I was recently diagnosed with arthritis, same symptoms. My mom has fibromyalgia, but I’ve never had that. The doc gave me Mobic, and it works the very best of all. Tylenol and Alleve goes away too quickly.
The IMPORTANT thing to remember is this: Get the inflammation out! My German doc told me to double up on the anti-inflammatories the first couple days, then scale back. I normally don’t need them past two days if I do that, until I have another jab of pain. Don’t fall into the trap of thinking that “I’ll just take enough to ease the pain.” Pain indicates inflammation. You will have more pain later if you don’t reduce the inflammation now. IN other words, the arthritis becomes MUCH worse over time if you fail to reduce the inflammation early on. I used to think that taking the pain meds sparingly was the best thing...but I found the pain was almost constant. By doubling up, I get off the meds in 2 days and usually don’t have an immediate reoccurance. Maybe a week or two...two to three onths...whatever.
Please follow instructions carefully...do not over use or over use of dosage, to much can cause liver damage...