Spinal stenosis, inflammation, fatigue, pain, and stomach problems

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The spinal stenosis pain I deal with is concentrated in my lower back, my neck, and my feet. There's nerve pain along with twitching, and I get pins and needles too. Epidural injections gave me relief for a period of time, though it never stuck around, and I've also done physical therapy across the years. On top of that I have stomach trouble, mainly severe bloating. Tirz has been part of my routine for a few months and I've dropped some weight; right after the shot, for the first few days, my stomach seems a bit better, but then that effect fades.

I just wanted to find out whether anyone here has faced any of these same problems and come across something that helped, and would be open to sharing what they went through. KLOW and ARA 290 are two things I've started researching, but this whole area is still new to me, so I'm attempting to pick up more information before I go ahead, given how confusing the vendor and crypto side of it all is.

Thanks in advance!
 
Bushman said:

The spinal stenosis pain I deal with is concentrated in my lower back, my neck, and my feet. There's nerve pain along with twitching, and I get pins and needles too. Epidural injections gave me relief for a period of time, though it never stuck around, and I've also done physical therapy across the years. On top of that I have stomach trouble, mainly severe bloating. Tirz has been part of my routine for a few months and I've dropped some weight; right after the shot, for the first few days, my stomach seems a bit better, but then that effect fades.

I just wanted to find out whether anyone here has faced any of these same problems and come across something that helped, and would be open to sharing what they went through. KLOW and ARA 290 are two things I've started researching, but this whole area is still new to me, so I'm attempting to pick up more information before I go ahead, given how confusing the vendor and crypto side of it all is.

Thanks in advance!
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For inflammation and pain of that sort, the peptides commonly mentioned as helpful are BPC-157, KPV, TB500/TB4, Cartalax, and GHK-Cu....though there is a limit to what peptides can accomplish...if anything at all...

Spinal stenosis is something I have too, but what actually revealed it was a recent MRI done while trying to work out the cause of my acute pain (around 8-9)...For someone my age, spinal stenosis is not out of the ordinary....What is out of the ordinary is an annoying cyst sitting on the spine, pressing against the spinal nerves and making the stenosis worse than it would otherwise be... 😳 😳

A 4-drug pain medication cocktail, thankfully prescribed by my PCP and the spine doctor, is the 'only' thing that brings me relief...and even then, the meds have to land just right before the pain drops to a level I can tolerate...

As soon as I get through all the medicare hoops, I'm gonna have that cyst cut out. First PT (which hasn't worked and won't), then a steroid shot (which the spine surgeon also says won't work)....once those hoops are done, non-invasive out-patient surgery, and I'll be up and walking the same day...👍

So, back to the peptide question: despite the pain med cocktail, I still faithfully pin every peptide I listed above (except I'm still waiting on some cartalax)...and I'll keep pinning them, because I am a believer!......👍😳😎
 
Bushman said:

The spinal stenosis pain I deal with is concentrated in my lower back, my neck, and my feet. There's nerve pain along with twitching, and I get pins and needles too. Epidural injections gave me relief for a period of time, though it never stuck around, and I've also done physical therapy across the years. On top of that I have stomach trouble, mainly severe bloating. Tirz has been part of my routine for a few months and I've dropped some weight; right after the shot, for the first few days, my stomach seems a bit better, but then that effect fades.

I just wanted to find out whether anyone here has faced any of these same problems and come across something that helped, and would be open to sharing what they went through. KLOW and ARA 290 are two things I've started researching, but this whole area is still new to me, so I'm attempting to pick up more information before I go ahead, given how confusing the vendor and crypto side of it all is.

Thanks in advance!
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With ARA, there is a dosing protocol that has already been established, coming out of the phase 2 studies. As for dosing anything within KLOW, that question remains unsettled.

When it comes to KLOW, KPV is likely the safest option for ongoing use or for larger doses. In certain circles, it ranks as the most popular peptide apart from the GLPs.

Bushman said:

The spinal stenosis pain I deal with is concentrated in my lower back, my neck, and my feet. There's nerve pain along with twitching, and I get pins and needles too. Epidural injections gave me relief for a period of time, though it never stuck around, and I've also done physical therapy across the years. On top of that I have stomach trouble, mainly severe bloating. Tirz has been part of my routine for a few months and I've dropped some weight; right after the shot, for the first few days, my stomach seems a bit better, but then that effect fades.

I just wanted to find out whether anyone here has faced any of these same problems and come across something that helped, and would be open to sharing what they went through. KLOW and ARA 290 are two things I've started researching, but this whole area is still new to me, so I'm attempting to pick up more information before I go ahead, given how confusing the vendor and crypto side of it all is.

Thanks in advance!
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For some GI symptoms caused by the GLPs, Florastor Advanced might have been helpful in my case. Depending on whether Amazon offers a generous coupon for the name brand, I also purchase the generic version of that same strain (Saccharomyces boulardii). Subq BPC, KPV and similar compounds were part of my routine as well.
 
Flash-BCR said:

For inflammation and pain of that sort, the peptides commonly mentioned as helpful are BPC-157, KPV, TB500/TB4, Cartalax, and GHK-Cu....though there is a limit to what peptides can accomplish...if anything at all...

