Recent Advances in Complex Regional Pain Syndrome CRPS RSD DR. Joshua Prager

Joshua Prager, M.D., discusses recent advances in complex regional pain syndrome

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• rsd
• pain
• functional mri
• joshua prager
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[davidsons4]

Thank you for this post

[emmazoey2]

@Thattergirl I have RSD too and also have trouble with a burning red face at times. Sometimes one side only. No doctor has connected it to RSD, but I think it is. I am so depressed right now... getting worse, and can't find a doctor or treatment plan that are working for me. I need help; I don't want to live like this anymore. 

[BeadinRSD]

Thank you Dr.Prager, if more people would see this then maybe they would understand a bit more. Ive had this for 6 years now, I do infusion therapy and I am finally out of the wheelchair; I fight everyday to stay out of it too. God Bless you!

[mattman4020]

@The69Stickman I disagree. There are plenty of people who get hooked on the opiate drugs they're prescribed. That's why legitimate pain patients sign a "narcotics agreement" when you go see a pain management doctor.

It doesn't matter who takes these drugs, legit pain or not, you WILL get hooked on them. Maybe saying "hooked on them" isn't the correct terminology. i'll put it like this... if you take these drugs for longer than a few months, you will experience withdrawal getting off of them.

[The69Stickman]

@fredisready

Well Fred if you are in the USA yes , or in Germany, but not very many at all in England.

[The69Stickman]

@mattman4020

Well Matt as you said you got hooked on the Oxycontin, the only thing I can say about that is you did not need it with your pain because if you did you would not have got hooked on it. If you go into the drugs and pain, if you need the drugs you will not get hooked on them, that is a fact.

[cbsapphire66]

ive another question, if someone can help. if im able to bear the pain to go to gym, is there any chance i can make things worse? this syndrome seems to be so unknown!

[cbsapphire66]

hi, i found this video interesting, i have had this syndrome for 4yrs and finding no drs/specialists are familiar with this syndrome. im wondering if anyone could tell me if there are people suffering from this condition in queensland, australia, and how they are coping with this horrid disease.

[Thattergirl]

i got a question. I have RSD for the last 6 years due to a accident. Since a couple of years i have unexplainable pains in my stomach after a inflammation. The pain is getting worse and worse overtime to the point i can't handle food anymore. The doctors just simply tell me that i have to stop complaining. But at this point i have lost weight, sometime it feels like that my face is on fire and much more. use no medication. Can this come from rsd and what to do about it? thanks!

[cindiloohoo552]

I have tears. RSD/CRPS was so hard for my doctors to dx. Now, due to CRPS and RSD, I fell and broke my upper arm and shoulder and have titanium plates and rods in my arm and shoulder.

So much .. so late. ~Cindi Lowe, Ohio. USA