I sent my doctor an email that described the schedule of the 3 Aleve I take a day and saying that the headache comes back later in the day.
I mentioned that I was about to take a Skelaxin and asked him if he had a better alternative?
He replied and suggested that I up the dose of Aleve in the afternoon and cautioned me against taking more than 4 or 5 in a day. He asked me to let him know how that worked out.
He also wanted to know how the Skelaxin was working.
So far I can say, except for being drugged all the time, the Aleve several times a day has been the most relief that I have felt. My headaches are there later in the day, maybe from mid afternoon on, but I'm feeling much better than I did when all I relied on was the Skelaxin.
The Aleve helps with what I think is arthritis in a couple of fingers of each hand, swelling in my left hand has gone down since I have been taking it.
It's also nice not to need so much Skelaxin.
Skelaxin and alcohol are contra-indicated, although I'm not sure if death is a side effect of that interaction. I will be able to have a glass of wine. Or a shot of whiskey at some indeterminant time in the future.
My limits even then are severe. Half a glass of wine, and perhaps a thimble of whiskey. Not much.
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