MY FRIENDS DOCTER ON CALL SAID MS DOES NOT CAUSE PAIN! ???TAKE ASPRIN. WHY? WOULD HE SAY THAT?She couldn't get in touch with her own doctor. She has many lesions on her brain and is undergoing I.V. steriod treatment for a severe atack. She feels her bodys in an electrical fire. How could this not be considered painful? She hasn't slept in weeks. No sleeping pills work. Could melatonin work in case her nerves are not transmitting the mesage for her to go to sleep
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Q: FRIEND CALLED ON CALL DOCTOR FOR PAIN. HE SAID TAKE ASPRIN.
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3/29/10 8:48pm
Hi Moona,
I'm sorry that your friend is going through this right now. Hopefully the IV steroid treatments will help to calm the "electrical fire" which she feels if that is part of her exacerbation (attack).
When I'm on IV steroids, my neurologist will prescribe pills to help me sleep and get some rest. I am not familiar with the effects of melatonin. Actually, none of us on this website are doctors so we can't give medical advice. We can only share our experience and things we've learned along the way.
Hopefully your friend can talk to her neurologist to discuss what's going on with her.
3/29/10 9:25pm
Hi Moona,
There was a time that no one thought MS caused pain. Now, however, it is generally accepted.
If your friend is having neuropathic pain, and it sounds as if that may be it, neither aspirin nor any other popular pain killers will work. The doctor on call may not be a neurologist and may not know.
Is the pain around the IV? That may make a difference. The "electrical fire" part makes me think of neuropathic pain. She needs to call a neurologist.
If your friend has MS, melatonin is usually not recommended as a sleep aid. That would be another thing a doctor should be able to suggest. Again, a neurologist is the best type of doctor to understand. If she cannot find a neurologist, perhaps yoga relaxation techniques will help.
I wish you luck. I know it is not easy. Hopefully her doctor will be available soon.
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