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A 41-year-old member asked:
Dr. Michael Gofeldanswered
Pain Management 34 years experience
Probably not: Practice of medicine is not something definite and indisputable. Every doctor has beliefs and practice within personal comfort zone limits. I would su... Read More
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A 36-year-old member asked:
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Pain Management 34 years experience
No: Citalopram is ineffective for trigeminal neuralgia.
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A 36-year-old member asked:
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Pain Management 34 years experience
Triptanes: Medications called triptanes (eg imitrex) work good in case of occasional migranes. They need to be taken just when you started feeling the attack is ... Read More
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A 29-year-old member asked:
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Pain Management 34 years experience
Numerous : Difficult to answer, i suggest a few: lumbar disc herniation, peroneal nerve injury, muscle hernia. Please consult with specialist.
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A 41-year-old member asked:
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Pain Management 34 years experience
Yes: Unfortunately in majority of cases - yes unless the pain was caused by some medications used to cure lymphoma.
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A 33-year-old member asked:
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Pain Management 34 years experience
Lots: Fish oil, arnica, turmeric, feverfew, jalapeño pepper, willow bark (natural aspirin) and many other. Naturopathic doctor may find tye right remedy for... Read More
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A 30-year-old member asked:
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Pain Management 34 years experience
Gout: Hot, painful and swollen toe is a typical picture of gout. You need to do the uric acid test. If it's negative other less common causes should be inve... Read More
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Pain Management 34 years experience
Disc herniation : I would recommend to do checkup for a disc herniation. These symptoms may also appear in care of spinal stenosis or any other compression of nerve ro... Read More
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A 38-year-old male asked:
Dr. Michael Gofeldanswered
Pain Management 34 years experience
Probably not: Although disc replacement may be effective for a one-level problem, multilevel disc degeneration cannot be helped with this procedure. Multidisciplibs... Read More
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A 43-year-old member asked:
Dr. Michael Gofeldanswered
Pain Management 34 years experience
End of life care: Palliative care deals with comforting patients at the end of life period. When a disease is in advanced stage and can't be cured or even temporally s... Read More
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A 43-year-old male asked:
Dr. Michael Gofeldanswered
Pain Management 34 years experience
See full answer : Nsaids have maximal safety dose. For Ibuprofen it is 2400 mg a day. No difference in absorbtion.
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A 33-year-old female asked:
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Pain Management 34 years experience
See a doctor: Serious conditions must be excluded by physical examination and tests (eg abdominal ultrasound, blood work).
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A 42-year-old member asked:
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Pain Management 34 years experience
No: Not at all and usually surgery is a bad option.
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A 32-year-old member asked:
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Pain Management 34 years experience
No: Trigeminal pain is a severe and intractable condition. Medical or procedural management is required.
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A 23-year-old member asked:
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Pain Management 34 years experience
Definite treatment : Sometimes Amitriptyline may help. However, i would strongly recommend to have definite treatment: surgery or radiofrequency ablation.
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A 23-year-old member asked:
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Pain Management 34 years experience
Subspecialty : Pain psychiatrist is a mental health specialist who usually work as a part of pain medicine program and addresses psychiatric conditions that make chr... Read More
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A 45-year-old member asked:
Dr. Michael Gofeldanswered
Pain Management 34 years experience
Tramadol : Tramadol is fairly strong pain killer, specifically when combined with NSAID and have very low potential for addiction.
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A 32-year-old member asked:
Dr. Michael Gofeldanswered
Pain Management 34 years experience
Steroid injection : First of all, it should be diagnosed. Ultrasound examination will be the most appropriate. Steroid injection may help. Also prp can be useful.
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A 57-year-old member asked:
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Pain Management 34 years experience
Chronic pain: Unfortunately after 18 months the condition is chronic. Treatment is predominantly medical: Gabapentin or pregabalin, tricyclic antidepressants, Lidod... Read More
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Pain Management 34 years experience
Yes: Cluster headache is one of the most painful conditions in humankind.
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A 45-year-old member asked:
Dr. Michael Gofeldanswered
Pain Management 34 years experience
Yes: This type of pain is often called visceral and propagated via the autonomic nervous system. Ablation of the superior hypogastic plexus is often helpfu... Read More
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A 25-year-old member asked:
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Pain Management 34 years experience
Yes: I assume 2tablets = 600mg. Yes it will be ok.
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A 39-year-old member asked:
Dr. Michael Gofeldanswered
Pain Management 34 years experience
Probably not: I would advice against NSAID in your situation.
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A 23-year-old member asked:
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Pain Management 34 years experience
Nerve damage : Herpes virus damages nerve cells in the spinal cord. Disballance between different nerve fibers may cause numerous abnormal feelings including the itc... Read More
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A 50-year-old member asked:
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Pain Management 34 years experience
Carbamazepine : Usually the fist choice is carbamazepine. Other antiepileptics may be useful as well as baclofen.
