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jayjay606 posted:
Hello, my name is Trey. I'm 16 and was recently discovered to have chronic muscle spasms in my back that radiates through my body. I wake up stiff, sore, and usually screaming in pain. The pain also causes me to vomit profusely. I was prescribed many medications, including Tramadol, Vicodin, Baclofen, Valium, and a cancer strength anti-nausea tab. Sadly enough nothing works and the vomiting barley lets me keep any of them down now. I was wondering if there's ANY medicine out there that will help with my pain and won't make me more sick then I already am.
6 Replies |Watch This Discussion | Report This| Share this:Muscle SpazHello, my name is Trey. I'm 16 and was recently discovered to have chronic muscle spasms in my back that radiates through my body. I wake up stiff, sore, and usually screaming in pain. The pain also causes me to vomit profusely. I was prescribed many medications, including Tramadol, Vicodin, Baclofen, Valium, and a cancer strength anti-nausea tab. Sadly enough nothing works and the vomiting barley lets me keep any of them down now. I was wondering if there's ANY medicine out there that will help with my pain and won't make me more sick then I already am.
Caprice_WebMD_Staff responded:
Hi Trey,
It may help others respond if you shared whether you've received a diagnosis, an explanation as to why you are getting these muscle spasms and pain followed by nausea. And have any other non-medication treatments been recommended/tried?
Let us know.
It may help others respond if you shared whether you've received a diagnosis, an explanation as to why you are getting these muscle spasms and pain followed by nausea. And have any other non-medication treatments been recommended/tried?
Let us know.
We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us.
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Report This| Share this:Muscle SpazHi Trey,<br /><br />It may help others respond if you shared whether you've received a diagnosis, an explanation as to why you are getting these muscle spasms and pain followed by nausea. And have any other non-medication treatments been recommended/tried?<br /><br />Let us know. <img src=http://img.webmd.com/community/images/smile.gif class=post_img />
Peter Abaci, MD responded:
Hi Jay,
This sounds like it has been a really challenging situation for you. I think working with your doctors to get a better sense of what the underlying causes could be for your symptoms would be really helpful. If this gets better understood, then there will be a better chance that you will find effective treatments. Sometimes pain problems are hard to understand and involve more than just one factor. As a result, it is often hard to solve them with just medications.
This sounds like it has been a really challenging situation for you. I think working with your doctors to get a better sense of what the underlying causes could be for your symptoms would be really helpful. If this gets better understood, then there will be a better chance that you will find effective treatments. Sometimes pain problems are hard to understand and involve more than just one factor. As a result, it is often hard to solve them with just medications.
Report This| Share this:Muscle SpazHi Jay,<br /><br />This sounds like it has been a really challenging situation for you. I think working with your doctors to get a better sense of what the underlying causes could be for your symptoms would be really helpful. If this gets better understood, then there will be a better chance that you will find effective treatments. Sometimes pain problems are hard to understand and involve more than just one factor. As a result, it is often hard to solve them with just medications.
jayjay606 replied to Peter Abaci, MD's response:
Well i gone to 2 MRI's and other test that I can't remember. They said its really rare for a person my age to be having muscle spasms. So there kind of just throwing drugs my way. What I wanted to know was if there's one that won't mess with the nausea. Thanks for the concern
Report This| Share this:Muscle SpazWell i gone to 2 MRI's and other test that I can't remember. They said its really rare for a person my age to be having muscle spasms. So there kind of just throwing drugs my way. What I wanted to know was if there's one that won't mess with the nausea. Thanks for the concern <img src="http://img.webmd.com/community/images/smile.gif" align="top" border="0">
jayjay606 replied to Caprice_WebMD_Staff's response:
Well i'm currently going through physical therapy and about to go to pain management facilities. Even with the extra help their giving me there still giving me all types of drugs.
Report This| Share this:Muscle SpazWell i'm currently going through physical therapy and about to go to pain management facilities. Even with the extra help their giving me there still giving me all types of drugs.
Jay,
Thanks for the follow up information and feedback. Really, all medications used for muscle spasms can potentially have significant side-effects. They typically work by acting on the central nervous system including the brain. As a result, many folks can feel sedated or mentally slowed down after taking medications for muscle relaxation, and this can interfere with daily activities like driving, school, or work. There is a nausea center in the brain, as well, and some folks are more sensitive here with medications than others.
Hopefully, the physical therapy that you are doing is also helping. Learning how to re-educate or re-train your muscles with different modalities can improve things over time. Biofeedback could be another way of working on this, as well.
Thanks for the follow up information and feedback. Really, all medications used for muscle spasms can potentially have significant side-effects. They typically work by acting on the central nervous system including the brain. As a result, many folks can feel sedated or mentally slowed down after taking medications for muscle relaxation, and this can interfere with daily activities like driving, school, or work. There is a nausea center in the brain, as well, and some folks are more sensitive here with medications than others.
Hopefully, the physical therapy that you are doing is also helping. Learning how to re-educate or re-train your muscles with different modalities can improve things over time. Biofeedback could be another way of working on this, as well.
Report This| Share this:Muscle SpazJay,<br /><br />Thanks for the follow up information and feedback. Really, all medications used for muscle spasms can potentially have significant side-effects. They typically work by acting on the central nervous system including the brain. As a result, many folks can feel sedated or mentally slowed down after taking medications for muscle relaxation, and this can interfere with daily activities like driving, school, or work. There is a nausea center in the brain, as well, and some folks are more sensitive here with medications than others. <br /><br />Hopefully, the physical therapy that you are doing is also helping. Learning how to re-educate or re-train your muscles with different modalities can improve things over time. Biofeedback could be another way of working on this, as well.
jayjay606 replied to Peter Abaci, MD's response:
Wow, did not know that. Thanks for the wise words
Report This| Share this:Muscle SpazWow, did not know that. Thanks for the wise words <img src="http://img.webmd.com/community/images/smile.gif" align="top" border="0">
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