Re: antianxiety med vs muscle relaxant for pain control????

From: Marilyn Vaughan (mavaughan@iastate.edu)
Thu Oct 3 10:38:41 2002


Hi, Judy. I like your GP because she listens to her patient. Anti-seizure medication--Neurontin--and tricyclic anti-depressants have helped people the most along with pain meds. I haven't heard about anyone taking Valium either. Marilyn

At Thu, 3 Oct 2002, judymk wrote: >
>Hi guys, my GP is trying to help with pain control and she asked what I
>have found that people take that seems to help. I told her I had read
>posts that say anti anxity meds help reduce the pain by decreasing the
>anxiety about the pain (I guess thats how?). She wondered if valium (a
>muscle relaxant) would be better to relax the muscles. I told her I
>hadn't read anyone taking valium but I would put it in the board and see
>if someone had experience or ideas with either. Thanks so much. Judy


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