Been laid low by back pain

[HipChick]

and I had all kinds of plans for this week...

Some arse, texting or playing pokeman rear ended me

This is my 2nd day of being laid up in bed, muscle relaxants, and pain killers

I can't imagine what chronic suffers go through, I'm already wimping out on day 2

[Wounded Bear]

1. Sorry to hear that...

I've been lucky on that score, never had back problems. I feel for you.

[True Dough]

2. Hope you're up and about soon, HipChick

Was there much damage to your vehicle? The insurance hassles are another pain.

Distracted driving is a real problem.

[dixiegrrrrl]

3. When I injured my back, it was only severe muscle damage,

Ihad to take a week off work and learn about the delights of something called Soma.
Bed rest....the bed was upstairs and the bathroom was down stairs and the Soma made noodles of my legs both ways.

I wish you a speedy recovery.

[DFW]

4. Have any friends in Brazil?

This is not a joke. I was having some horrible back pain two years ago, and while in London, I met up with a colleague from Brazil who pulled a pink pill out of his jacket, and told me to take one before I went to bed. I did, and the next morning, my back pain was not only completely gone, it never came back!!! I am not kidding. *poof* it disappeared. I was seeing a chiropractor for the first time in my life at the time. I had seen him a few days before, and he was heating me up, massaging, doing what chiropractors do. I went in to him the next Monday, and he asked how I was doing, and I said great, no more complaints. He thought I was joking, and felt around my lower back and was dumbstruck. "How the f*** did you do THAT?" he asked. All tension had completely disappeared.

I gave a few to some friends who were having muscle-tension-related back pain, and they had similar results.

I got a scan of the ingredients to show to a few doctors I knew to make sure the pills didn't contain some forbidden Amazonian exotic herbs or toxic ingredients, and indeed they didn't. It was all standard stuff including muscle relaxants and standard pain killers. It must have been the proportions of the mixture, because my doctor friends couldn't explain why these pills worked where nothing else did.

The pill is called "Tandrilax," and my colleague said it is available over the counter in Brazil for about $30 for a package of 20 pills.

[HipChick]

9. I will look into this..

[DFW]

11. OK, Just let me know

Before I tried it, I didn't believe it, either.

[TexasBushwhacker]

12. Looked it up

It's a combination of

Soma 125 mg (this is a low dose)

Cambia 50 mg (a prescription NSAID usually prescribed for migraines and arthritis)

Acetominophen 300 mg + caffeine (Exedrin Tension Headache)

[DFW]

13. For whatever reason....

It works. I have not been back to the chiropractor since!

[femmocrat]

5. Speedy recovery, HipChick!

I have back problems.... it sucks. I hope your pain goes away quickly.

[irisblue]

6. how are you doing today?

Please consider getting PT. You really don't want this to be an issue as you move on through life.

[HipChick]

10. Lots of sleep and muscle relaxants..

[DFW]

7. If this is still an issue in 2 weeks

I have to go to the States for a week starting Oct. 13, and I can send you a couple of Tandrilax pills from my office in Dallas if you want. PM me with an address if you want to give it a try.

[Eleanors38]

8. My lower back decides to take leave on occasion. Once when it went MIA...

...a friend gave me some prescription Motrin. That and half a joint with some beers helped out. It either killd the pain or (in the words of one MD) make me not give a shit.