Spinal stenosis is something I have too, but what actually revealed it was a recent MRI done while trying to work out the cause of my acute pain (around 8-9)...For someone my age, spinal stenosis is not out of the ordinary....What is out of the ordinary is an annoying cyst sitting on the spine, pressing against the spinal nerves and making the stenosis worse than it would otherwise be... 😳 😳

A 4-drug pain medication cocktail, thankfully prescribed by my PCP and the spine doctor, is the 'only' thing that brings me relief...and even then, the meds have to land just right before the pain drops to a level I can tolerate...

As soon as I get through all the medicare hoops, I'm gonna have that cyst cut out. First PT (which hasn't worked and won't), then a steroid shot (which the spine surgeon also says won't work)....once those hoops are done, non-invasive out-patient surgery, and I'll be up and walking the same day...👍

So, back to the peptide question: despite the pain med cocktail, I still faithfully pin every peptide I listed above (except I'm still waiting on some cartalax)...and I'll keep pinning them, because I am a believer!......👍😳😎
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For years my pcp has had me on muscle relaxers along with 800mg ibuprofen, and truthfully I've had enough of them. On top of that, the ibuprofen does nothing for the stomach issues.
 
Bushman said:

For years my pcp has had me on muscle relaxers along with 800mg ibuprofen, and truthfully I've had enough of them. On top of that, the ibuprofen does nothing for the stomach issues.
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I've moved on to stronger options; vitamin 'v' plus a few others that hit even harder.... 😳

Still, these are just a bridge until I reach the promised land of "cut, cut again, sew up....done"....With any luck, that will wrap things up, though meh....

Wishing you success in getting your own situation to a better place....👍👍🙂
 
Calm Logic said:

With ARA, there is a dosing protocol that has already been established, coming out of the phase 2 studies. As for dosing anything within KLOW, that question remains unsettled.

When it comes to KLOW, KPV is likely the safest option for ongoing use or for larger doses. In certain circles, it ranks as the most popular peptide apart from the GLPs.


For some GI symptoms caused by the GLPs, Florastor Advanced might have been helpful in my case. Depending on whether Amazon offers a generous coupon for the name brand, I also purchase the generic version of that same strain (Saccharomyces boulardii). Subq BPC, KPV and similar compounds were part of my routine as well.
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I really appreciate you taking the time to write all that out. I'm going to dig deeper into these peptides so I can understand them as well as I can. If a chance comes up to talk about other subjects, I'll ask around about ARA 290 and try to find out more regarding how the buffering works. Some of these other peptides were new to me — I'm still in the learning stage.
 
My spine is in rough shape as well. L4/L5 and L5/S1 are bad, and I have 2 bulged discs in my thoracic spine, though those aren't too severe. I've already had surgery at L4/L5, which fixed the sciatica, but the lower back pain is still there — less intense than it used to be, so that's a plus. What worked for me was plenty of rest, dropping weight, a ton of walking, and maaaayybeeeeee KLOW80, though I'm still not certain about that one.

Reta for the weight loss

KLOW for the recovery

WALK WALK WALK as much as you can

LOTS LOTS LOTS of water

Cut out sugar entirely, 0 sugar, since sugar drives inflammation.

That's what brought my pain down by ALOT. I'm still in pain, but maybe a 3/10 versus last year when I was at an 8/10. Good luck, bro, this shit is fucked.
 
Kitty Paws said:

My spine is in rough shape as well. L4/L5 and L5/S1 are bad, and I have 2 bulged discs in my thoracic spine, though those aren't too severe. I've already had surgery at L4/L5, which fixed the sciatica, but the lower back pain is still there — less intense than it used to be, so that's a plus. What worked for me was plenty of rest, dropping weight, a ton of walking, and maaaayybeeeeee KLOW80, though I'm still not certain about that one.

Reta for the weight loss

KLOW for the recovery

WALK WALK WALK as much as you can

LOTS LOTS LOTS of water

Cut out sugar entirely, 0 sugar, since sugar drives inflammation.

That's what brought my pain down by ALOT. I'm still in pain, but maybe a 3/10 versus last year when I was at an 8/10. Good luck, bro, this shit is fucked.
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Thanks for the reply — glad you brought up KLOW, since I gave myself the first shot last night. I've been getting Tirz through a telehealth service for a few months and have already dropped some weight; I'm considering switching to a vendor for it because $139 a month for 1 vial is what I'm paying now.

My shifts run 12+ hours and I'm standing 95% of that time, so walking isn't an issue, but I suspect being upright that long is aggravating things. Since starting the tirz I no longer want sweets, and I've stopped drinking sodas entirely.

I've begun exercising too, yet the pain hasn't gone away. I'm hoping KLOW will give me some relief. I always understood back and nerve pain were serious, but I didn't expect it to be THIS bad. For years my pcp has prescribed muscle relaxers and ibuprofen, and told me surgery will eventually be necessary.
 
My husband deals with sciatica, a few herniated discs, shoulders that are bone-on-bone, and one bad knee. He had a knee replacement 10 years ago. His other knee still needs replacing, and both shoulders do too.

Every 3 months he gets a steroid epidural for the sciatica, and a couple times a year he gets steroid shots in both shoulders and the knee. The results vary — sometimes they help, sometimes they don't.

His doctor prescribes buprenorphine patches, which do help with the pain, and he insists on working out 4 times per week. Walking helps him; standing makes his back pain significantly worse.

Next month we're going to Israel, but once we're back he'll have to start scheduling the surgeries he needs, because he can't keep relying on the steroid shots. He tried BCP157 in the knee and it didn't make a significant difference with the pain.
 
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