Suggest Ways To Wean Off Pain Medication Taken For Knee Stiffness

Posted on Mon, 2 Nov 2015

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Question : I need to get off my pain pills I am trying clonazepam seem to be working but there has got to be something better out there

Answered by Dr. Divakara (3 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Need to correct the cause of pain.

Detailed Answer:
Hi

Thanks for posting your query.

See , first we need to correct or control the cause of your pain . Then automatically the pain starts reducing without medication.

Hence I need to know where are you feeling the pain?

Since how long you are having this pain?

What was the diagnosis made ?

What is the severity and frequency of the pain?

Kindly let me know these details .

Regards.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Divakara (2 days later)

Knee pain it pops out whenever and some what locks up on me

Answered by Dr. Divakara (16 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Need to diagnose your problem first.

Detailed Answer:
HI

You didn't gave me complete details.

Since how long you are having this pain?

What was the diagnosis made ?

What is the severity and frequency of the pain?

Kindly let me know these details. You could be having Arthritis, patellar discolotion or meniscus and ligament tear etc. It needs to be investigated with X ray or MRI . Has any tests been done on you ?

Kindly let me know these details.

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar