Suggest treatment for back pain
Patient: 10 days back I started with a back pain went to GP he advised biolfnac..initially thought its a muscle pain applied moov at home..I m an active male in my 50s..Completed the week tab but still the pain remains...Then went to an orthopedic who gav me Vit D injection prescribed tab too to take for 8 wks..Prescription for pain was Hifenac P.for a week twice daily along with a antacid once daily before food..its been over 3 days..pain hsnt reduced and I hv been lying the whole day as sitting on sofa increases the pain..unable to go my regular walks also due to pain n discomfort on the back.Pleae advise how long it ll take the pain to go away so that I can resume my routine activities..Is it anything to worry about...Please advise Doctor: Hi Went through your post and understand your concern as back pain could be crippling sometimes, your orthopedician has done one thing which isn't good and can be dangerously harmful and that is vitamin D injection wkly as much I know each vit D injection contains 600000 units of vit D so you will be receiving a total of 4800000 lakh units daily requirement is 400 it can cause extremely high blood calcium levels and renal failure. I would suggest you don't take any further injections of vit D And you can start sustained release pregablin 75mg once bed time that will help for backache and discuss with your orthopedician regarding vit D so that he doesn't prescribe it to others.