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Good Morning Everyone

Very gentle hugs to you all.

I have been diagnosed with Osteoporosis in the spine and hips, 3 old fractures of the spine, osteoarthritis of 3 vertabrae, a slight bulging disc and rheumatoid arthritis. I was on 40mg Zomorph a day, 500mg paracetamol 2 x 3 times a day. Zomorph is the most disgusting medication on the planet, I constantly feel sick, have no appetite and feel drowsy all the time. I thought enough is enough, it's bad enough still having the pain,but to have the side effects on top of it is not good. I started trawling the internet for chemical free remedies and came across Magnesium oil. I am a natural sceptic, but thought hey why not give it a go. It says that it helps with pain and helps you to sleep. I can only sleep on my right hand side and I wake up every hour with excruciating pain in my right shoulder because I am sleeping in a funny position. Friday night I sprayed the oil on my shoulder and slept through from 9pm - 5.45 am. When I got up I found that my back pain had decreased and I didn't feel sick. I felt a bit drowsy, but had an hour's sleep in the afternoon and woke up fine. Saturday I ate breakfast, lunch and dinner. Thought maybe it was just be a fluke and tried it again last night. Slept from 10pm - 6.45 (woke up once at 4.45 but went straight back to sleep). This morning no nausea and pain in back decreased again, also don't feel drowsy. I am now going to decrease the morphine by 10mg and see how I get on with that. I am not saying I have found a micracle cure, but at the moment it's working for me. Anything that will help me cut down on the morphine is good enough for me

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Sounds very interesting. If it works use it.

"Myth or Reality—Transdermal Magnesium?"

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articl...

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sutbut in reply to PMRPete

Interesting reading, thanks Pete

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bestbuddy

Hi I put 3 handfuls of magnesium flakes (just the cheap ones from home bargains) with a few drop of lavender oil in the bath a couple of times a week. Soak for 10 - 15 mins and sleep brilliantly! Magnesium is a muscle relaxant and you can rub it in, soak in it and I even take take magnesium citrate by mouth in capsule form... you can take quite a large amount each day...it’s really good for you.

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sutbut

My story is very similar to yours, even down to having to sleep on my right side as the OA in my spine prevents me laying on my back. I was prescribed Forsteo to help rebuild the bones but since the very first dose(daily injections) have been woken up by crippling cramp in feet, legs or both. I had been mulling over the idea of magnesium supplements as I'd heard this may help and having read your success story will definitely give them a try. Thanks for the shove!

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