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Have Muscle Spams In The Shoulder And Arm After Surgery For Tumor
wife has a gbm taking kappa 3000mg, depakote 1500mg and dexadron 6mg daily. Had a partial removal of 50% of tumor located in motors trip and lost use of left shoulder, arm and hand. So now 6 months after surgery she still getting muscle spasms in the shoulder and arm and lots of pain since the arm has had no movement. Doing PT OT etc. Doctors are not suggesting another med called Flexal or something like that to help control the spasms in the arm. Ive read that its not safe to takes these with anti-seizure meds, What do you think?
Sat, 1 Feb 2014
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Thanks for writing to us.
The muscle spasms after the loss of use of the arm is likely to be due to a nerve injury in the area. The nerve will gradually regenerate in few weeks and the tremors indicate the recovery.
I hope this information has been both informative and helpful for you.
Regards,
Dr. Praveen Tayal ,
drtayal72@gmail.com
Thanks for writing to us.
The muscle spasms after the loss of use of the arm is likely to be due to a nerve injury in the area. The nerve will gradually regenerate in few weeks and the tremors indicate the recovery.
I hope this information has been both informative and helpful for you.
Regards,
Dr. Praveen Tayal ,
drtayal72@gmail.com
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