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What Could Cause Painful Hips After Taking Trigger Point Injections For Lower Back Pain? Taking Neurotin And Perocet
Hi! I had trigger point injections done Thursday of this week at my Pain Management doctors appointment to help with low back pain. I suffer from fibromyalgia and my question is, I m having more pain in my right hip down into my butt area since receiving the injections. This pain was not there before the injections, I m not quite sure what to do about this? But, I can t sit and I m very uncomfortable. I do take Percocet 4 times a day and Neurotin 300 mg 5 times a day. Any advice will be great, should I place a call into my pain doc this weekend? I have tried a heating pad on it but no relief. Thanks!
Thu, 16 Jan 2014
Hi there.
Your symptoms correlate to either local infection at the injection site OR irritation of the Sciatic nerve .
Heating the area will make things worse. Apply ice packs over the area 4 to 5 times daily.
Take an anti inflammatory like diclofenac. Antibiotic like cefuroxime will take care of any infection .
Take pregablin to suppress any nerve irritation.
If all these remedies do not relieve the symptoms then kindly consult your pain specialist.
I hope my advice has helped
Good luck
Your symptoms correlate to either local infection at the injection site OR irritation of the Sciatic nerve .
Heating the area will make things worse. Apply ice packs over the area 4 to 5 times daily.
Take an anti inflammatory like diclofenac. Antibiotic like cefuroxime will take care of any infection .
Take pregablin to suppress any nerve irritation.
If all these remedies do not relieve the symptoms then kindly consult your pain specialist.
I hope my advice has helped
Good luck
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