Posted on 02/14/2005 7:03:46 PM PST by neverdem
By the way, it's commonly known as Robitussin -- or any of those generic knockoffs, Tussin, Super-Tussin, etc. Buy the one without the other powerful active ingredients like pseudoepinephrine (PE), DM, CF. Those things are another story.
Fellow Freepers. I once thought that pain was for sissies. But, in my case, my doctor said that my pain was likely caused by a back/nerve injury sustained long ago. If your doctor can't help you, go to another doctor. My doctor's philosophy is, no one should hurt in this day and age. I am pain free. I can barely remember my 2-3 years of terrible pain. But it can be fixed, You just have to search for the fix. Be aggressive. Complain. Do research. It's worth it..believe me.
This is totally new to me--I know about guiafenisin and I know about aspirin--are you saying they aren't to be taken together?
In other words, could you explain a little further?
I'm not saying they shouldn't be taken together. According to the doctor who came up with the guaifenesin cure for fibromyalgia, he claimed that in the cases that it didn't work, it was because aspirin blocked its effects, and that aspirin blocks the effects of other medications too.
However, most of us have taken aspirin and guaifenesin for a cold with good results -- at least as a treatment for a cold. My contention is that it would then be highly unlikely that it would nullify that effect for the treatment of fibromyalgia -- and probably a more plausible explanation might be that those particular individuals could not tolerate aspirin well, as a more likely explanation than that it blocked all drugs in everyone.
If one has an intolerance or allergy to something, if he were to take it, it would override a medication until he stopped that exposure. One of the discoveries made over the last several years is that there is a greater intolerance to aspirin than had been thought initially when it was believed that nobody could possibly be allergic (intolerant) to aspirin. They used to say the same thing about milk -- as a perfect food for everyone.
That's what makes the guaifenesin cure as advocated by Dr. St. Amand problemmatical and more daunting for those considering it. The guaifenesin part is fairly straightforward and uncomplicated. But then he goes into a very tortuous explanation of why it might not work in some people -- rather than realizing that there's no cure that works for everybody unfailingly.
But if it works for you, that's all you need to know. If it doesn't, you have to continue your search.
Thanks for the information on this thread. I appreciate it.
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Major ping to you, Pride. Please read all the posts from MikeHu beginning with #27.
Yep, I read about Guaifenesin years ago in the treatment of Fibromyalgia. Lots of success stories. Thanks for the ping.
A friend of mine takes Paxil in the morning and Elavil at night. It worked for her. She researched it and took the research to her doctor and he let her try this drug combo. I talked to my doctor and a nurse about it and they said Oh no you should never take those two drugs together. Well, it has worked for Jeannie for YEARS!
My son used to take imipramine at night - for bedwetting and Ritalin then later Cylert by day for attention deficit. It helped. I have had "experts" tell me you can't take both of those drugs. Well, it worked in this house.
this thread here
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