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From: byrd45 (Original Message) Sent: 2/21/2006 4:50 PM
NEW MEDICATION BEING TRIED FOR PAIN

There is a medication out there that is being tried for pain control. It is not really a new medication per se, just new as far as not normally used for pain control. Its' normal use is to treat Alzheimer's. it is called Namenda.

http://www.namenda.com/index_nf.aspx

Namenda works by interacting with the NMDA receptor antagonists, something that many drugs that help pain patients seem to have in common. I have talked to a handful of patients who have had this prescribed for them by their Doctors, including myself (well, I didn't talk to myself but you get the idea) and so far, like everything prescribed for RSD patients, the results have been mixed. Some patients report good relief and others none.

I didn't receive much of anything in the way of relief myself. I think after the poor Lyrica results and these results that I am going to just stick with my basic medications for the next six months and my physical therapy and try to get my pain reduced through that and find a new level. I am still trying to re-lose the weight I gained from the lyrica, arghh!