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How Can Severe Pain In The Legs And Feet Be Treated?

hi i have parkinsons disease and i take alot of medication and i take cyclobenzaprine 5 mg 1/2 table at 1 to 2 pm and at 8pm and i do my stretches and other exercises nd my legs will really relax and then i move to go to the bathroom and then i have alot of pain and after movind them i take a nap and then my bottom half of my body really hurts annd then the rest of the day my legs and feet are very painful and then my legs when i get up are numb and dont have hardly any feeling in them the parkinsons on my right side has been on that side for years and its been on my left side too for a long time and i have rt.foot dystonia and my left side has been bothering me too fora long time my left side is bad also and the cyclobenzaprine seems to make things worst and my very worst time is from 7pm and 930 and i have bad days as well with all the pain and also from 1ish thru out the day and im moving around quite often i do take alot of carbidopa every day but i was taking 50/200er carbadopa 3 times a day and then the doc cut it down to only once at 8pm could u help me out i would like a neurologist to answer my question am i suppose to have phsical therapy now
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Hello and welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.

This may be caused by three things. Neuropathy or ischemic changes in legs or celulitis. Cellulitis which is inflammation of subcutaneous tissues and may develop into diabetic foot with redness or pain in legs. Neuropathy may also be caused by diabetes but also other metabolic causes may be present or injury of spine. It is presented with burning pain without skin changes. Last, ischemic changes happens due to poor circulation in legs. If this is not your case then these symptoms are indicating circulatory problems in legs which are common in this age and there may be present atherosclerosis that obstructs blood vessels and causes pain and blisters to form. You should do Doppler ultrasound of the leg or CT angiography to rule out such obstructive changes and then it can be treated properly by medications or by surgical and radiological procedures.

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How Can Severe Pain In The Legs And Feet Be Treated?

Hello and welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice. This may be caused by three things. Neuropathy or ischemic changes in legs or celulitis. Cellulitis which is inflammation of subcutaneous tissues and may develop into diabetic foot with redness or pain in legs. Neuropathy may also be caused by diabetes but also other metabolic causes may be present or injury of spine. It is presented with burning pain without skin changes. Last, ischemic changes happens due to poor circulation in legs. If this is not your case then these symptoms are indicating circulatory problems in legs which are common in this age and there may be present atherosclerosis that obstructs blood vessels and causes pain and blisters to form. You should do Doppler ultrasound of the leg or CT angiography to rule out such obstructive changes and then it can be treated properly by medications or by surgical and radiological procedures. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.