Osteopathic doctor symptoms and conditions

I have muscle pain, weakness, and chronic lower back pain. Started statin drug, Simvastatin, on 11/21/07. I take no other drugs. Within two weeks, I could not sit without severe lower back pain. Reported problem to family medical doctor on 1/11/08. M.D. sent me to physical therapy for 8 sessions. No relief from physical therapy so I requested an X-ray on 3/20/08. X-ray shows very mild degeneration at one lower vertebrae. M.D. sent me to an orthopaedics doctor who recommended continued physical therapy. Went to a Chiropractor instead. After six chiropractic sessions with little relief, I made an appointment with an Osteopathic doctor. My M.D. sent me to a rheumatologist who prescribed high dose naproxen for two weeks. The rheumatologist ordered and X-ray of my lower back area. The lower back X-ray produced no negatives. The rheumatologist's next step will be to order and MRI of my lower back area. The D.O. suspects statin induced myopathy and because of hyper reflexes he ordered an MRI of my brain and cervical spine. I am now recommended to a neurologist who specializes in the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis. Am I getting the run around? Only one doctor said I might have statin induced myopathy. The rest will not even mention the statin drug theory. I just pray for ache and pain relief. I have some improvement after four months off of the statin which I believe is quite a strong point that it was the statin drug and not some unknown condition. I don't think arthritis or MS conditions improve. All I know is that I had no health issues before taking the simvastatin. Good luck to everyone who has or is taking a statin drug. BEWARE!!!

I recently posted severe bloating in my stomach which I was very worried it was something else, but suspected Advair. Well I received all of the results back from blood tests and my pelvic ultrasound and they were all fine. I have discontinued using Advair and my stomach has gone down A LOT, it is nice and flat again although (of course) I am having trouble breathing again. My face is clearing up too, it gave me horrible rashes and breakouts and the dark circles under my eyes are gone too.
I did research on some natural alternatives to help asthma and some simple changes in diet and supplements can help as well as breathing exercises and yoga. I am going to try that for now and keep my albuterol handy for emergencies. I have had it with traditional medicine and inconsiderate doctors who are just too busy to really care about the root of the problem, they just give you a quick fix that can hurt you long term. this medicine has actually made my asthma WORSE since I stopped taking it.
A book I recommend is "Reversing Asthma" by Richard N. Firshein, D.O. he is an osteopathic doctor.
take care everyone.

Therapeutic, deep muscle massage got rid of my pain.
I was having terrible excruciating pain and went to an Osteopathic doctor. I brought research info I found that states that Levaquin combines with metal ions in the body to form a compound, and that Levaquin has an affinity for Aluminum first, then copper and so on. I alreay knew my body was high in Aluminum (aluminum gets into our bodies from baking powder, pepto bismo, antacids, aluminum baking dishes, aluminum foil, lotions, deodorants, soda cans, etc.). My level is 5x the top of the normal range. The D.O. recommended massage, exercise and stretching to try to work out the metal toxicity, plus hot baths, antioxidants, lots and lots of water, and chelated minerals. The chelated minerals bind with metals in the body and help you eliminate them. I saw the biggest change after the massage. The first one was very painful, and I knew it would be because my body was in so much pain. I took a hot bath after the massage and found that the pain in my right chest, upper back and ribs was gone. I could finally sit up in bed and roll over without feeling like someone was stabbing me in the chest with a knife and I could take a deeper breath.

I had been in excrutiating pain. I think I surprised the hell out the masseuse when she had me sit up and I yelled out from the horrible pain in my chest. I have had 3 massages and am getting better with each one. It is a deep muscle, therapeutic massage. You need someone who is very good at this! But, I know I am not done, because I have no energy still. She is working on getting phlem out of my chest too with chest P.T. (basically beating on your chest cavity with cupped hands).

I don't know if the Levaquin did any good at all, it seems like all it did was cause me a hellish 6 weeks so far. The Osteopathic doctor also recommended an alkaline diet (protein, vegies, fruit, no grains, no acidic foods like tomatoes, but lemon juice in water is good for you - it becomes alkaline in the body). This diet helps you eliminate toxic metals from the body while you are doing all of the other things to get rid of it. To learn more about metal toxicity, type it into your search engine.

I was taking tylenol with codeine 24 hours a day for the pain - which the D.O. said is really bad for your liver and won't help get rid of the metals so she switched me to Hydrocodone. I don't need the pain medication anymore - after my third massage. I kept searching for answers on the internet because no one seemed to have any. When I found Levaquin combines with metals in the body. I thought perhaps I had found the answer. Longterm, I don't know if all of the aches and pains will stay away. I hope this really is the solution. I am 42, and have always been very strong, independent, healthy, and full of energy. I want to get back to that.

Robin

I put a message in here stating that deeep tissue therapeutic massage got rid of my intense muscle and joint pain. I was the one who when I sat up or rolled over in bed felt like someone was stabbing me in the chest with a knife. It was excrutiating! And I had severe pain in my muscles, joints and ribs so it hurt to take a deep breath. All this was from taking Levaquin Feb. 8 - 17th, 2003. Yesterday I ran sprinting races with my 9 year old son and felt GREAT! I am a 42 year old woman. Granted I used to workout a lot and did personal training for 5+ years, but had not exercised regularly in 3 years. I am telling you this so you can realize how much the following program helped me recover from the side effects of Levaquin. I told you that my osteopathic doctor recommended a heavy metal detoxification program - hot baths with epsome salts, alkaline diet(protein & vegies - no dairy or breads/pasta), massage, exercise and stretching to remove the metals - because Levaquin combines with metals in the body to form another compound. Aluminum is it's first choice to bind with, and I already knew my aluminum level was at 35 when the normal range is 0-9. I also started using "Heavy Metal Cleanse" by RenewLife Company. After 3 massages I was still feeling vague discomfort in my back and occassional sharp pains in various places, plus absolutely no energy. I have been on the detox program for about 3 weeks now doing all of the above and finally my energy is back and all of the pain is gone. I highly recommend this program to everyone. An Osteopathic Doctor graduates from med school just like an MD but they also learn some alternative medicine depending upon their interests, such as chiropractic, naturopathic, acupuncture, oriental medicine, etc.

An MD I went to wouldn't even discuss metal toxicity because they did not teach him about it in med school. He has the blinders on like a lot of MD's who think that western medicine (taught in US med schools)holds all the answers. But it does not. My getting healthy again is proof of that. There are still a lot of people out there suffering from this. Please try this program. The Heavy Metal Cleanse product just requires taking 1-2 capsules first thing in the morning and just before bed and drinking lots of water to help flush the metals out of your body. The instructions inside also outline the alkaline diet and say that you will have greater success if you follow this diet while doing the Heavy Metal Cleanse. I am now planning to get back into Personal Training. I could not even consider this if I was still in so much pain that I had to live on pain killers 24 hours a day like I was. Reminder: Tylenol hinders clearing the metals out of the body by clogging up the liver. My D.O. prescribed Hydrocodone for pain. Taking this also allowed me to start exercising because it relieved the pain enough so that I could walk, try to expand my lungs and do some upper body exercises and stretching. Don't take it before you go for a massage though or they won't be able to identify as well, what areas they need to work on. The first massage was very painful, so be ready. In fact I cried because I had been off the pain med for hours before and just couldn't stand any more pain. But she just said "you have to take it to get better". And it was well worth it because the massages were crutial in healing me. Best of luck! - Robin