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Melatonin
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Melatonin only seems to work for a couple times. Then my body must get used to it, because it stops working for insomnia.
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Allopurinol Sodium
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I like that this medication alleviates my gout but I don't like that I am sleepy and have a rash.
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Only been using this for 1 week. haven't noticed anything different.
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Like Toradol, an EXTREMELY effective painkiller. Very useful for older patients who are not only often living in chronic pain, but also depressed, anxious, and becoming demented. Discomfort is known to cause many of the problems of nursing home patients, which in turn create ethical problems for staff, and then society in general. Neurologists seem to believe that oxycontin will exacerbate dementia and delirium; however we have seen the EXACT opposite. It appears to improve cognition because,... View full comment
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Wintergreen
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am a Diabetic. In 2002 I was Damaged by Gentamicin and Clindamycin IV Antibiotics and had Muscle and Bone Pain really bad. I have Very Bad Vertigo. If not for finding and starting the Wintergreen I don't know how I would have made it. The Wintergreen has helped my pain so much. I use it every day. Would not go with out it. The Wintergreen Oil and A HomeDics Percussion Massager has brang me back from a lot of Pain. But you do NOT use any HEAT when useing the Wintergreen Oil. I tell ever... View full comment
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Lyrica
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Provided the best sleep and maximum relief from pain, however, was accompanied by nausea (but then again I can't handle any pain killers when it comes to the nausea factor).
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