my mom is taking mst 5mg twice a day along with 10ng crestor tablet , 75 mg asprinin ,a stemetil anti sickness tablet . she had major back surgery a year ago but the majority of the pain is an unexplained pain in her knees which starts at around 7 each nite and she needs the mst along with some parecetemol/ codine for breakthrough pain during the nite. the reason I am writing this e mail is because she has severe sickness and her pain specialist said it couldn t be the mst cause its such a low dose she cannot take anti immflamortories because of her kidneys and she has had patches they didn t work can u help me im at my wits end thankyou
Hi, Thanks for writing in. Knee pain can be treated in following ways without taking oral anti-inflammatories.1. Doing physiotherapy exercises under supervision at first and then on her own.2. Applying ointments containing combination of muscle relaxants and painkillers gently over painful areas twice a day.3. Sprays are also available and give intermittent relief to knee pain.4. Applying a heat pack over the knee might give relief for a while.5. Using a knee cover can make her comfortably move around.6. Opioid pain reliever and steroid injection might help control pain.