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A 56-year-old male asked:
57 year old male with osteoporosis and osteoarthritis - in pain all day and night. i am on lyrica 75 in evening and lyrica 25 in morning. tramal sr 150 for pain. please advise on chronic pain?
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Dr. Robert Kneeceanswered
Specializes in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics
Pain specialist : Seeing pain specialist can help as well as orthopedic depending on location,Sometimes with pain depression alters the way our bodies deal with pain and we need to treat that-Cymbslta treats both.Antiinflammatories if not contraindicated may help -NSAID,Tumeric,Fish oil.Pain management may give injections to help also.
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