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Remedies for Agitated Nerve Pain | Pain Relief

12/16/09 by | No Comments

Posted in: Back Pain

Causes of nerve pain are numerous but the main ones include:

>Damaged and/or compressed nerves due to a traumatic event such as a fall,
>Nerve damage following surgery,
>Sciatica,
>Plantar fasciitis or foot pain in general,
>Fibromyalgia, pain in the muscles, ligaments, and tendons,
>Nerve damage caused by drug abuse,
>Post-herpetic Neuralgia (PHN), the onset pain from the Shingles Rash,
>Diabetes, neuropathy and neuropathic pain.

To get pain relief, you have several options, but none of them work all the time, and most are not without risk to your body one way or the other. The body has the unique ability to adjust to most medications, in that, over time given sustained use; it requires more and more of the same pain relief medicine to achieve the same level of pain relief.

* The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney diseases reports that over the counter NSAIDS such as aspirin, ibuprofen and the like may temporarily ease your pain but their use is not without risk to other areas of your body.

* Any product with capsaicin as an ingredient may offer temporary pain relief.

* Certain depressants such as amitriptyline, imipramine, or nortriptyline are sometimes effective.

* Clinical trials indicate that Mexiletine is effective in treating pain.

* Codeine can be used for a short time to relieve pain, but it can be very addictive.

* Homeopathic Drugs and Applications can be very effective.

* Alternative medicines such as Menastil, EZ Pain Relief and Heartland are topically applied.

* Other pain treatments…