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I am allergic to all opiates and most painkillers. My PCP gave me non-codein cough syrup at one point which still made me itch.
I found out that pain and itch receptors are very close in structure--some moreso for some people. Apparently, I'm one of them. Knowing this, I decided to try and outsmart my body and so took some allergy Bendryl along with my cough medicine. Worked like magic!
I get frequent headaches from fibromyalgia and take Fioricette which normally works like a champ. It's some kind of downer (I think) and tylenol (so no upset stomach--I also have a hiatal hernia so aspirin won't do).
I haven't tried the Benedryl allergy with the normal pain killers like Vicodin that made me itch but next time I need something, I'm going to try it.
In this day and age, you almost need a medical degree in order to get by--or at least as much medical knowledge as you can pick up so you can make suggestions to your doctor about how to treat you. A lot of times they just don't think of things until you suggest them.
I had a boyfriend way back in college who said that to get by in present society, you needed both a law and medical degree. I laughed. But the older I get, the more I stop laughing!
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