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Chronic Health Conditions Discussion and Support

Warpy

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1. MM can certainly help, especially the formulations that are better for pain

Reply to Peregrine Took (Original post)

Fri Dec 18, 2015, 05:28 PM

Dec 2015

Even if it doesn't touch the pain, it will help him relax and feel better. It will also increase his appetite, cutting any of the nausea that often accompanies severe pain.

It could also be time for a referral to a pain specialist, since he's not a candidate for surgery (and trust me, the surgery is pretty terrible in young people, a cousin survived it). It could be time for opiates injected directly into the spinal canal or trying other drugs like lidocaine patches.

Good luck, backs are buggers. I have an old neck fracture, myself, never stopped hurting.

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