My only lifetime experience with significant pain (other than my first two marriages - could I have a rim shot?) was about 4 months of severe back pain from a poor decision to lift some paving stones in a bad position. I burst a disc at L4/5 and the pain was beyond imagination. I wanted to avoid surgery - so I spent several months hoping it would go away on its own. Then I scheduled the surgery, but it was about 45 days out and the pain was a major problem that obstructed my entire life. The Neurological surgeon prescribed Gabapentin, and that was remarkably effective. I had the surgery just before COVID obstructed all elective surgeries for a while. Solved the problem perfectly. But for the time I was waiting for it - the pain was unreal. Ask your MD about Gabapentin, it seems to have broad application, worked for me. Probably a 98% reduction in pain.
yep, big no for me on gabapentin - eye issues from it. Also totally ineffective for me during the 10-12 days I was on it until my eyesight was so blurry I thought I was going blind.
The root of the problem needs to be found and dealt with efficaciously (can be extremely difficult and requires one to advocate for themselves, sometimes vociferously). During that time of intense pain, something intense is needed for pain management so one can ambulate and attempt physical therapy if warranted.
Personally, I can only take opioids for a few days, then they make my gut hurt so bad it is worse than taking nothing.
Is not really a pain med.... it acts on the brain to prevent seizures and relieve pain for certain conditions in the nervous system.
it is an anticonvulsant medicine used for epilepsy ...it can help with anxiety, alcohol withdrawal
So depending on the type of pain... gabapentin can help but
it's also used for treating depression and anxiety,because it calms neurons in the brain.
For muscular skeletal damage it really gives minimal relief.