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Question about Savella and osteopathy

Hi Everyone,

I hope everyone is well, I have been off the boards for a while dealing with illness.  Question, has anyone taken Savella long term, even someone who has taken it over six months.  I took cymbalta with disastrous results but have been good on Savella.  I was hoping for some general feedback or personal experience about this medication. I have done a lot of research about the med itself.

Also, has anyone been to an osteopath?  

My dad is making me an appointment in a few months. He has gone due to a car accident that left him with a complete brachial plexus tear resulting in paralysis and demonstrable sensory loss in the entire arm, from the shoulder down, complex pain syndrome and Horner's Syndrome. He has had good results. Has anyone used and an osteopath for fibro?

Thanks all,
Michelle
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678449 tn?1263554616
Thank you so much. I will defiantly let you know how it goes.  Please never apologize for a long post...have you seen some of mine.

I have missed you all as well.

Michelle
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You have been missed. I am glad that you have returned. I do not take Savella so I cannot respond to that portion of your question. However I do know about DO's.

My PCP is a Doctor of Osteopathy who specializes in Internal Medicine. The function and practice just like a medical doctor. Their training encompasses all that a medical doctor does. Osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) is incorporated into the training and practice. DO's use their hands to diagnose illness and injury and to encourage your body's natural tendency toward good health. By combining all other available medical options with OMT, DOs offer their patients the most comprehensive care available in medicine today

From the Osteopathic Website.....
BEGIN "DOs and MDs are alike in many ways:

Applicants to both DO and MD medical colleges typically have four-year undergraduate degrees with an emphasis on scientific courses.

Both DOs and MDs complete four years of basic medical education.

After medical school, both DOs and MDs obtain graduate medical education through such programs as internships and residencies. This training typically lasts three to six years and prepares DOs and MDs to practice a specialty.

Both DOs and MDs can choose to practice in any specialty area of medicine-such as pediatrics, family practice, psychiatry, surgery or obstetrics.

DOs and MDs must pass comparable examinations to obtain state licenses.

DOs and MDs both practice in fully accredited and licensed health care facilities.

Together, DOs and MDs enhance the state of health care available in America.

DOs, however, belong to a separate yet equal branch of American medical care. It is the ways that DOs and MDs are different that can bring an extra dimension to your family's health care."  END

DO's are not less of a physician than an MD. I was surprised to learn that when my DO when through training her professor brought out a very large city phone book and asked a student to place a quarter some where on the bottom of that book. Yes a good DO can "feel" a quarter on the bottom of a large city phone book.

When I asked my DO how she could tell I had pain when no one else would even beleive me she said, "Because I can feel it."  And she does. She can find the area of my body that is in pain without me ever saying a word. I find that almost magical.

This is very long and I apologize. I hope your appt with the DO will be as productive as mine has been. Without my DO I would not function and my pain levels would be much higher. Like any profession, some are better than others.

Please let me know how your appt goes. I will be very interested to learn if you have as much success with a DO as I have had.

Best of Luck,
~Tuck
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