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A 33-year-old member asked:
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Pain Management 34 years experience
A lot: Although Elavil (amitriptyline) is an antidepressant, the medicine is out of traditional repertoire for depression. Very high dose will be required, a... Read More
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A 23-year-old member asked:
Dr. Michael Gofeldanswered
Pain Management 34 years experience
Probably not: Tegretol may not make the pain worse. It simply doesn't work in your case. In my practice, i try two or three medical options and if the pain is not c... Read More
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A 52-year-old member asked:
Dr. Michael Gofeldanswered
Pain Management 34 years experience
Several: Spinal cord stimulation is a minimally invasive method of electrical modulation of nerve signals transmission to brain. It may be effective for treatm... Read More
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A 48-year-old member asked:
Dr. Michael Gofeldanswered
Pain Management 34 years experience
Yes: Unfortunately it may be related to vertebral or rib metastases.
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A 36-year-old member asked:
Dr. Michael Gofeldanswered
Pain Management 34 years experience
Addiction : Non-narcotic pain killers are all different classes of drugs. The main differences: narcotics stronger and have definite addiction potential.
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A 42-year-old female asked:
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Pain Management 34 years experience
See below : It's of course not normal. However, as you describe, you had 3 surgeries and damaged nerves. Assuming the damage is permanent and no further correctiv... Read More
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A 44-year-old member asked:
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Pain Management 34 years experience
24-48 hours: Usually a couple of days. If you do not feel beter after 5 days, the block failed.
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A 40-year-old member asked:
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Pain Management 34 years experience
Possibly: Metastatic involvement of pelvic bones is commonly seen with prostate cancer.
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A 58-year-old female asked:
Dr. Michael Gofeldanswered
Pain Management 34 years experience
Disagree: Severe back pain at rest is not related to arthritis. Seek a second opinion. Mri should be probaly done.
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A 41-year-old member asked:
Dr. Michael Gofeldanswered
Pain Management 34 years experience
Depends : It depends on type of pain you have. The best advice is to see a specialist ( neurologist or pain physician ).
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A 42-year-old member asked:
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Pain Management 34 years experience
Depends: First of all, which nerve? Does it hurt or create motor problem? Ultrasound examination, MRI and EMG help to assess the magnitude of damage. Treatment... Read More
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A 42-year-old member asked:
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Pain Management 34 years experience
Many reasons : Cancer pain may be caused by direct tumor invasion of nerves, pressure on neighboring structures, bowel obstruction, release of toxic byproducts, etc.
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Pain Management 34 years experience
Severe pain : Cluster headache is considered the worst headache of human kind. Usually it affects men and associated with other symptoms, such as flushing of face, ... Read More
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A 52-year-old member asked:
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Pain Management 34 years experience
Physical therapy : Physical therapy along with massage and daily exercises may help to restore muscle function and reduce pain.
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A 25-year-old member asked:
My friend has had a headache on his right side of head for a week it still hasnt gone is it serious?
Dr. Michael Gofeldanswered
Pain Management 34 years experience
May be: New onset headaches may be a symptom of serious condition. Your friend must see a doctor.
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A 48-year-old member asked:
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Pain Management 34 years experience
Of course: Any severe pain requires medical attention.
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Side effect : Up to 12% of people who tske Lipitor (atorvastatin) develop painful joints (artralgia). This is not an inflammation but sometimes the only way to deal... Read More
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A 21-year-old male asked:
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Pain Management 34 years experience
Unlikely : Mri can't "miss" an obvious disk herniation or stenosis. However sometimes back pain with radiation to legs are caused by other problems. For example ... Read More
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A 20-year-old female asked:
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Pain Management 34 years experience
Side effect : This is a common side effect of topamax (topiramate).
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A 45-year-old member asked:
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Pain Management 34 years experience
Unlikely: Tramadol may cause urunary retention.
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A 18-year-old female asked:
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Pain Management 34 years experience
See specialist : Most probably you have a problem with the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) see an orofacial specialist.
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A 43-year-old member asked:
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Pain Management 34 years experience
Face: Trigeminal neuralgia is a disorder of the 5th cranial nerve. Pain may be limited to one, two or all three areas of face.
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A 36-year-old member asked:
Dr. Michael Gofeldanswered
Pain Management 34 years experience
No: Injected or transdermal opioids initiallt bypassing liver but then will be metabolized there anyway.
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A 36-year-old member asked:
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Pain Management 34 years experience
Just all right : Skillfully performed local anesthesia will be just enough for this procedure.
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A 25-year-old female asked:
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Pain Management 34 years experience
Lumbar plexus injury: Occasionally removal of kidney may result in collateral damage of lumbar nerve roots. The extend of this injury may be determined with ncv/emg test. N... Read More
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Jul 13, 2017
I need someone who is sympathetic my unique systems, they are extremely painful and I didn't ask for this. I wasn't out searching drugs they were given to ME so I'd be halfway normal. Since I've been
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Mar 30, 2015
Dr. Gofeld is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Mar 31, 2015
Dr. Gofeld is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Thank you, your answer was very helpful! You got that right and few seem to care. After a few days of clusters younger like you've been badly beaten up
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My wife is 45 and has bad knee pain and swelling above and below the knee. Taken to artho and after xray diagnosed as will need a joint repl
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This wasn't my ? just joined trying to see tge caliber of the physicians i am confiding in, really happy and thankfull for your reply.
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