Joint Inflammation

[jemsister]

Have any of you noticed a correlation between your meds and joint inflammation? I have had the usual minor aches and pains for a while now, but things have gotten more achy since I started Vimpat and Dilantin. I'm off Dilantin now, but I still take Vimpat. Anyway, the places I'm feeling it are my ankles, knees, wrists/thumbs, lower back, and neck. My joints have also become more creaky/crunchy. For example, when I wake in the morning, sitting up causes a series of 5-6 pops in my lower back. My other joints have always had a certain degree of crunchiness, but it's worse now, especially in the wrists and elbows.

What do you think--possible medication issue? Or am I just getting more creaky?

 

[Nakamova]

I had heard that some people got joint pain on Lamictal. And there's this from a CWE member: http://www.coping-with-epilepsy.com/forums/f23/weird-pain-getting-worse-10444/

 

[jemsister]

Hmm, well I am on both Lamictal and Vimpat, so maybe it's coming from the Lamictal. I'll ask my doc what he thinks on Tuesday.

 

[valeriedl]

I've had epilepsy for almost 10 years now and was crunchy before and after. In the last 5 years I started having pain in my back and legs. I found out that it was do to a problem that I had in my back.