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Can long term medication have contributed to DDD and osteoprosis

Spine Health | Last Active: Sep 18, 2023 | Replies (13)
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@alexis7

I am in US outside of Dallas. I haven't heard they stopped doing fusions but I wish I had not had mine. I believe that & the total hip replacement contributed to my "chronic L5 nerve damage. I had the fusion surgery at the beginning of Covid, March 2020. I don't think anything can prevent DDD, it's an age related process.

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deedee12 | @deedee12 | Sep 1, 2023

I also live in the Dallas suburbs. I have lived being fused C3-C7, T2-S1 and SI joints. I am 60 and had my first fusion in 1977 for scoliosis. I have always been healthy through eating and supplements. I am having hip replacements currently due to wear over the years. Your nerve issues could be piriformis syndrome, compression of the nerves. I have nerve issues probably from L5-S1 or fluid sacs on my spinal dura that have been there for many years or compression of nerves.

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