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Is there a medication that helps cervical disc disease?

Posted by rambam0915 @rambam0915, 1 day ago

I have been suffer from severe pain from C2-T2 disc degenerative problems. Cortisone injections do not help. Been taking 2 Aleve with 2 Tylenol and Lyrica and Flexeral for the pain. Barely does anything.
Is there any pain reliever that helps?
I am 75 yrs old. Thank you

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dlydailyhope | @dlydailyhope | 15 hours ago

@rambam0915
Have they recommended cervical spine surgery to help relieve your pain? I have spinal stenosis and degenerative disc disease and had ACDF surgery on C5-C6 to relieve pressure on spinal cord and nerve roots. It helped improve my daily headaches, neck and shoulder pain, etc. I had bone spurs and disc bulge that needed to be removed to relieve my symptoms. Medications only mask the symptoms and don’t treat the underlying mechanical stress on your spine.

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mikaylar | @mikaylar | 12 hours ago
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@rambam0915
Have they recommended cervical spine surgery to help relieve your pain? I have spinal stenosis and degenerative disc disease and had ACDF surgery on C5-C6 to relieve pressure on spinal cord and nerve roots. It helped improve my daily headaches, neck and shoulder pain, etc. I had bone spurs and disc bulge that needed to be removed to relieve my symptoms. Medications only mask the symptoms and don’t treat the underlying mechanical stress on your spine.

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Heat and ice

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dlydailyhope | @dlydailyhope | 12 hours ago
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Heat and ice

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@mikaylar
I wish ice and heat was enough for my problem. It did help me much. A little short term relief but not a long term solution. Degeneration in cervical spine gets progressively worse over time for those with stenosis/DDD and osteoarthritis, unfortunately. Ice/heat didn’t do much for my spinal cord compression/ myelopathy caused by disc bulge and bone spurs.

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mikaylar | @mikaylar | 10 hours ago
In reply to @dlydailyhope "@mikaylar I wish ice and heat was enough for my problem. It did help me much...." + (show)
@dlydailyhope

@mikaylar
I wish ice and heat was enough for my problem. It did help me much. A little short term relief but not a long term solution. Degeneration in cervical spine gets progressively worse over time for those with stenosis/DDD and osteoarthritis, unfortunately. Ice/heat didn’t do much for my spinal cord compression/ myelopathy caused by disc bulge and bone spurs.

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I am sorry.

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