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Why Do I Have Pain After Cervical Fusion Surgery Despite Taking Medrol And Norco?
I recently had a cervical fusion (C5-C7) the surgery was 9 weeks ago I am in more pain than before the surgery. the pain radiates from the right side of my neck down the shoulder into my arm. The pain is throbbing and stabbing and almost constant. they discontinued my physical therapy after 1 day. The doctor says its inflammation so he gave me a Medrol pack and it didn't do anything I am taking 1 Norco every 4 hours. Sometimes it helps but not always. Please help me to understand why I still am in so much pain.
Mon, 3 Feb 2014
Hi,
Thank you for posting your query.
It is unfortunate that you still have nerve pain, about 9 weeks after the surgery. It is not usual to have pain for so long after surgery. Inflammation may be one of the causes, however, lack of adequate nerve decompression could be another cause for your symptoms.
For pain relief, you may take pregabalin or gabapentin capsules.
Physiotherapy may be re-started, especially IFT/ultrasound and traction.
I hope my answer helps. Please get back if you have any follow up queries or if you require any additional information.
Wishing you good health,
Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology)
Senior Consultant Neurologist
Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad, India
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Thank you for posting your query.
It is unfortunate that you still have nerve pain, about 9 weeks after the surgery. It is not usual to have pain for so long after surgery. Inflammation may be one of the causes, however, lack of adequate nerve decompression could be another cause for your symptoms.
For pain relief, you may take pregabalin or gabapentin capsules.
Physiotherapy may be re-started, especially IFT/ultrasound and traction.
I hope my answer helps. Please get back if you have any follow up queries or if you require any additional information.
Wishing you good health,
Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology)
Senior Consultant Neurologist
Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad, India
Click on this link to ask me a DIRECT QUERY: http://bit.ly/Dr-Sudhir-kumar
My BLOG: http://bestneurodoctor.blogspot.in
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