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Hi im a 45 year old female who just got diganos with Crohn's but i have a few questions

1. the dr perscribe me it seems to me a lot of pain meds

1 vicodin 750mg

2. at least two muscle relaxers

gabapention 600 mg three times a day

I just think this dr is nuts does anyone with Crohn's take any of theses meds i mean i took it once and i felt like i wasnt even here mentally im confussed and please would like some help

Thanks
 
Hello Lollyflower
Getting diagnosed with Crohn's is a lot to take in let , alone all the meds and jargon that goes with it. But you have definitely come to the right place for answers and support and I am sure some others will come along in a bit who know more than me.

I personally don't take any pain meds for my crohn's and didn't even when it was really bad. But there are many people on here who do and I have heard of the drugs you mention.
Is pain your main symptom, is that why he/she has given you so much ?
Have they given you anything else , steroids or immune suppressors to treat the crohn's itself ?

I know it is hard to believe now but all this gets easier as you go along.
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Hi lollyflower and welcome to the forum! :D

None of those meds you listed are used for treating Crohn's. They can help with symptoms sure but wont reduce the inflammation that's causing the symptoms in the first place. Were you not given any medication that actually treats Crohn's? Or was any suggested?
 
Hey... I was diagnosed about 4 weeks ago and I will never forget sitting in the hospital waiting for my meds so I can go home and when the nurse walked in with a huge bag with about ten boxes of meds and a chart I nearly fell down!:) I was expecting a little box of maybe one or two. Then she spent about half an hour explaining them all. I have a little chart on my wall and I have to mark everything down as I have an awful memory...I do feel a lot better tho xx all the best x. I'm on prednisone steroids and vitamin stuff ect x
 
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Hi lolly flower, I took gabapentin when I had a severely impinged sciatic nerve caused by a herniated spinal disc (nothing to do with crohns) It made me very very spaced out. I could not continue with it, and stopped after about a week.

I can't see what this medicine would do for crohns though? Has your dr not mentioned meds like Pentasa / Mezavant / asacol / Azathioprine??
 
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