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Suggest Medication For Pain In Leg.
My 90 year old aunt has pain in her left lower leg, and has had this pain for some time, she has been to several different Drs, along with a pain management team, she is on oxycodone 7.5 mg q6hrs and continues with pain, I think she has PAD, her feet are always cold, it s hard to obtain pedal pulses, the Dr has her on a medication for neuropathy that is not working, should she go to a vascular surgeon?
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Tue, 29 Jul 2014
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Hello, the pain can be due to neuropathy, or radicular pain or even varicose veins. U can go to a vascular surgeon to rule out varicose veins. If that is not the cause, then you should go to a pain clinician who may suggest a nerve blocking injection which might block the pain, initialky temporarily and then permanantly.
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