Re: Continuous lower back pain even with medication

June 14, 2006

carlene, isee the doctor on friday and i will ask him lots of questions.

mostly i

have pain acros my lower back somewhere around the waist. and i want to

know if that iss going to clear up as a result of surgery or will i need the

facet joints burned again.

marsha

June 14, 2006

i cant really take ibuprofen; in the marine corps they gave it to us for

everything, and it was the 800 mg now it desnt work for anything. maybe

switching your meds might help; i would suggest it to your doctor, or even

better get him to suggest it. good luck, and take care

rob

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>From: JenieGirl <jeniegirl27@...>

>Reply-neck pain

>Jenie <jeniegirl27@...>

>Subject: Continuous lower back pain even with

>medication

>Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2006 19:28:57 -0700 (PDT)

>

>Hi everyone -

>

> I just recently wrote to you about going back to my Neurosurgeon because

>of lower back pain again where I can't bend forward or arch my back. He

>said it's inflammation of my joints and everything in the area as a direct

>result of my herniated discs. He put me on 600 mg of Ibuprofin twice a day

>and told me that if that doesn't work that I might have to go for another

>epidural.

>

> I usually have pain on my right side, but have always been told that I

>should have pain down my left side because my herniated discs are more

>central but slightly to the left side. The pain that I just recently

>started with again was on my left side. Now the pain is on both.

>

> It was getting better being on the Ibuprofrin but now the pain is

>starting again out of nowhere, and I even had slight muscle spasms the

>other day too.

>

> Any suggestions? Heat, cold? Should I go for another epidural? I just

>can't take it anymore!!

>

> Jenn

>

> __________________________________________________

>

June 14, 2006

jeannie,

rae is on depakote; dont know if thats an unmentionable. it helps with her

spasms; she has em bad too. i would ask your doctor about it. take care

rob

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>From: " Leena Grace " <leenagrace@...>

>Reply-neck pain

>neck pain

>Subject: Re: Continuous lower back pain even with

>medication

>Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2006 13:37:58 -0700

>

>Heat helps my spasms, Jenie. Also it relieves the aching intense pain. I'm

>not sure it keeps inflammation down (reason for the ibuprophen) but I know

>it feels good to me so I use it, a lot, when I need it. Rubbing in Pain-Eze

>(mentholated pain relief lotion) also helps some.

>

>Also I am not sure about the difference but I know they are the same

>class/type of drug: I use naproxen instead of ibuprophen. I think the main

>difference is that naproxen actually lasts in terms of pain relief for 12

>hours while the ibuprophen only works for about 6 or 8 hours. Someone can

>please correct this if I am wrong, that is just my understanding and I am

>not a Dr. or pharmacist.

>

>You may want to ask your pharmacist as I have been given some great advice

>on these things from mine including this info on the difference in the

>length of time naproxen works. They can also tell you exactly how many

>milligrams and how often you can safely take these OTC meds.

>

>HTH

>Leena

>

>On 6/10/06, JenieGirl <jeniegirl27@...> wrote:

>>

>> Hi everyone -

>>

>>I just recently wrote to you about going back to my Neurosurgeon because

>>of lower back pain again where I can't bend forward or arch my back. He

>>said it's inflammation of my joints and everything in the area as a direct

>>result of my herniated discs. He put me on 600 mg of Ibuprofin twice a

>>day

>>and told me that if that doesn't work that I might have to go for another

>>epidural.

>>

>>I usually have pain on my right side, but have always been told that I

>>should have pain down my left side because my herniated discs are more

>>central but slightly to the left side. The pain that I just recently

>>started with again was on my left side. Now the pain is on both.

>>

>>It was getting better being on the Ibuprofrin but now the pain is starting

>>again out of nowhere, and I even had slight muscle spasms the other day

>>too.

>>

>>Any suggestions? Heat, cold? Should I go for another epidural? I just

>>can't take it anymore!!

>>

>>Jenn

>>

>>__________________________________________________

>>

June 14, 2006

marsha,

hopefully it is just post-surgical healing and will clear up. my bet is he will

not recommend an ablation at this point. good luck!!

carlene

Re: Continuous lower back pain even with

medication

carlene, isee the doctor on friday and i will ask him lots of questions.

mostly i

have pain acros my lower back somewhere around the waist. and i want to

know if that iss going to clear up as a result of surgery or will i need the

facet joints burned again.

marsha

June 14, 2006

The spasms isn't really my problem though, I only had that for a day and a half

last week. My main problem is inflammation in the joints, etc. from my

herniated discs.

Gehle <robgehle@...> wrote:

jeannie,

rae is on depakote; dont know if thats an unmentionable. it helps with her

spasms; she has em bad too. i would ask your doctor about it. take care

rob

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>From: " Leena Grace " <leenagrace@...>

>Reply-neck pain

>neck pain

>Subject: Re: Continuous lower back pain even with

>medication

>Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2006 13:37:58 -0700

>

>Heat helps my spasms, Jenie. Also it relieves the aching intense pain. I'm

>not sure it keeps inflammation down (reason for the ibuprophen) but I know

>it feels good to me so I use it, a lot, when I need it. Rubbing in Pain-Eze

>(mentholated pain relief lotion) also helps some.

