Painful legs

[Hithereeveryone]

Hello everyone I'm really sorry to be posting again!! So the pain in my husbands legs are very severe, the question is would anybody advise using ibuprofen gel on his legs to help? He take codeine for tummy pain aswell as leg pain, he used to use the gel but he got cramps has not wanted to use it since as he thinks that might have caused it, I don't think it is but any ideas on creams that we can use to help? He says it's like a rod going up his leg.

TIA

[Grassroots112]

Hi I’m sorry your husband is suffering right now, I suffer quite badly with alcohol neuropathy in my feet and did get quite bad pain and aches and pains around my knees after I come out of hospital March 23 with alcohol hepatitis, so I was prescribed Ibuprofen for my knees and feet at the start, but I found it didn’t work at all so I tried making my own Capsaicin cream which didn’t really work either.

I ended up buying some natural hemp cream thing online which certainly helped soothe things over, but only that. With advanced liver disease and cirrhosis I think it’s always wise to speak to a doctor first or ideally a hep doctor about any medication, prescribed or otherwise as some medicine can actually do more harm than good and may interfere with other medication being used.

I’ve since been prescribed various other medicine for my neuropathy which I chose not to take after reading up on things and even though they were prescribed by my hep doctor, they are not 100% liver friendly and that’s the last thing I would want to do is to hit my liver with any more toxins after the (alcohol) abuse I’ve given it. I hope you find a solution soon, good luck and take care.

[Hithereeveryone in reply to Grassroots112]

Hi grassroots112

Thankyou for the information, I have tries talking to the doctors and the hep doctor but nobody really seems interested, it's been very difficult to manage on our own and we aelre just trying things as we go along in hopes of finding something that will help, I hope you are feeling a little better.