Pain Killers for Neuropathic Pain
I have nerve damage of my middle back. It causes constant burning and throbbing and makes my legs feel very weak. I find the pain unbearable. TENS and acupuncture haven’t helped. Osteopathy seems to aggravate the pain. Anything touching the area brings on a flare up. In the past I’ve tried various pain killers – Codydramol, Co-proxamol, Mepid, Acupan and Baclofen. I now take Zydol and Amitriptyline which offer some relief. Are there any new pain killers in the pipeline which might help the burning and throbbing?
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Aromatherapy for pain relief
Aromatherapy is defined as “treatment using odour”. Aromatherapists massage very diluted essential oils into the body using an ordinary “carrier oil” such as almond or jojoba or olive oil as the base and adding just a 3-5% tot of the essential oil. This mixture hardly smells at all, especially when the back is being massaged! [...]
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