I have ongoing shoulder/neck pain issues, that flares up from time to time. It flared up again yesterday and today it’s possibly the worst "bout" I have experienced, I’m finding it very hard to function/concentrate, even typing is a chore today.
I’ve been to the Doctor about this a few times over the past number of years. After X-Rays, exams, blood tests etc, we (me and Doctor) are none the wiser as to what the cause is. He has suggested see a Physical Therapist to check posture, but right now the cost of seeing a PT is not in my budget and to be honest I really don’t think it’s posture, I sit and stand fairly straight and the onset of bouts (I’ve thought carefully about this) are not related to long periods spent sitting/standing, it just flares up apparently for now reason.
Last weekend was I actually found very relaxing and for no particular reason was a really nice weekend, to the extent I managed to sleep late on Saturday, not getting out of bed till nearly 11am – this is most unusual for me, I’m normally up and about by 8am at the weekend.
Anyhow, I have now got to a point where ibuprofen (which used to help) is not having any effect at all. I have tried parcetemol (Panadol Max powder, Panadol Actifast) also Disprin Extra (Aspirin). My wife suffers with back pain every so often and when she "threw" her back out before Christmas she was given a script for Difene, which she found helped, we still have difene at home and I’m thinking about trying it.
The last time I went to the Doctor he put me on Voltarol but as I had it before and it "riped the stomach out of me" (good scientific description there ;)) he also gave me another med (name escapes me) to stop that happening. The Voltarol was relatively cheap (about US$20) but a two week supply of the 2nd med cost nearly US$80 and to be honest I got little to no relief from the voltarol.
Just wondering if anyone has experience with Difene or if anyone can suggest any other medication? I will speak to my Doctor but if I have some suggestions as to what to try he would be open to talking about them.
To be clear, I don’t suggest or necessarily condone self medication, especially with meds that are not OTC, I’m just getting desperate, but as I say I will speak to my Doctor before I try anything new.