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butterfly74
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butterfly74
Gender: F
Data Quality: 1 star
Pain: Some
Fatigue: All
Sleep: All
Stiffness: All
function: None
external_stress: Most
Stickman: all
Description:F42y
FM:8y Dx
CFS:7y Dx
I am: b
I have:
fibromyalgia

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Mar 23, 2017 (Started Jan 09, 1995)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for Pain)
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for Muscle and joint pain)
  • Effectiveness
    Major (for Migraine headaches)
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for fibromyalgia)
  • Side effects
    None
  • Adherence
    Sometimes
  • Burden
    Somewhat hard to take
Dosage: As needed
Advice & Tips: Had kidney stones so stopped taking voltarol orally as much in favour of naproxen but i still have injections when i need to bypass my stomach which i do myself
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: UTI symptoms

Jul 6, 2010 (Started Jan 09, 1995)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for Muscle and joint pain)
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for Migraine headaches)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (UTI symptoms)
  • Adherence
    Sometimes
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: As needed
Advice & Tips: I have been taking Diclofenac or Voltarol for 16 years.... both orally and IM Injections, every day. I think this may have cause my continual ITI's and it may have led to my Kidney's not functioning correctly.
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: UTI symptoms
  • 0 helpful marks
Rejoice
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Rejoice
Data Quality: 3 stars
  • Gender: F
  • Age: 46
Condition: spinal stenosis 28 additional condition(s)
Quality of life:
  • Mental: None
  • Physical: Moderate
I am: b
I have:
spinal stenosis

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May 16, 2016 (Started May 15, 2016)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for Pain in hips)
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for hip bursitis)
  • Side effects
    None
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 1 g Three times daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks
Gillsie
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Gillsie
Data Quality: 1 star
  • Gender: F
  • Age: 50
Condition: Ehlers Danlos 16 additional condition(s)
Quality of life:
  • Mental: Moderate
  • Physical: Mild
I am: b
I have:
Ehlers Danlos

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Sep 16, 2015 (Started Sep 02, 2015)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for Pain)
  • Side effects
    None
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 2 g Four times daily
Cost: $25-49 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks
Wavewatcher
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Wavewatcher
Sex: F
Data Quality: 3 stars
Relapse: Severe
Sensation: Moderate
Overall: Moderate
Cognition: moderate
Vision: moderate
Speech: moderate
Swallowing: moderate
Upper limb: moderate
Walking: moderate
I am: g
I have:
MS

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Sep 7, 2015 (Started Jun 15, 2003)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for Knee Inflammation)
  • Side effects
    None
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 150 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly

Feb 4, 2013 (Started Jun 15, 2003)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for inflamation in knees)
  • Side effects
    None
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 150 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: This medication is to be taken twice a day and if I can't take it I get to the place my knees will not work to get up the back steps to get in the house they hurt so bad. If I am to have surgery or anything they make me stop it and it just kills me for a week or so.
Cost: < $25 monthly

Jul 28, 2010 (Started Jun 15, 2003)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for inflamation in knees)
  • Side effects
    None
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 150 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Medications are set up once a week for 3 times a day and the drug does as intended.
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks
dtouchstonez
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dtouchstonez
Gender: F
Data Quality: 1 star
Pain: Some
Fatigue: Little
Sleep: Some
Stiffness: Some
function: Some
external_stress: Some
Stickman: some
Description:F65y
FM:11y Dx
CFS:?y
I am: n
I have:
Fibromyalgia

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Jun 8, 2015 (Started Feb 25, 2015)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for Arthritis pain)
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for Achilles tendonitis)
  • Side effects
    None
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: Kidney disease (chronic), Kidney Failure

Aug 23, 2010 (Started Feb 25, 2015)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for Arthritis pain)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (Kidney disease (chronic), Kidney Failure)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Side effects: Kidney disease (chronic), Kidney Failure
  • 0 helpful marks
woofhound
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woofhound
Data Quality: 2 stars
  • Gender: M
  • Age: 59
Condition: degenerative disc disease 21 additional condition(s)
Quality of life:
  • Mental: None
  • Physical: Mild
I am: n
I have:
degenerative disc disease

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Jan 17, 2015 (Started Dec 04, 2013)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for Pain)
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for Inflammation)
  • Side effects
    None
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 75 mg Daily
  • 0 helpful marks
ukiwi
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ukiwi
Sex: M
Data Quality: 2 stars
Sensation: Moderate
Overall: Mild
Cognition: moderate
Vision: mild
Speech: mild
Swallowing: mild
Upper limb: mild
Walking: mild
I am: b
I have:
MS

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Jan 3, 2015 (Started Feb 08, 2011)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for Pain)
  • Side effects
    None
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: As needed
  • 0 helpful marks
gcorkron
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gcorkron
Data Quality: 1 star
  • Gender: M
  • Age: 36
Condition: Ankylosing Spondylitis 5 additional condition(s)
Quality of life:
  • Mental: Mild
  • Physical: Moderate
I am: vg
I have:
Ankylosing Spondylitis

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Dec 22, 2014 (Started Mar 08, 2011)

  • Effectiveness
    None (for ankylosing spondylitis)
  • Side effects
    None
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Advice & Tips: This medication has not worked for me
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks
cwp9999
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cwp9999
Data Quality: 1 star
  • Gender: M
  • Age: 39
Condition: Degenerative Disc Disease 3 additional condition(s)
Quality of life:
  • Mental: Severe
  • Physical: Moderate
I am: g
I have:
Degenerative Disc Disease

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Dec 15, 2014 (Started Nov 15, 2014)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for Nerve pain (neuralgia))
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for Muscle spasms in neck and shoulders)
  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for Muscle spasms in lower back)
  • Side effects
    None
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Somewhat hard to take
Dosage: 35 mg Three times daily
Advice & Tips: As the combinations with external inhuman experiments and interference's created mixed inaccurate medical input related to any medications I have taken prior to long breaks of input on medication use in the gaps since 2010.
  • 0 helpful marks
Chelena
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Chelena
Data Quality: 1 star
  • Gender: F
  • Age: 62
Condition: undifferentiated inflammatory arthritis 22 additional condition(s)
Quality of life:
  • Mental: Moderate
  • Physical: Mild
I am: g
I have:
undifferentiated inflammatory arthritis

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Nov 15, 2014 (Started Oct 15, 2014)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for Arthritis pain)
  • Side effects
    Severe (Dizziness (vertigo), Deep itching)
  • Adherence
    Never taken as prescribed
  • Burden
    Very hard to take
Dosage: As needed
  • 0 helpful marks
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