A little help

[fitbitfan]

My wife has been diagnosed recently. Suffering constant pain, swelling and fatigue. Medication seems of little use. Any advice?

[Mdaisy]

Hello FitbitFan,

I am sorry to read of your wife's recent diagnosis and that medications are not helping. What out of interest has the DR tried?

You may be interested in a prescribed pain relief cream called Capasacin Cream.

Capasacin cream is known to reduce Substance P , a substance which is excitable when you feel pain. Research has shown that people with Fibromyalgia have 3 times the amount of Substance P than healthy people do.

I found it very beneficial and thought I would mention it out of interest. Link about it below;

versusarthritis.org/about-a...

Please be aware that for people that are sensitive to medications, this may be something that should be avoided. Capasacin is made from Capiscum pepper and you must be careful when using avoiding eyes as it is similar to pepper spray.

No smell to it but hot so please use sparingly as per chemist instructions.

I would also say to use gloves and also do a 24hr patch test before use.

As a newbie, I've noticed you haven't locked your post to the community and if you wish to do so, please see the following link:

healthunlocked.com/fibromya...

Hope this helps

Emma

P.S. Please also visit the charity's website fmauk.org for more information about Fibromyalgia.

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Sometimes drugs alone are not the answer,ask your g.p or consulting about hydrotherapy and physio,muscles need pumping up with fibro.they will give you home exercise but I find with a tutor I do more than I would at home.