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Severe Pain After Spinal Fusion Surgery. Is There Any Alternative Treatment Other Than Having Surgery?
I had spinal fusion surgery in April of 2012. I had to have the hardware removed in Feb 2013. I am hurting worse now than before ever having surgery. my dr says the only thing he can do is a spinal stimulation therapy which involves another surgery with a machine installed inside of me. I don't want another surgery especially with the side effects from this particular surgery. what should I do? since this surgery I have also developed RLS.. please help me...
Sat, 4 Jan 2014
Hi,
Thank you for posting your query.
It is unfortunate that you did not improve with surgery, in fact, your pain has worsened after the spinal fusion surgery.
At this stage, you would benefit from taking neuropathic pain medications such as pregabalin, gabapentin or duloxetine capsules.
For RLS, you can take pramipexole tablets.
I hope my answer helps. Please get back if you have any follow up queries or if you require any additional information.
Wishing you good health,
Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology)
Senior Consultant Neurologist
Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad, India
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Thank you for posting your query.
It is unfortunate that you did not improve with surgery, in fact, your pain has worsened after the spinal fusion surgery.
At this stage, you would benefit from taking neuropathic pain medications such as pregabalin, gabapentin or duloxetine capsules.
For RLS, you can take pramipexole tablets.
I hope my answer helps. Please get back if you have any follow up queries or if you require any additional information.
Wishing you good health,
Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology)
Senior Consultant Neurologist
Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad, India
Click on this link to ask me a DIRECT QUERY: http://bit.ly/Dr-Sudhir-kumar
My BLOG: http://bestneurodoctor.blogspot.in
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