Re: Spasms

Sandra Melville (luthyen(AT)erols.com)
Fri, 12 Mar 1999 00:10:55 -0500

Good luck with the pup, Alton! Let us know...

Sam, in wet Boston

Alton wrote:

> Marianne Goddard wrote:
> > ... if anyone else suffers from bad spasms ...
> > especially at night or when laying down.
>
> Very much so, especially in the morning.
>
> > Caffiene in any form increases spasms.
>
> I didn't know that. Not surprised.
>
> But I have gone without coffee for days and
> still had spasms. Too bad it isn't always
> this simple; I'd stop coffee tomorrow.
>
> > nsaids ... may help.
>
> Each day I take 100 mg of indomethacin (gout)
> and an asprin (circulatory). If they help my
> spasticity, I would surely not want to
> experience withdrawal.
>
> > TM is inflammation
>
> For most people, only during the early days,
> then we are dealing with the after effects.
> However, for a few percent the inflammation
> propensity is chronic.
>
> Welcome aboard, Marianne.
>
> Alton, who is seeing an anesthesiologist
> Monday about a baclofen pump