pain relief needed

[dhenly]

Hi my name is Dee and I have been taking Pregabalin and iron for my RLS - does not work and the pain is driving me insane! I have a magnesium spray - does not work, I have a medicated soap - does not work, I have heat patches, does not work, I have a tenns machine - does not work.......any other suggestions would be very grateful....please

[Hidden]

Look at this website and the treatments available for RLS. rls-uk.org

[dhenly in reply to Hidden]

many thanks

[Madlegs1]

Are you sure it's rls you have?

Any of those medications should have some effect on rls.

Sounds like you may have some other malady?

What effect do ibuprofen or paracetamol have on your condition?

Cheers.

[dhenly in reply to Madlegs1]

I self diagnosed and the doctors agreed with me - it is so bloody painful and the doc has increased the pregablin dose and I take extra iron - I just wondered if there was an alternative to the pregablin that I am on or the gabapentin that I have tried but did not work. I just want the pain to go away, I may ask my doc for tramadol as paracetamol does not touch it and I can not take ibuprofen.

[Bossy50]

None of those ever helped me either...Tramadol did help me for a while but after a year it started to make it worse (Aumentation). Something like CO-CODAMOL (Codeine 30/500 Paracetamol) may be a better one to start trying. Good luck...

[dhenly in reply to Bossy50]

thank you I will try this - cant make it any worse......or can it!!

[Bossy50 in reply to dhenly]

No it wont make it worse, Codeine doesn't make RLS worse..thank God!!!

[Bossy50 in reply to dhenly]

oh and I swear by Epsom Salt Bath for a bit of relief too...you can get Solpadeine Tablets from the chemist (12mg Codeine with 500mg paracetamol) I used to be able to pop 2 of those and the RLS would disappear

[dhenly in reply to Bossy50]

I will try anything - thaks

[jimindigo]

Try TENS with one pad on BACK of each knee in centre where skin has

creased; use different settings see what or if works. You can keep it on

at low all through night.