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Sciatica Drugs
What are Sciatica Drugs?Drugs for the treatment of sciatic nerve pain consist of several varieties. The most common are pain relievers. These powerful pills will deaden all but the worst sciatica symptoms, although this relief often comes at a high price. All these medicines are poisonous to your body and have a range of known and unknown negative side effects. Additionally, most forms of pain meds demonstrate a moderate risk for chemical dependency. Becoming a drug addict while searching for sciatica relief is not what most patients had in mind…Other forms of drugs used to combat sciatica are anti-inflammatory agents and muscle relaxants. In 99 % of sciatica patients, there simply is no inflammation at all, so I never did understand the purpose of the former category, while muscle relaxants are typically given when there are significant muscular sciatica spasms. Problems with Sciatica DrugsBesides the previously stated health concerns associated with pharmaceutical treatment of sciatica, there are other major negative issues. Drugs might relieve symptoms, but do not help to resolve the underlying source of pain. Therefore, many patients will continue to suffer year in and year out, without ever finding a glimmer of hope for a cure. This type of treatment can become expensive for those patients who do not receive full health insurance coverage and can even lead to a downward spiral of illicit drug use.Some doctors love to treat with pills, since it makes their jobs so much easier… “Here, take 2 of these everyday and call me when you need more… I wish I could make that kind of money for such easy work!!! Advice on Sciatica DrugsPharmaceutical treatment is fine for patients who are in extreme pain and have no other options. It is also fine for the temporary control of discomfort, while a patient searches for a true cure. However, this form of treatment is rarely limited to these scenarios. More commonly, a patient is given drug after drug and led blindly towards their own self destruction. Long term drug use is almost always harmful and should be avoided in all but the most dire of circumstances.I was prescribed various drugs during the times when I had severe back pain (almost always for 18 years!!!). I was given almost everything from Flexeril to Vicodin, Percocet to Naprosyn, Codeine to… well, you name it!!! I tried some of them early on and realized that this form of treatment was just not right for me. I hated the way my body felt being influenced by some foreign substance and I also never experienced any real relief from any of these medications. After a short time, I told all my doctors to save their prescriptions for another patient… Do not get stuck in the pharmaceutical trap. Once you start using these drugs, it might be difficult or even impossible to stop. Slavery is no way to live… pain or not. There are better ways of finding sciatica pain relief using holistic methods, such as acupuncture. An even better idea would be to pursue a treatment such as knowledge therapy and enact a real cure for your pain, rather than simply trying to cover it with a pharmaceutical bandage… 7/17/08 Revised 12/15/09
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