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    Fatigue and pain and aspirin?

    I've been taking a baby aspirin every day for the past several years. On Saturday, I stopped taking it to see if maybe it was what might be causing the tinnitus (ringing) in my left ear that's also been going on for several years.

    Over the last few days, I have been in pain all over, extremely fatigued, and just generally feeling horrible.

    Since the ringing is still going on in my left ear, I decided this afternoon to go ahead and take the aspirin. I actually took two because Dr. Oz says that it may prevent wrinkles. (I hope!) After I took them, my pain decreased dramatically (yes, I know aspirin is a pain-reliever), but my fatigue also let up. I've worked two back-to-back 14-hour days yesterday and today, so I know fatigue is normal, and I am tired, but earlier before I took the aspirin, I was so tired I could barely move after only working 5 hours. Now, I'm just a normal tired, not the extreme fatigue I was having. My icky, blah, just-don't-feel-well feeling is gone too.

    Could it just be a coincidence that my fatigue decreased after taking the aspirin or is there a connection somehow?
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    #2
    Originally posted by Shashi View Post
    Could it just be a coincidence that my fatigue decreased after taking the aspirin or is there a connection somehow?
    The MS World mods don't normally share my sense of humor, so I'm going to be a good boy and just say...no connection.

    But I'm saying it with a face.


    rex

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      #3
      The Mayo Clinic found that there may be a connection between aspirin and MS-related fatigue:
      A randomized controlled crossover trial of aspirin for fatigue in multiple sclerosis. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15824361

      Mayo is currently conducting a larger study of aspirin for MS–related fatigue:
      http://www.mayoclinic.org/medicalpro...igue-2011.html

      There was a thread here about this topic a couple of weeks ago:
      http://www.msworld.org/forum/showthread.php?t=117167

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        #4
        random thought (and yes i have fatigue but no pain)

        could your pain be contributing to your fatigue? and since your not in pain, your fatigue is significantly reduced?

        i have no proof or anything to back this up. just a thought
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          #5
          The Mayo researchers are looking at inflammation rather than pain as a possible contributor to MS fatigue.

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