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Suggest Remedies For Pain When Diagnosed With Knee Arthritis
Question: Need a knee replacement. Bone on bone. What's the best over the counter pain medication.
Brief Answer:
You need to take Multiple methods to take care of pain
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
I have studied your case. I think you are having severe knee arthritis. In this condition there is severe pain and just pain killers are not enough. You need to follow these steps.
1.Avoid squatting and sitting cross leg.
2.Hot water fomentation and Volitran ointment local application.
3.Knee cap should be worn.
4.Injection steroid can be given in knee joint. Apart from this you can take viscosupplementation injection.
5.Tablet Brufen/ Etoricoxib 90 mg/ultracet can be taken for pain relief.
I hope these steps will be helpful for you. Let me know if there is any there is followup questions.
thanks
You need to take Multiple methods to take care of pain
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
I have studied your case. I think you are having severe knee arthritis. In this condition there is severe pain and just pain killers are not enough. You need to follow these steps.
1.Avoid squatting and sitting cross leg.
2.Hot water fomentation and Volitran ointment local application.
3.Knee cap should be worn.
4.Injection steroid can be given in knee joint. Apart from this you can take viscosupplementation injection.
5.Tablet Brufen/ Etoricoxib 90 mg/ultracet can be taken for pain relief.
I hope these steps will be helpful for you. Let me know if there is any there is followup questions.
thanks
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
Answered by
Dr. Dr. Naveen Kumar Sharma
Orthopaedic Surgeon, Joint Replacement
Practicing since :2002
Answered : 4486 Questions
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