Radiculitis Injections - What Kind Of Pain Injections Do You Need To Do?

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Radiculitis injections

Content:

• The main mistakes in the treatment of sciatica
• List of injections for sciatica pain

Sciatica is a common disease in which the roots of the spinal cord are affected. The reason can be transferred diseases of an infectious nature, injuries of the spinal column and other pathologies. Since a person with sciatica suffers from severe pain, doctors prescribe certain medications for him, which are most often used in the form of injections.

Depending on the localization of inflammation, radiculitis is divided into cervical (it is difficult for a person to turn his head, there is pain in the back of the head and dizziness), cervicobrachial (with it the arms and shoulders hurt), chest (paroxysmal pain occurs when trying to take a deep breath) and lumbar -sacral (lower back hurts, it is impossible to sit, the pain shoots in the buttocks and legs).

The main mistakes in the treatment of sciatica

For some reason, most people do not take the resulting back pain seriously, and many try to get rid of it on their own. To this end, some drink pain relievers, some begin to warm up the spine. However, such procedures, at best, can only temporarily eliminate unpleasant sensations, and at worst, harm their own health and aggravate the course of sciatica.

In order to get rid of the disease, it is necessary to observe strict bed rest, as well as to influence the body with certain medications. It will be most correct to treat sciatica with injections and physiotherapy procedures.

List of injections for sciatica pain

Medical treatment is based on relieving pain, reducing swelling and eliminating inflammation. It is injections that make it possible to obtain a more pronounced and faster therapeutic effect.

Most often, with radiculitis, doctors prescribe the following drugs:

• Ketonal. This drug belongs to the group of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. Its action is aimed at blocking the synthesis of prostaglandins and eliminating the focus of inflammation. With the introduction of the drug, pain receptors become less sensitive, which is extremely important in the acute phase of radiculitis. Ketonal is able to help with other diseases of the musculoskeletal system and the nervous system, for example, with bursitis, neuralgia, myalgia, etc.;
• Ketorol. The drug in the form of injections is used to relieve the discomfort with sciatica, is an effective blocker of pain receptors, and quickly brings relief. However, there are restrictions on its use, this is a violation of blood clotting, the presence of bronchial asthma and diseases of the gastrointestinal tract of an inflammatory nature;
• Diclofenac has a pronounced anti-inflammatory effect. It is often used to relieve sciatica pain. However, in the form of injections, it should not be used for more than 2 days in a row. Diclofenac should be injected deep into the muscle. To achieve a stronger effect, you need to combine injections with other dosage forms (for example, with tablets or suppositories). In addition to relieving pain and inflammation, the drug helps to reduce body temperature;

• Milgamma is an effective remedy in the fight against sciatica. This drug is a combination of lidocaine with vitamins. In addition to eliminating pain, it provides the affected areas with additional nutrition. This contributes to the extinction of the pathological process;
• Ozone injections in conjunction with steroid drugs. This is a new, but very effective method of treating sciatica. The injection is done once, directly into the affected area;
• Novocaine blockade. In order to almost completely eliminate the pain, spinal novocaine blockades are used, which give a pronounced and rapidly occurring effect;
• Ambene. Another effective remedy that can reduce inflammation and pain caused by radiculitis is Ambene. It can be used as an injection solution. Thanks to the combined action, Ambene not only quickly eliminates all the symptoms of the disease, but also acts on its cause. The drug is able to lower the temperature. You can not do more than 3 injections per week, most often, a course treatment is prescribed using the drug every other day. Cannot be used under the age of 14 and over 70, as well as lactating and pregnant women and people with gastrointestinal and kidney diseases;
• Dikloberl belongs to the group of NSAIDs, has anti-inflammatory and antipyretic effects, is able to relieve pain in sciatica. If you use the agent intramuscularly, then the pronounced effect will come after fifteen minutes. The drug is injected deep into the muscle, once, if treatment is required for a long time, then you should switch to other forms of Dikloberl - suppositories and tablets. The drug is prohibited for use during pregnancy, for allergic reactions, as well as for gastrointestinal diseases.

On the subject: Home remedies for pain relief

In order to determine the most suitable remedy, you need a high-quality diagnosis of the disease, and, first of all, the establishment of the reasons that caused it. When treating sciatica, an integrated approach is important, in which the leading place is given to correctly selected therapeutic injections, and only after that - auxiliary methods: massage, physiotherapy and gymnastics.

Author of the article: Sokov Andrey Vladimirovich | Neurologist

Education: In 2005 completed an internship at the IM Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University and received a diploma in Neurology. In 2009, completed postgraduate studies in the specialty "Nervous diseases".