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Suggest Medication For Sciatic Nerve Pain
Question: Please suggest medicine for sciatic pain.My mom is 48 yrs old and she is suffering from disk pain and pain in legs.she is tailor and used to run swing machine by foot
Brief Answer:
Needs rest and muscle relaxants.
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Thanks for posting your query.
It seems that due to excessive stress and exertion to which your mother's back muscles were not used to, she has suffered a myofascial pain syndrome. There may be some spinal disc related problem involved which is causing her a persistent pain.
She needs to consult an orthopedician who after an examination will order tests like MRI of spine to find the extent of damage she has suffered.
The main treatment of such pain is bed rest along with pain killers and muscle relaxants. Muscle relaxants can help with her symptoms if used in appropriate dosage in combination with a potent analgesic.
She can get the appropriate drugs prescribed from your Orthopedician after examination.
Meanwhile she can follow these measures:
- If the pain is severe, she needs bed rest till the pain resolves.
- Get some analgesics prescribed and apply analgesic spray or ointments.
- While resting, keep a pillow under her knees if it doesn't bother her.
- Avoid lifting heavy objects.
- Back strengthening exercises and stretching exercises for the hamstrings daily as advised by a Physiotherapist.
- Avoid exercises in times of pain.
- Improvise the posture while sitting.
- Using an LS contour belt of appropriate size might be helpful in providing support to back muscles.
Also, maintain a proper posture while working, sitting and standing. Keep the back straight.
Back strengthening exercises will also help.
Physiotherapy is also plays a major role in treating such conditions. Epidural steroid injections have been used if oral pain killers are not very effective. Discuss with her orthopedician and an appropriate treatment can be planned depending on the response to medical drugs.
The nerve pain can be controlled with medicines like Pregabalin and Gabapentin.
I hope this answers your query.
In case you have additional questions or doubts, you can forward them to me, and I shall be glad to help you out.
Wishing you good health.
Regards.
Dr. Praveen Tayal.
For future query, you can directly approach me through my profile URL http://bit.ly/Dr-Praveen-Tayal
Needs rest and muscle relaxants.
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Thanks for posting your query.
It seems that due to excessive stress and exertion to which your mother's back muscles were not used to, she has suffered a myofascial pain syndrome. There may be some spinal disc related problem involved which is causing her a persistent pain.
She needs to consult an orthopedician who after an examination will order tests like MRI of spine to find the extent of damage she has suffered.
The main treatment of such pain is bed rest along with pain killers and muscle relaxants. Muscle relaxants can help with her symptoms if used in appropriate dosage in combination with a potent analgesic.
She can get the appropriate drugs prescribed from your Orthopedician after examination.
Meanwhile she can follow these measures:
- If the pain is severe, she needs bed rest till the pain resolves.
- Get some analgesics prescribed and apply analgesic spray or ointments.
- While resting, keep a pillow under her knees if it doesn't bother her.
- Avoid lifting heavy objects.
- Back strengthening exercises and stretching exercises for the hamstrings daily as advised by a Physiotherapist.
- Avoid exercises in times of pain.
- Improvise the posture while sitting.
- Using an LS contour belt of appropriate size might be helpful in providing support to back muscles.
Also, maintain a proper posture while working, sitting and standing. Keep the back straight.
Back strengthening exercises will also help.
Physiotherapy is also plays a major role in treating such conditions. Epidural steroid injections have been used if oral pain killers are not very effective. Discuss with her orthopedician and an appropriate treatment can be planned depending on the response to medical drugs.
The nerve pain can be controlled with medicines like Pregabalin and Gabapentin.
I hope this answers your query.
In case you have additional questions or doubts, you can forward them to me, and I shall be glad to help you out.
Wishing you good health.
Regards.
Dr. Praveen Tayal.
For future query, you can directly approach me through my profile URL http://bit.ly/Dr-Praveen-Tayal
Note: For further queries, consult a joint and bone specialist, an Orthopaedic surgeon. Book a Call now.
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