Hey Pain,

Dave is right about the indomethacin or indocin was the first nsaid they gave me to try and about six weeks of it was all my stomach and gastro system could take, but I never really got any pain relief from it. From there we tried clinorol and a few more until we got to naprosyn. I didn't feel much difference taking the naprosyn but managed to take it for about four years before my gastro system said no more of this one either. At age 28 I had already lost over an inch of chest expansion and was getting steroid shots in my hips. The doctor who gave me my first cortisone shot in my left hip said this is going to hurt a bit and starting pushing the needle in then would pull it back a bit to change the angle and push it back in to get the medicine in a different spot. He said he was surprised how calm I was because most patients would tense up and try moving away. I told him the needle and meds he was putting in did not hurt no where as close to as bad as my hip was already hurting to keep going because it was easing the pain some. He had told me after the shot and reviewing the xrays I would most likely need a hip replacement in ten years or so, but here 20 years later I am making it on my own hip. It pops and clicks a lot but as long as it still moves I won't get it replaced.

Brent