Can anyone recomend pain killer. I had a rough night skin feeling like it was crawling heavy spasms in my right side asked my ms nurse she said to phone dr. Any advice please.

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Skin crawling right side multi spasms. Pain is unbearable.

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Hi Marion - night-time spasms are the pits.

The GP should be able to prescribe pain killer, or other medication, to help. In the meantime, a few things that may trigger spasms (from experience); is the room too warm, have you emptied your bladder fully, do you have a UTI (low grade ones can be sneaky) or any other form of infection, are you constipated, is your nightwear too close fitting - good grief the list seems to be getting longer by the day.

Its a vicious cycle of spasms causing lack of sleep causing spasms and so on.

I’ve had a very small number (3) of strong sleeping tablets prescribed in the past to break the cycle so I could get a few night’s sleep and get back onto a more ‘normal’ track. That might help.

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Hello

So sorry you’re suffering with this.

I find Baclofen really helps me with painful spasms. It might be worth trying.

I hope you find something that helps you.

Take care

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Hi

I take baclofen which helps take the edge off. Have a word with your GP or MS nurse.

Pam x

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As above. Baclofen is the default MS med for spasms & rigidity in muscles.

Talk to your MS team and ask for them to instruct your GP to prescribe a particular product. The MS Team will have a pharmacist assigned within the hospital who can make the recommendation - hopefully after asking you about your symptoms.

Reason for going to MS Team is that they will be more familiar with neuropathic meds and compatibility with any other meds you may be taking. Involving the GP means longer term they can manage the repeat prescription process better if you are on the pain meds long term.

Personally, I take 3 or 4 10mg baclofen tablets daily and then paracetamol (2x 500mg) and (1 or 2x 200mg) ibuprofen. Paracetamol is surprisingly effective for neuropathic pain and ibuprofen (a NSAID) for muscle/joint pain. Take the analgesics (pain killers) as sparingly as possible so you don’t lose sight of your baseline. There will come a time when paracetamol & ibuprofen don’t cover your pain levels - fortunately for me, I’ve not reached that point yet though pain can be very distracting at times.

You’ll need to be the judge of when you need more because the stronger alternatives all come with associated side effects which can affect drowsiness, cognition, coordination and function of certain organs.

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Hello there, I’m sorry to hear about your troubles. Having had MS for over thirty years, discovering cannabis a few years after being diagnosed, I can honestly say that it’s the best thing I know of as far as nerve pain and spasms are concerned. Stretching, massage and exercise (if possible) can be helpful as well.

I don’t know how available Sativex is, but it might be worth mentioning to your Doctor.

Good luck

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