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How Can Severe Spinal Pain Be Treated?
My mum has severe spinal pain due to disk protrusion at C5 and C6. We are trying to manage pain with Ibuprofen, paracetamol and Gabapentin. Still she is in excruciating pain. Complication is that she has Parkinsons. Can we get an opiod introduced to manage the break through pain she experiences....over an above the normal pain.
Fri, 27 Jul 2018
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Drugs like aceclofenac or etoricoxib can he used. Tapentadol an opioid can be helpful too. Gabapentin, pregabalin and amitriptyline can he used for neuromodulation. Local pain reliever ointment can be used too.
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Drugs like aceclofenac or etoricoxib can he used. Tapentadol an opioid can be helpful too. Gabapentin, pregabalin and amitriptyline can he used for neuromodulation. Local pain reliever ointment can be used too.
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