanyl, MST, Morphine) but these are addictive and often the dose needs increasing. DocDavid
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