G. Treatment

• Medications

  • NSAIDS
  • Membrane stabilizers
    • TCA / Neurontin
    • re-establish sleep pain
    • reduce radicular dysesthesias
  • Muscle relaxers:
    • re-establish sleep patterns
    • more useful in myofascial/muscular pain
  • Narcotics: rarely indicated
  • Steroids: more useful for radiculitis
  • Non-narcotic analgesics: Ultram

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