The “top man” may or may not be working in Eastern Europe.
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Wait for him to go back after Brexit
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The top man may be working in the implant factory - there is a direct correlation between numbers of surgeries performed and clinical outcomes.
Currently taking a lot of these after dislocating my already very fucked knee on sunday
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Prescribed them on one occasion, ended up walking round in a trance and clouded any rational thought I was capable of . Never again. Then again I know some folk who’d love to feel that way, cheaper than ale. 
I’m on them at the moment, just waiting for the wife to get back from the pharmacists with the naproxen and diazepam to complement. Sciatica is a bitch and no mistake.
Does she charge by the hour and does she do outcalls?
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Took them for around 18 months a few years ago so thought I’d be fine but spent the whole of yesterday like a zombie and sweating like a bastard.
…a bit like when you’re at a bake…
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Naproxen, common side effect of the galloping shites and you have sciatica, your GP has a right sense of humour pal, I’d send the laundry bill to the surgery. 
The Tramadol causing constipation however tends to balance things out just nicely.
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Mark my words, there’s a shart on the way.
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ftfy 
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I got prescribed Naproxen recently for shoulder pain. Had a read up before taking any and decided no way. Just a shame I didn’t read up before handing over my cash. Thankfully the pain has mainly gone.
Running injury?
Trying to get in a sleeping bag injury ?
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Naproxen did fuck all for my sciatica and seemed mild to me. Wish they’d given me diazepam!
Next I got gabapentin which only worked when I took everything I had in the space of two days (couldn’t even turn around in bed at that point). No way was I going to continue with that shite so stopped going to the doctor.
Well they do different things; naproxen is an anti-inflammatory, tramadol is a straight pain killer and diazepam (in this context at least) is a muscle relaxant to help deal with my back muscles going into spasm. For me that combo works very well, but it may well be different for others. I certainly tried a number of other meds that didn’t do the trick.
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Rugby and parachuting, have had 3x operations so far to try and hold it together.
I need a knee replacement but I’m too young to have it done apparently , due to the damage I need a complex replacement and they won’t do this twice. As they typically last around 20 years they won’t do it until I’m 60. I said I’d rather have a good knee now and deal with issues when I’m 60.
Probably the NHS not wanting to pay as so far the one NHS op I had was a cluster fuck and the rest have been private.
Isn’t naproxen just like ibuprofen, only a bit stronger ? I’m using ibuprofen to manage joint pain when walking any distance. I take paracetamol too since they both suppress pain and don’t really interact with one another. I find they do help a good deal.
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