As an add-on to previous comment. I have taken vitamins most of my life, my mom started us kids on them at an early age. It seemed they helped keep colds and illnesses at bay. After being injured I became much less active and wasn't going outside hardly at all, thus not getting any sunlight, which brought on the Vit D deficiency. I also take fish oil w/omega 3, Vit. B complex, Calcium, Glucosamine, & a multiple Vit. I hate to think what my body would be like if I wasn't taking the supplements. I am also on a multitude of prescription meds. because of having nociceptic pain, neuropathic pain, & muscle spasms. The one thing that I have found to be the most helpful is a warm water pool (min. 92 degrees).
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I have to agree with you on this topic. isuffer with CRPS and wished my Ortho would have suggested additional vitamin C, perhaps my life would be different. I now advise all the newly diagnosed to work on improving their overall health. irecommend starting with a good mltivitaminm.
Thank you for sharing thism
Just this week at the Harvard Pain Medicine Conference, the leading experts in the field of CRPS agreed that Vitamin C given early at the time of trauma and/or surgery can help prevent CRPS.
The problem is that many doctors are not aware of this information and the evidence supporting it. PLEASE, spread the word.
Interestingly, Vitamin C is very important for the production of carnitine in the body. A bio-available form of carnitine, Acetyl-L-Carnitine (ALC) is known to help prevent painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy. Both Vitamin C and ALC protect the nerves from harm.
The time to promote the prevention of pain has come. If we all do our part to spread the word about pain prevention, maybe this epidemic can be stopped and more can be spared from suffering.
Dr. Christina Lasich, MD
Hi Dr Lasich, I was injured in a car accident almost 6 years ago.Just over a year ago I had the disk between L4-L5 removed .Because it is so late into my chronic pain history do you think I would possibly benefit from adding these vitamines to my daily medications or is it too late to expect these vitamines to help.thanks Coleen Vincent.
Hi Dr Lasich, I was injured in a car accident almost 6 years ago.Just over a year ago I had the disk between L4-L5 removed .Because it is so late into my chronic pain history do you think I would possibly benefit from adding these vitamines to my daily medications or is it too late to expect these vitamines to help.thanks Coleen Vincent.
Thank you for your quick response. I am having internet problems and have not mastered sending messages from a Blackberry.
I find the news about vitamin C interesting, even though these studies have been available for several years. I often wonder how different my life would be if the ortho would have just suggested taking some additional vitamin C. How different my life would have been if he had just listened to me and talked about this ongoing pain. That is another story for another time.
I do take all the named vitamins in your article. I feel my body needs all the help it can get with the stress of the CRPS.
Colleen,
Let me start by saying I am not a doctor but a chronic pain sufferer like yourself. I have found that vitamins do help. Chronic pain puts a great deal of stress on your body and vitamins are one of the things we can do for our bodies to help relieve some of this stress. I am more holistic in my approach to managing my pain. Besides vitamins, try to get adequate rest, try to eat a healthy diet (not always possible when you feel like crap), reduce the stress in your life and even learn some meditation/relaxation techniques. Nothing will cure your chronic pain because it is now a structural problem. But all the things I mentioned will help you learn to manage it.
All my doctors are aware of my vitamin intake and some do not agreed with it but I feel it is in my best interest. My primary was slightly alarmed when she found out I take 8000-10,000 units of vitamin D daily, she doesn't recommend anything over 2000. She tests my vitamin D levels yearly and is pleased with the results.
Please research vitamins and become more comfortable with them.
Reta
I do not think it is ever too late to start using vitamins. Vitamins are so critical for good health and insufficient amounts in our food sources make vitamin supplementation essential. Every step you make towards improving your health will help you feel better. Vitamins are a good place to start your journey towards a happier, healthier you. Nutrition, exercise, stress management, pacing, and healthy choices are other steps that can be taken. With more positive changes in your life, the accumulation of these changes can add up to a pain-free life.
Dr. Christina Lasich, MD
Dear Dr Lasich, I've been reading about your belief and use of vitamins for chronic pain use. I have tired most everythign on the market OTC, Rx etc. I do take daily vitamin, are there any issues are anyother vitamins I should or shouldn't take. I was recently treated not to long ago for a extremely low vitamin D level and with several months of meds my levels are normal and are maintaining normal. I suffer from chronic from severe chronic pain with neck surg c4-6 and lumbar surg L4-S1 with severe neuropathy in bil legs and also fibromyalgia. I have tried so many drugs and would much rather try alternative medications, any suggestions or advice?
Sonia
Hello.....I wanted to tell you that I have had FM for over 5 years now...and I have learned how to "control my FM pain" by taking vitamins and supplements....and doing other things as well....I take a magnesium and malate combination supplement, Omegas, Super B Complex, Vitamin D, and Calcium...plus others...as I have other health issues....but these are the ones which help my FM pain the most...I have found that I must also doing gentle stretches and exercises each day....I take a hot shower at night using lavender bath salts (in a stopped up tub) and I also use stopain spray as needed....plus heating pad as needed...
I have also found out that low Vitamin D can cause some of us additional pain...as well as affect other illnesses as well...
I also have chronic fatigue...but have not found anything to help this yet...
Take care.
Is there a certain dosage or type of vitamins I need to start taking on a routine basis that would help? I have a variety of health issues ranging from bi polar depression, anxiety, chronic pain with failed back surgery syndrome, chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, hyperlipidemia, controlled anemia (at the time), reflux, neruopathy bil lower extremeitries, menapause, etc. a strong history of renal colic with on episode of renal failure which I fully recovered without dialysis. The list seems never ending. So when I mention new things mainly alternative treatments to my physicians I feel they blow me off and to a degree I understand, I already take a very long list of medications. Any advice on how to approach my situations. Like I said I do take a one a day mutli vit with immunity boost and have for sometime now.
Sincerely
Sonia
I would either check with your doctor about the ones that I listed or talk to
someone at your local drug store....just make sure that there are no interactions which would interfere with you prescribed medications....
I do hope that you will find something that will help you cope better.....I know
that I had to do a lot of research before I found anything that would help me..
Good luck and again take care...