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How To Treat Bulged Disc In C4&C5 Mediated ATN With Numbness And Crushing Pain In Left Face?

I ve been ATN with numbness & crushing pain in my left face & head back of my neck. I started to have numbness with pin needle pain in neck, shoulders, upper chest, arms & hands. My neurologist said I have a bulged disc in C4&C5. I m on leave of work since 9/2012 cause of my chronic pain. I had to wait to get insurance to continue to go to my Neurologist. I m filing for disability. When I did work I had go home or to ER. It happened a lot in that past year. I went to Neurosurgeon & Neurologist in Pittsburgh Pa to see about getting nerve blocks but I was turned down cause ATN is hard to treat & nerve blocks are to high of risk. I m on 3 different pain meds & sometime helps sometime doesn t help I m on Oxycodone 10mg x 4 daily. Flexoral muscle relaxer 10mg x3 daily & Xanax .50 x3 daily.
Tue, 11 Feb 2014
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Hello.
Thanks for writing to us.
The medicines that you are getting are correct. You can add Vitamin B12 supplements to your routine. In case the symptoms persist then do consider surgical decompression.
I hope this information has been both informative and helpful for you.
Regards,
Dr. Praveen Tayal ,
drtayal72@gmail.com
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How To Treat Bulged Disc In C4&C5 Mediated ATN With Numbness And Crushing Pain In Left Face?

Hello. Thanks for writing to us. The medicines that you are getting are correct. You can add Vitamin B12 supplements to your routine. In case the symptoms persist then do consider surgical decompression. I hope this information has been both informative and helpful for you. Regards, Dr. Praveen Tayal , drtayal72@gmail.com