>

>Also I am not sure about the difference but I know they are the same

>class/type of drug: I use naproxen instead of ibuprophen. I think the main

>difference is that naproxen actually lasts in terms of pain relief for 12

>hours while the ibuprophen only works for about 6 or 8 hours. Someone can

>please correct this if I am wrong, that is just my understanding and I am

>not a Dr. or pharmacist.

>

>You may want to ask your pharmacist as I have been given some great advice

>on these things from mine including this info on the difference in the

>length of time naproxen works. They can also tell you exactly how many

>milligrams and how often you can safely take these OTC meds.

>

>HTH

>Leena

>

>On 6/10/06, JenieGirl <jeniegirl27@...> wrote:

>>

>> Hi everyone -

>>

>>I just recently wrote to you about going back to my Neurosurgeon because

>>of lower back pain again where I can't bend forward or arch my back. He

>>said it's inflammation of my joints and everything in the area as a direct

>>result of my herniated discs. He put me on 600 mg of Ibuprofin twice a

>>day

>>and told me that if that doesn't work that I might have to go for another

>>epidural.

>>

>>I usually have pain on my right side, but have always been told that I

>>should have pain down my left side because my herniated discs are more

>>central but slightly to the left side. The pain that I just recently

>>started with again was on my left side. Now the pain is on both.

>>

>>It was getting better being on the Ibuprofrin but now the pain is starting

>>again out of nowhere, and I even had slight muscle spasms the other day

>>too.

>>

>>Any suggestions? Heat, cold? Should I go for another epidural? I just

>>can't take it anymore!!

>>

>>Jenn

>>

>>__________________________________________________

>>

June 14, 2006

HI Jenie,

Have you tried Glucoasamine(sp?) with chondroitin(sp?) or Bromalein(sp?

again)? They are suppose to help with the inflammation.

I am sorry to hear that you are still having problems. I hope the doc

is doing what he can to help you out.

Take care,

Katrina :-)

>

> The spasms isn't really my problem though, I only had that for a day

and a half last week. My main problem is inflammation in the joints,

etc. from my herniated discs.

>

June 14, 2006

Hi Katrina -

Someone else suggested those to me, and I bought them and then kept forgetting

to take them. I heard they were to help lubricate the joints?

My doctor is wonderful. Right now he's trying to get the inflammation down so

I can be comfortable again. If that doesn't work then he suggested maybe going

for another epidural which I'm dreading because of my full schedule during the

week. If not, then I might just go for the surgery.

Jenn

Katrina <sweettoobeme@...> wrote:

HI Jenie,

Have you tried Glucoasamine(sp?) with chondroitin(sp?) or Bromalein(sp?

again)? They are suppose to help with the inflammation.

I am sorry to hear that you are still having problems. I hope the doc

is doing what he can to help you out.

Take care,

Katrina :-)

>

> The spasms isn't really my problem though, I only had that for a day

and a half last week. My main problem is inflammation in the joints,

etc. from my herniated discs.

>

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June 14, 2006

Does he have you on any RX anti-inflam?

I think that the injections help, but it sems it is only temporary in

my experience. What surgery is it that would be done?

> Hi Katrina -

>

> Someone else suggested those to me, and I bought them and then

kept forgetting to take them. I heard they were to help lubricate

the joints?

> My doctor is wonderful. Right now he's trying to get the

inflammation down so I can be comfortable again. If that doesn't

work then he suggested maybe going for another epidural which I'm

dreading because of my full schedule during the week. If not, then I

might just go for the surgery.

>

> Jenn

>

> Katrina <sweettoobeme@...> wrote:

> HI Jenie,

> Have you tried Glucoasamine(sp?) with chondroitin(sp?) or Bromalein

(sp?

> again)? They are suppose to help with the inflammation.

> I am sorry to hear that you are still having problems. I hope the

doc

> is doing what he can to help you out.

> Take care,

> Katrina :-)

>

> >

> > The spasms isn't really my problem though, I only had that for a

day

> and a half last week. My main problem is inflammation in the

joints,

> etc. from my herniated discs.

> >

>

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June 14, 2006

He had me on prescription strength Motrin (ibuprofrin), and now he switched me

over to Naproxin. The injections that I only had were only temporary too. I

just need to get rid of this inflammation I think, then maybe I'll be alright

again for a while.

The surgery would be a discectomy.

Katrina <sweettoobeme@...> wrote:

Does he have you on any RX anti-inflam?

I think that the injections help, but it sems it is only temporary in

my experience. What surgery is it that would be done?

> Hi Katrina -

>

> Someone else suggested those to me, and I bought them and then

kept forgetting to take them. I heard they were to help lubricate

the joints?

> My doctor is wonderful. Right now he's trying to get the

inflammation down so I can be comfortable again. If that doesn't

work then he suggested maybe going for another epidural which I'm

dreading because of my full schedule during the week. If not, then I

might just go for the surgery.

>

> Jenn

>

> Katrina <sweettoobeme@...> wrote:

> HI Jenie,

> Have you tried Glucoasamine(sp?) with chondroitin(sp?) or Bromalein

(sp?

> again)? They are suppose to help with the inflammation.

> I am sorry to hear that you are still having problems. I hope the

doc

> is doing what he can to help you out.

> Take care,

> Katrina :-)

>

> >

> > The spasms isn't really my problem though, I only had that for a

day

> and a half last week. My main problem is inflammation in the

joints,

> etc. from my herniated discs.

> >

>

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