Any suggestion for suffering from sciatica?
Patient: I have sciatica. I am ready for hydrocodone/ibuprof 7.5-200MG TB. Not help to much. So, i bay today motrin IB. I don t no how many pils used for may problem. Next week go back to doctor for visit. Thank you and sorry may English no to good! Maria Deak YYYY@YYYY Doctor: Hi Maria,Thank you for posting your query.I have noted that you have sciatica. I assume you meant you have back pain and radiating pain to thigh/legs. This is often caused by compression of nerves in the lower back.For symptom relief, you can take pregabalin or gabapentin capsules. The usual dose for pregabalin is 75-150 mg daily and gabapentin is started at a dose of 300 mg twice daily.I hope my answer helps. Please get back if you have any follow up queries or if you require any additional information.Wishing you good health,Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology)Senior Consultant NeurologistApollo Hospitals, Hyderabad, IndiaClick on this link to ask me a DIRECT QUERY: http://bit.ly/Dr-Sudhir-kumarMy BLOG: http://bestneurodoctor.blogspot.in