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Veterans With Upper And/or Lower Radiculopathy

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Oh almost forgot the alternating of heat, ice and the alternating of TENS and IF on a TENS unit is good as well. :lol:

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im surprized they arent dumping the Tramadol down your throat,, thats cheap, synthetic, trash, prison grade medicine.. It gave me very primal nightmares of seeing dead rotting bodies and bones and life like horrific dreams.. when I told my doctor abt it,, his answer was... " that doesnt surprise me"'' well if they know it does this, why the hell do they give it to veterans..

Heres something to check into.. real doctors in real hospitals now use lasers to deaden the nerves that are getting pinched. very small hole, then they identify the nerve being aggravated, and burn it,, BUT nerves do grow back., so the treatment is chronic.. like every 6 months or one a year,. VA knows abt these things but its expensive.. not the treatment, the EXPERTISE .. Its hard to find good doctors who will work for the VAMC... ( veterans ambulatory medical Circus)..

Well I take Oxycodone 5mg 4x a day as needed. Even thought I have an agreement with the VA I am about to go see my Private Internal Medicine MD to see if he can prescribe me Tramadol just for a breakthrough medication. Because previous veterans abused these drugs and because some of the VA MDs were overdosing some of the Vets with these pain meds they are now being, well I can't think of the name of it. They just don't want to give anymore than they have to even though I stay in a lot of pain.

Just two years ago Xray showed mild progressing Osteoarthritis but a CT scan a litter over a week ago now shows the OA to be moderate and still progressing. Here is the thing, as long as it keeps progressing and not stabilizing then there will be a lot of pain because of all of the muscle spasms.

My VA MD said he will talk with Pain Management about the Lyrica because only a specialists at the VA can prescribe it and of course he/she still has to get it approved. It was the same way with Cymbalta that I can tell you was a miracle for me. Cymbalta has allowed me to finally get out of bed which I've been laying in for a year and now I can go outside and do things. Yes I hurt really bad but I have to move. I am lucky I did't form any blood clots in my legs.

See I feel over a month ago in my bathtub and slammed down on my left ribs. No broken ribs but the ER MD told me that he wished I had a broken rib because now I have torn muscles and whenever I hit the side of the tub my ribs did something to my spine. I think those ribs hit my spine in the back and did some damage. Plus the muscle spasm wrapping around from the front around to my the back is so horrific. This is the worse pain ever. Here is the funny thing, JBasser told me about 3 day - week before this incident for me to keep BOTH feet on the ground. So for others who have radiculopathy in both legs, KEEP THEM ON THE GROUND. Trust me whenever I lifted my right legs to wash the bottom of my right foot my left leg just gave out and booom slammed down onto the side of the tub. I should have listened to JBasser so be forewarned if you don't listen protect your ribs and your head.

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I found out by a good friend with MS her Dr Mention this new Drug to her...he said he takes it for his acute Back Pain, and found it works a lot better than the Meds he takes for his pain.

This is called Neurocet/Neurofen. its non-narcotic &non-prescription

No side effects, it is not Approved yet from FDA but this new med ''Neurocet/Neurofen'' does have Approved Ingredients by the FDA

http://www.prweb.com/releases/MedsNationwide/Neurocet_and_Neurofen/prweb2363844.htm

............................Buck

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Good info Buck.

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Ultram was helpful for my pain, but caused me to itch like crazy. Can't takeit.

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