Pain under right rib- associated with arthritis/ inflammation?

[LizzieR]

Hi,

I have PSA and three months ago I had my gallbladder out- caused by mtx I think. I now have excruciating pain under right ribs. I have a buprenorphium patch for pain anyway ( great because doesn't cause side effects if anyone's interested ) and am now on top dose of liquid morphine. Has anyone else experienced anything like this?

Lizzie x

[Mhairi54]

I had severe pain in my rib cage which started on my right side, then spread to my whole rib cage. What I had is called Costochondritis. It's excruciating, and made it really difficult for me to breathe. Not sure if that's the same as what you've got. x

[LizzieR in reply to Mhairi54]

Hi,

It certainly sounds similar. Thank you- I shall look it up x

[Mhairi54 in reply to LizzieR]

Worth going to speak to your GP about it if you are concerned. Any chest pain should be investigated. I had to have a chest x ray, blood tests etc carried out to rule out any other causes for the pain as costochondritis pain can mimic a heart attack.

Lying down was impossible, which made sleeping very difficult. My GP prescribed Amitriptyline and Oromorph for the pain which really helped. Your post brought back really horrible memories of what I went through last year. I really hope you get better soon. x

[popsmith1874]

I'm having it at moment I'm in hospital after a week in bed I was rushed t hospital as my Gaulbladder was infected and am still in till Tuesday I think but it's the mtx that's infected it so once things settle down it will be removed I hope but the pain is horrendous the bright side is I've lost 1stone in weight due t losing my appetite😆

[Jacey15]

My sister had a lot of pain following gall bladder removal. She was told its quit common.

[Jacey15]

*quite

[LizzieR]

Hi Jacey15,

Do you know how long after her op the pain continued for? Thank you x

[Nat107]

hi Lizzie

I have all sorts of health issues, one pain I have is CNN lije getting squeezed tightly under the breast bone and ribs areas, they said it could be costochronditis.

I noticed you said you are on bupernorphine patches, and morphine liquid, do can they be both used together.

are you in the Uk please. I have had lidocaine patches before when I suffered from frozen shoulder which helped at work at the time but ended up drawing on me and had to remove them.

I have had bupernorphine under the tongue tablets before and didn’t know you could get these in patches. Did your doctor prescribe these for you and what strength and how many in a pack do you get please, thank you x