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Pain Management
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United States: Virginia
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A 33-year-old male asked:
Dr. Sunil Harianswered
Pain Management 15 years experience
Ca channel blocker: Dantrolene is a calcium-channel blocker, used in treatment of malignant hyperthermia. if you have some sort of allergic reaction to it, you may be al... Read More
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A 26-year-old male asked:
Dr. Sunil Harianswered
Pain Management 15 years experience
Probably safe: Combining benzodiazepines (like Ativan) and opioids (like hydrocodone) can lead to respiratory depression, meaning you don't want to breathe. That ca... Read More
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743 viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 29-year-old male asked:
Dr. Sunil Harianswered
Pain Management 15 years experience
NO: Not safe! You think it's clean, but unless it was manufactured in a commercial pharmacy with government oversight (or you made it yourself), you don'... Read More
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736 viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 26-year-old female asked:
Dr. Sunil Harianswered
Pain Management 15 years experience
A few things: Some spotting is totally normal in early pregnancies. However, it could be a symptom of a miscarriage. You should see your obstetrician, who can exa... Read More
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748 viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 39-year-old female asked:
Dr. Sunil Harianswered
Pain Management 15 years experience
Not a bad option: Ordinarily candesartan is a medication used to treat high blood pressure. In your case, if typical anti-migraine medications haven't worked, or if yo... Read More
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A 25-year-old female asked:
Dr. Sunil Harianswered
Pain Management 15 years experience
Tonsollith: You could have a tonsollith (tonsil stone) obstructing one of your tonsils that's causing it to swell larger than the other. Do you have chronic bad ... Read More
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A 33-year-old male asked:
Dr. Sunil Harianswered
Pain Management 15 years experience
Shouldn't have to: the amount of Sch is overwhelming in an intubating dose. Also, Sch is a noncompetitive agonist, so it should work in a different mechanism than non-de... Read More
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A 20-year-old female asked:
Dr. Sunil Harianswered
Pain Management 15 years experience
Not definitively: To conclude that you're not pregnant definitively, you would need to have another period 28 days after your withdrawal bleed, negative blood pregnancy... Read More
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A 26-year-old female asked:
Dr. Sunil Harianswered
Pain Management 15 years experience
No: You cannot transfer THC like that. More likely, he hasn't stopped smoking marijuana.
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A 52-year-old female asked:
Dr. Sunil Harianswered
Pain Management 15 years experience
Very safe: You'll be out as long as the procedure takes, but you probably won't remember that day. General anesthesia in a hospital with an anesthesiologist (an... Read More
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A 40-year-old female asked:
Dr. Sunil Harianswered
Pain Management 15 years experience
Totally normal: No negative effects. People are social animals, and meant to be touched.
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A 24-year-old female asked:
Dr. Sunil Harianswered
Pain Management 15 years experience
Sort of: the IV Versed will be the reason for pain relief/sedation; taking more suboxone won't help with pain control. the suboxone has a ceiling effect with ... Read More
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A male asked:
Dr. Sunil Harianswered
Pain Management 15 years experience
Are you in labor?: Couple things: has your water broken? how many weeks along are you? If you're at term, and your water has broken, you might already be in active labor... Read More
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A female asked:
Dr. Sunil Harianswered
Pain Management 15 years experience
Gentle PT: Gentle PT/OT, anti-inflammatories, and heat. Ligaments are hard to heal - low blood supply. If this doesn't improve after a month, seek a surgical c... Read More
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A female asked:
Dr. Sunil Harianswered
Pain Management 15 years experience
Couple of reasons: Could have been an initial false positive pregnancy test, or today could be a false-negative test. Could also be something more obscure. Recommend t... Read More
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A 19-year-old female asked:
Dr. Sunil Harianswered
Pain Management 15 years experience
Could be normal: Or you could be pregnant. This could be a result of normal hormonal variation (nexplanon doesn't suppress it completely), or you could have had a nex... Read More
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A 35-year-old male asked:
Dr. Sunil Harianswered
Pain Management 15 years experience
3 days: you can switch to another NSAID 3 days after your last dose of Mobic.
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A 37-year-old male asked:
Dr. Sunil Harianswered
Pain Management 15 years experience
WHY?: Why are you taking all of these medications?!
Also that is a lot of Adderall XR, and it's extended-release so you shouldn't have to space it an hour ... Read More
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A 28-year-old female asked:
Dr. Sunil Harianswered
Pain Management 15 years experience
Yes and no: Can cause nausea on empty stomach, but usually only at higher doses. You're taking a very very low dose.
Gabapentin does not increase anxiety
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A 23-year-old male asked:
Dr. Sunil Harianswered
Pain Management 15 years experience
3 days: three days for the meloxicam to fully wash out.
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A 21-year-old female asked:
Dr. Sunil Harianswered
Pain Management 15 years experience
Totally normal: Sounds like you have a Mallampati Grade 1 airway. Makes you easy to intubate.
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A 60-year-old female asked:
Dr. Sunil Harianswered
Pain Management 15 years experience
Shouldn't: Those joints are denervated, and the cartilage that would inflame and hurt has been removed.
-Other- joints may hurt, but not those that have been ... Read More
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A 24-year-old male asked:
Dr. Sunil Harianswered
Pain Management 15 years experience
Take a supplement: statistics are meaningless to the individual. -Your- required vitamin D level might be higher. Take 5000 IU per day for a month and see how you feel... Read More
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A female asked:
Dr. Sunil Harianswered
Pain Management 15 years experience
No: Vitamin D tablets will not decrease the efficacy of birth control pills, including Plan B
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A 20-year-old female asked:
Dr. Sunil Harianswered
Pain Management 15 years experience
You shouldn't: You can do anything you want; however, the risk of permanent liver damage increases significantly if you combine antibiotics and alcohol.
Stay off th... Read More
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A 30-year-old male asked:
Dr. Sunil Harianswered
Pain Management 15 years experience
No entry: Water will not go back up either the anus or penis because there are muscle sphincters in both that prevent that.
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A 30-year-old male asked:
Dr. Sunil Harianswered
Pain Management 15 years experience
Probably: If you're consuming a high quantity of caffeine, then probably yes. Other than caffeine withdrawal symptoms, decreasing your caffeine intake is not a... Read More
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A 58-year-old female asked:
Dr. Sunil Harianswered
Pain Management 15 years experience
Yes: Low B12 levels can absolutely make neuralgias worse; if corrected, they can improve neuralgias. It is a "rule-out" test, to try and determine the eti... Read More
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A female asked:
Dr. Sunil Harianswered
Pain Management 15 years experience
No: Totally normal. Could be dark from a little bleeding from the polyp removal site, or from the colonoscopy preparation. If it persists for a week, gi... Read More
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I don't know, i'm dealing with a very painful heart condition called microvascular disease. Nitrates didn't work with me so this is helping with pain.
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Your answer was very helpful! Thanks :) thanks for the input, but he really did quit. he lives with me.
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Your answer was very helpful, thanks! Thank you! Full SLUDGE from organophosphate after airway trauma.
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Walter Reed NMMC
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