Saturday, May 24, 2014

Treatments & Medications I've tried

These are all things that I've tried that have not worked:

Treatments:
  • Physical Therapy
  • Graston Technique (I do not recommend this. So painful.)
  • Acupuncture
  • Six Food Elimination Diet (to rule out food allergies)
  • Cortisone injections
  • Intercostal nerve blocks
  • Spinal injections
  • TENS unit
Medications:
  • Ibuprofen
  • Omeprazole
  • Naproxen
  • Celebrex
  • Celexa
  • Cymbalta
  • Voltaren gel
  • Lidocaine 5% patches
  • Gabapentin
  • Xanax
  • Tylenol #3 with Codeine
  • Zorvolex
I've seen 3 General Practitioners, 2 GI Specialists, a Physiatrist, 2 Physical Therapists, a Chiropractor, a Rheumatologist, and 2 Pain Specialists. I've had 2 normal x-rays, numerous normal blood tests, a normal endoscopy, a normal ultrasound, and an MRI that showed inflammation at one of my pain points, diagnosed as costochondritis.

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