I am a spinal cord injury patient. Due to which I have paraplegia. I have extreme neuropathic pain electric shock like sensation, burning sensation etc. I have been talk g maxgalin since 4 years now. One I have to ask if it's safe to have this medication for so long? Second, neuropathic pains are increasing day by day what can I do?
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To give an opinion, we need to know the type of injury and the spinal cord level of injury which will be there in mri. You can upload the mri images and report. If your pain is increasing, you hav to increase dose of maxgalin and if still persists, other medications are needed.
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Maxgalin can be taken for neuropathic pains but if your abnormal sensations have become chronic, then there are other forms of therapies like tens which can be tried.
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Maxgalin is safe if taken under proper medical supervision. However, any untowards side effects like pedal edema, diziness etc need to be looked for. If still on medications, symptoms are increasing, interventional pain management procedures can be an option for you where in nerve blocks and spinal injections are given under x-ray or ultrasound guidance with the aim of blocking pain transmission to brain.
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Hello, maxgalin (pregabalin) group of medicines are better to be avoided on a long run for its side effects and dose increase. It can better be replaced with other preferred options like gabapentin etc. In your case, if you are having progressive symptoms lately, you need to go through a check up to prevent increase in pain. Get well soon.
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