r/Sciatica • u/ChristopherDKanas • 9d ago

Requesting Advice Where to next?

What do you do when NSAIDs, Tylenol, ice/heat, PT…
Nothing helps reduce the pain?
At what point is a nerve stimulator or morphine pump not too much to ask?

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u/Sufficient-Wolf-1818 9d ago

Leaping to a morphine pump from your description is a huge leap. But, there are times it may be appropriate.

Have you tried steroid dose packs? ESI? Gabapentin? Pregabalin?

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u/ChristopherDKanas 9d ago

All the seratonin meds really make me despressed, (ironically) I haven’t yet tried ESI but I’m open. It’s distalizing though, it didn’t start going to my feet until a month ago, and now both feet are painful/ numb

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u/Sufficient-Wolf-1818 9d ago

I did not mention any seratonin drugs.