To just want the strongest possible drugs?

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Which sounds dodgy as hell

Have really hurt my arm and shoulder and in a lot of pain. At first I just took paracetamol but after a few days it became apparent it wasn’t working and so saw my GP who prescribed naproxen. That also hasn’t worked and so made another appointment. This time I was sent to the physiotherapist which might have been helpful if she’d actually done any physio!

So now I’m facing another awful night and I can’t. I’m desperate for some strong pain relief. How can I get it at this time? I’ve no history of misuse of drugs and I only had a couple of paracetamol after two c sections so I’m not prone to dramatics but it really, really hurts.

I agree with you OP - I can’t take NSAID due to my asthma and paracetamol doesn’t cut it.

I think it is frozen shoulder.

You posted about this earlier.

I hear you, frozen shoulder sucks big time. The pain will reduce but while it’s acute it’s horrible. I took ibuprofen and paracetamol concurrently but it was still very difficult if I’m honest. I paid privately for a steroid injection and that worked.

No I didn’t

one other thing that helped me. I had to sleep in my back as it was too painful to sleep on either side. Put a pillow under the painful arm to support it so the shoulder is as straight and supported as possible, that way it limits any movement.

If you can afford it, get a private prescription for codeine. Could it be s trapped nerve? I had that once and my brain was telling me my arm was in a mangle being continuously squeezed, all a false message of course but it was the most painful thing ever.

Phone 111 and get some Zapain. I am in a similar boat so you really have my sympathy. Chronic pain is a nightmare.

Re the physio not offering physiotherapist, could you afford to see a private physio? I did for shoulder impingement and they did deep tissue massage, manipulation and something involving a heat wand and it offered very good relief for a few days. The NHS physio, when the appointment came around, was just exercises, which to be fair after several months of doing them, seem to have sorted the problem but the private physio was a very good short term fix. NHS don’t in my experience offer anything hands on as they don’t have time in the appointments. My physio barely touched my shoulder.

Why a private one? My GP prescribes me 30/500 cocodamol for pain. Speak to the GP OP.

I dislocated my shoulder and all the muscles around my shoulder blade went into a deep spasm. I had to sleep upright in a chair as I couldnt lay down. At one point I was sweating in pain. Only thing that worked were prescription strength painkillers alternated with anti-inflammatories, but also two of those stick on heat packs along the length of my shoulder blade. I had to rest my arm on a pillow as well.
Once the muscles had come out of spasm it was so much easier. Physio was impossible until they happened. Id rather have babies without any meds than go through that again.

Buy some solpadeine max or nurofen plus. They're the strongest you can get OTC.
And tell the GP the pain relief isn't working and you need something stronger, like cocodamol.

If it is an injury, have you had an X-ray (did your GP request one)? Are you using a sling? I found this very helpful after I injured mine by falling directly on it (it eased the weight on my injured shoulder). I did go to A&E for an X-ray, as I was worried I couldn't use my arm properly and wouldn't be able to work and maybe had fractured a bone. Nothing broken but a lot of ligament/soft tissue injury and they were very helpful. (It was Covid time and A&E was virtually empty mid morning - I was seen in Minor Injuries). It was very painful and as I am not allowed to take NSAIDs (other medical condition) I could only take paracetamol. The sling support during the day did seem to make the shoulder easier than before all day and then less bad than before at night.

PS They told me it would take 2-3 months to return to normal.

I've had two frozen shoulders (at different times). With the second one I had the steroid injection, which was done by the physio and it took away about 80% of the pain. I'd recommend that.

Frozen shoulder has a progression of three stages to go through, but does get better eventually. The process for me both times was about two years.

My sympathies. It is very painful and it will be hard with very small children.

What has the gp based the diagnosis on, did you injure yourself, got sudden burning pain, what bought it on, you need an xray, plus an mri, I had this and it was impingement that needed surgery, it was the physio who suggested it, the gp wasn't at all thorough, I had diazepam and cocodomol but gp are reluctant to prescribe those now. Tbh if the pain is that bad and you can't really move that arm I'd go to minor injuries or a&e to actually get a diagnosis.

111?
my area has weekend and evening out of hours GP appointments

as pp recommended, antihistamine to aid sleep - original nytol (not the non drowsy herbal one)