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what are the best non opiate pain medacations to take for addicts.

i am an addict and have been clean for 13 months , with
help from the folks here at this fourm, and my involvement
with N.A. meetings.
i have  painfull arthritis in both knees, and have rotator
cuff operation on both shoulders, these problems flare up with pain now and then.
right now i am suffering from severe pain in my elbow ,
do to possible tennis elbow, this started last augest.
At that time i got a steroid injection which seemed to deal with the problem, except all the pain came back about 2 months
ago i have had to take off from my union construction painting
job for the last 3 weeks . Hopeing that rest would help, it has not. I have been prescribed celebrex, it has done nothing for the paini have tried motrin , it has been no help.
i go to see the ortho doctor friday morning. i was wondering
if there is any pain medacation i should ask for .
My sister inlaw is a doctor and has told me i should have it put in a cast, , because the doctor is probly going to just give me another injection.
at age 43  it seem i do not heal as well as i used to,
i was thinking of asking for some kind of therapy program to
streng then the arm.
The pain has been very bad in the morning, i cannot even hold a cup of coffee, or the phone.
any suggestions, about a good medacation would be helpfull,
along with any other helpfull ideas.

peace!!!!!!!!hippy
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I apologize again for taking up space, but here goes. I have perused the entire message base for messages entered on 6-5, these are current messages.

Ever since our "truce" one member has entered at least 10 messages trying to stir up the pot again.  This forum "pit bull" apparently has no intentions of honoring the "truce".  To my knowledge, there is only one other individual with only one message entered.  

As the ad hominems continue, I sit tight to observe what position the other participants will take.  If there is a level playing field, I will simply ignore and there will be no problem here.  If there is a multiple-tiered standared for posters based on religious views, success in detox, physical dependence vs. addiction, etc., I will adjust my posture accordingly.

regards,
Expillman
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Hey sweet man!  ASk your Doc about one of the antiseizure drugs like mentioned above.  They are preventative of pain.  They work on pain relief in 2 ways.  Decrease the actual pain message from going from the origination site and decrease the brains perception of the pain.  That is wut i have been told.  
Love,
Suzie
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good morning, ask your doc if you can try vioxx instead of the celebrex, celebrex didnt do **** for me either but i had excellent results with the vioxx. good luck love nancy
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This is the mother lode of controversy and emotion.  I will just say this about fundamentalists of any flavor, and especially christians.  They are so, so sure that their way is the only way, the true way, the chosen way that they plunge headlong in their ferver and will try to run over everything in their path.

Please consider that not everyone shares your views.  There are atheists, there are Jews, there are Muslims and there are people of OTHER religious persuasions that just do not share, subscribe to or embrace your views.

Ask yourself, "Am I tolerant of the religious or non religious views of others"?  -or- Is it MY WAY OR THE HIGHWAY?

I am quite a student of religion, especially christianity.  I am also an atheist.  Please respect my views.
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To Jerri-You call me Satanic.  This is incorrect.  Satan is a christian god, a hsllucination invented in the minds of primitive men to try to explain evil in the world.   FYI, Atheists do not believe in ANY supernatural beings.  Satan is your god, not mine.  Please deal with it.

To Bill-  You say that you are not trying to start anything.  Then you proceed to try to start something.   You repeatedly call me ugly names.  Why is this?   Have you not stated several times that we are now "buds"?  Remember, according to the myth, your god created an "imperfect" Lucifer, KNOWING full well that he would rebel, then tossed him out of heaven, created a HELL for him to live in and then let him out to TORTURE and TAUNT HUMANS?

And you call ME sick?   Interesting........
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Hey don't wory about it. Getting kicked off a public forum for talking about God isn't new. But I don't think you will have another problem now. If some people can talk about their higher power so can I. I have a right to voice my opinion anywhere I like as long as I am not breaking any laws(give the libs alittle more time and we will lose this right too). Jerri, He does have the power and He gave it to us too. But you already knew that!
Peace to you friend! May '***' be with us!  Bmac
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