Why pain killers reduce anxiety some times ?
March 11th, 2010
Sweet Pinki asked:
I see patients with Generalized Anxiety Disorder also addicted to some pain killers. I think one of the effect of long lasting anxiety is inflammation and increased response to pain , so pain killers must be helping in getting a comfortable feeling. What is opinion of experts ?
Edit – May be anxiety could be accompanied by fibromyalgia hence they feel better by taking pain killers ?
As Daniel has said , some pain killers contain Codein and some contains muscle relaxtants ( e.g. Soma contains Cariosprodal which is OTC drug and addiction prone ). So these drugs may be relieving anxiety by giving euphoric feeling.
Zakiya
I see patients with Generalized Anxiety Disorder also addicted to some pain killers. I think one of the effect of long lasting anxiety is inflammation and increased response to pain , so pain killers must be helping in getting a comfortable feeling. What is opinion of experts ?
Edit – May be anxiety could be accompanied by fibromyalgia hence they feel better by taking pain killers ?
As Daniel has said , some pain killers contain Codein and some contains muscle relaxtants ( e.g. Soma contains Cariosprodal which is OTC drug and addiction prone ). So these drugs may be relieving anxiety by giving euphoric feeling.
Zakiya
Categories: Pain & Pain Management | Tags: Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Otc Drug, Soma | 5 Comments
