8 Drugs your doctor wouldn't take....

[alfreda89]

Interesting -- especially because I have taken three of these, and I'm still taking one. I wonder if I could get acupuncture to work for the bad arthritis I have? I tried getting off Vioxx, and the Celebrex once each -- my hands were pretty much frozen up and unable to do anything by the tenth day. And I was still an LMT working at that point.

Of course the insurance company will pay 80% after the deductible on Celebrex. I doubt they'd pay for acupuncture. I could trade once a week for a month's Celebrex...or twice a week at the student clinic. Seriously thinking about it....

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[beth-bernobich.livejournal.com]

I'd be interested to hear the results if you decide to try out the acupuncture approach.

[alfreda89.livejournal.com]

I already know that a friend's mother is very pleased with the results she's getting from acupuncture. She has Rheumatoid arthritis, though, and it does not always follow Lyme arthritis or general osteoarthritis.

After the San Francisco trip, perhaps I'll check it out! If I'm not leaving town again --

[6-penny.livejournal.com]

This is an example of the odd moment when NOT having insurance is actually liberating. My heavy use of a really good massage therapist I doubt would be covered, but I find it far more effective (and kinder to my liver) than the pills the Md was prescribing for my back spasms!
I have also found a course of accupuncture helpful.

[alfreda89.livejournal.com]

I go to a specialist LMT once a month for 90 minutes. If I could afford her, I'd go more often. My insurance pays for very little. I bought it to be a cushion against, say, an auto accident. I had two exemptions, one still in force. They will not treat arthritis at all. They pay for the Celebrex only because I have massive inflammation elsewhere.

If I could get three sessions from her in a month, and stop Celebrex, I might feel just as good without the risk of side effects....

[sheilagh.livejournal.com]

Some Lyme news that sounds encouraging: http://www.medpagetoday.com/InfectiousDisease/GeneralInfectiousDisease/tb/10092

[alfreda89.livejournal.com]

I saw that. If it makes the CDC take down their recommendations, it's a victory. I have been very fortunate so far, the insurance pays after a medium-sized deductible. But some of the most expensive stuff I got a bit of help on. Now, the shots are $110 a piece. If a friend who is a nurse wasn't giving me the shots, it would be $40 for the nurse, plus gasoline.

And that's assuming I could find somewhere to get the shot!

And I get a shot every three days, so...just call me pincushion. Makes travel odd. But the nurse I had at a convention in OK was great; didn't have to do more than tell her why the smaller needle. She was cool and painless.