Healing Time
Hi everyone. I am new to this group. I had mastectomy around two weeks back. It's really sore and I have limited arm movement. It feels like my skin is glued to my chest wall. Any movement cause uncom...
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....... Lyrica is the most widely prescribed for nerve pain which you may find is helpful, plus it’s not addictive like endone. .....
Ooooh - not so, @Vetty ..... sure, it is a non opioid drug - but it is has shown to be just as addictive as many of the other strong opioid pain killers .....
https://www1.racgp.org.au/newsgp/clinical/misuse-of-popular-anti-epileptic-drug-linked-to-nu
I also read that if it is mixed with other drugs - that it can be both addictive and the cause of overdose deaths in recent years :(
https://www1.racgp.org.au/newsgp/clinical/thousands-of-gps-prompted-to-review-pregabalin-pre
Ooooh - not so, @Vetty ..... sure, it is a non opioid drug - but it is has shown to be just as addictive as many of the other strong opioid pain killers .....
https://www1.racgp.org.au/newsgp/clinical/misuse-of-popular-anti-epileptic-drug-linked-to-nu
I also read that if it is mixed with other drugs - that it can be both addictive and the cause of overdose deaths in recent years :(
https://www1.racgp.org.au/newsgp/clinical/thousands-of-gps-prompted-to-review-pregabalin-pre