Pain common in Multiple Sclerosis, restricts function

MSUK · Post by **MSUK** » Wed May 25, 2011 12:36 am

More than half of patients with multiple sclerosis in a new study reported moderate to severe pain that limits function.

"Pain is common in people with multiple sclerosis," lead investigator Denis Martin, DPhil, from Teeside University in Middlesbrough, the United Kingdom, told Medscape Medical News. "This should reinforce to clinicians to ask about pain and how it may be affecting the person. Too often that can be overlooked or dismissed."... Read More - http://www.msrc.co.uk/index.cfm/fuseact ... ageid/1896

wobbly · Post by **wobbly** » Fri May 27, 2011 2:23 pm

24-7 is how i hurt so i believe u/ sometimes does seem like drs really believe u / peace

THEGREEKFROMTHED · Post by **THEGREEKFROMTHED** » Wed Jun 01, 2011 3:41 pm

Another brilliant study! Bravo! Pain restricts movement! Wow so profound, and a shocking discovery!

robbie · Post by **robbie** » Thu Jun 02, 2011 7:36 am

19 years ago the neuro i had at the time said no pain with ms My feet are like blocks of ice my legs are purple from the knees down and ache like hell not just once and a while 24/7 i take codeine like m&m's wake up with pain go to bed with pain
oh ya forgot to mention the spasticity this is un f.....g unbeliveable. glad to see neuros now include pain on their never ending list of symptoms

THEGREEKFROMTHED · Post by **THEGREEKFROMTHED** » Thu Jun 02, 2011 8:02 am

Hang in there robbie nobody deserves this shit

maynaka · Post by **maynaka** » Thu Jun 02, 2011 2:22 pm

I guess wasting money on useless studies that serve absolutely no purpose is not limited to any one continent.

I am sorry Robbie; this travesty they call research does nothing for those of us living with this disease.