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Suggest Treatment For Back Pain

I quit taking my Norco pain killers after being on them since mid 2008. I had to take more than prescribed to get any relief so this time when I ran out almost two weeks before my next Dr. visit I planned to be sick for a few days until the withdrawal was tolerable. Now a week since my last pill I am experiencing the actual back pain that drove me to the Dr. in the first place. This pain has been with me since I was 14, literally 30 years. I have tried chiropractic services, acupuncture, and was hospitalized with autoimmune hepatitis after taking diclofenac with tylonel because alone it did nothing for the pain. I was even on MS Contin ER for 18 months with the Norco and decided to quit them cold turkey in early 2012. My question is, what are my options? I do not want a narcotic pain reliever and I am susceptible to depression especially when the back pain remains, well, chronic.
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Dear friend,first of all thank you for your consultation.I have read your case history very carefully.it seems that you are suffering from back pain for quite a long time.in my day to day practice I have seen people with severe pain and I advised them to take narco or pain relieving medicine.but I believe that taking these drugs for a long time has its side effect and people become tolerant to these needing more drugs to get relief.so I tell my patients to go for a regular home regimen of physiotherapy.I am telling you to start back muscle strengthening exercise like vertebral extension and flexion exercise.also make some change in your lifestyle like making it a point not to sit in a chair or stool for a long time .try to avoid bending forwards and never lift heavy objects.I sincerely believe you will feel much better if you follow this and you will start leading a healthy and happy life.thank you.
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Suggest Treatment For Back Pain

Dear friend,first of all thank you for your consultation.I have read your case history very carefully.it seems that you are suffering from back pain for quite a long time.in my day to day practice I have seen people with severe pain and I advised them to take narco or pain relieving medicine.but I believe that taking these drugs for a long time has its side effect and people become tolerant to these needing more drugs to get relief.so I tell my patients to go for a regular home regimen of physiotherapy.I am telling you to start back muscle strengthening exercise like vertebral extension and flexion exercise.also make some change in your lifestyle like making it a point not to sit in a chair or stool for a long time .try to avoid bending forwards and never lift heavy objects.I sincerely believe you will feel much better if you follow this and you will start leading a healthy and happy life.thank you.