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Fibromyalgia use lidoderm patches for pain relief. insurance won't pay for and i cannot afford them. any substitute or other suggestions?
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A few options: Make sure you are following with a primary care doctor or rheumatologist. Consider oral medications such as gapapentin or Lyrica, (pregabalin) amitriptyline.... If you don't want to take oral medications, consider having medications compounded into a topical form
Answered 2/18/2015
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