Hi, I am looking for advise. I have been diagnosed with fibromyalgia. My PCP has been prescribing Percocet for me for 1 year. I take 2 - 3 per day...the dose is 5-325 mg. He no longer wants to give me the pain pills and wants me to see a pain doctor which I did. They told me their policy was not to treat fibromyalgia patients with narcotics. They prescribed Lyrica which I am willing to try. I don t want to stay on narcotics forever but this is the only think that has helped. Long story short, my co-pay for Lyrica is $1,156 every 3 months which I cannot afford. I don t know what to do. I am in pain every day and can t continue to work when I m in pain. I can t afford to go on disability either. Please advise what you think I should do.
Hi, as to let you know too much of painkiller is not good for human body and the organs as well. Why don't you try exercise which will be simple and helpful. I hope you have understood about this fibromyalgia. As it is a condition with the fibers of the muscle, you have a majority of the pain in the muscle fibers. Try doing regular exercises like free exercises, stretching, strengthening, endurance training, etc. This are some exercise option I personally try out for my patients who have fibromyalgia. Apparently till now it has helped them. I do try to implement for some meditation and breathing exercises. The only focus I try on my exercise prescription is to delay the fatigue. As fatigue can lead to pain I focus on improving their endurance and other weaker muscles. I hope you will get helped too like many others I have seen till date. I wish you a good health and a speedy recovery too. Thank you