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hello my my,name is Audrianna in 21 and 145lbs and im 5'4. I have serious pain in my back I've been through physical therapy and tried medication like gabatin or mobic which hasn't helped. Sometimes the pain shoots down my legs and hurts in my hips as well it hurts to bend down to pick stuff up and I cannot sleep at night. I have been back to the doctor and they can't seem to do anything. I've had mri and other imaging done they told me I had bulging disks and degenerative disk disease and my sciatica nerve "acts up" if you would call it that. I've asked for some other type if pain medication but they don't wantbto give me narcotics because of my age but my point is if it will help me and give me some relief then why not? I need some kind of help I'm in pain everyday and im tired of hurting I need advice on what I should do...
hello my my,name is Audrianna in 21 and 145lbs and im 5'4. I have serious pain in my back I've been through physical therapy and tried medication like gabatin or mobic which hasn't helped. Sometimes the pain shoots down my legs and hurts in my hips as well it hurts to bend down to pick stuff up and I cannot sleep at night. I have been back to the doctor and they can't seem to do anything. I've had mri and other imaging done they told me I had bulging disks and degenerative disk disease and my sciatica nerve "acts up" if you would call it that. I've asked for some other type if pain medication but they don't wantbto give me narcotics because of my age but my point is if it will help me and give me some relief then why not? I need some kind of help I'm in pain everyday and im tired of hurting I need advice on what I should do...
Fri, 8 Aug 2014
Many interventional pain procedure like Transforaminal epidural steroid injections, nucleoplasty, intradiscal water cooled RF, ozone discectomy etc. these procedure are cost effective , avoids surgery, avoids incision, avoids anesthesia and are usually day care with quick relief. If you are not benefiting from drugs like gabapentin, tramadol etc you should consult a pain physician for above treatments. Opiods are not given as they have lot of abuse potential due to chronic nature of your problem and it is medico legally not right. Do consult a pain physician to avoid surgery and getting quick relief .
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