Drug Combinations for La Grande Back Pain and Sciatica Not Effective
How great it would be to take a pill – or maybe better: a combination of pills! - and have your La Grande back pain or neck pain disappear immediately? You are not alone! Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC can understand. Pain disrupts our flow. Back pain keeps many La Grande back pain sufferers from working and from playing and from doing activities of daily living that must be done (walking, showering, cooking, cleaning, dressing, etc.). When back pain affects you or a loved one or friend, come to Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC for relief and chiropractic advice regarding pain management without drugs when or if drugs are not doing what you need or are not in your treatment plan.
NOT CLEARLY SUPPORTED: DRUG COMBINATIONS
Having drugs in the treatment plan may work for some back pain sufferers and not others. Pills may give relief for a few hours, days, weeks, months or not any. A recent Cochrane Review, one of the most highly respected medical review systems in the world, reported that a drug combination, though possibly better for more pain relief, for low back pain and sciatica is not supported. There is no clear evidence, as a matter of fact there is a shortage of studies and overall low quality of evidence, that supports combining drugs for low back pain and sciatica. Additionally, the risk of adverse effects is less with single drug therapy over combined. (1) Have you had a let-down from prescribed medications for your back pain? It is ok. Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC works with back pain patients like you.
RECOMMENDED: SPINAL MANIPULATION
Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC’s use of the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management which incorporates a specialized form of spinal manipulation has assisted countless La Grande back pain sufferers obtain relief of their back pain. Spinal manipulation is advocated as first line treatment of back pain by the American College of Physicians and the American Board of Family Physicians. (2) Cox® Technic has been shown in federally funded spinal research studies to drop intradiscal pressures, widen the intervertebral canal area, and increase disc height. (3,4) In clinical studies, Cox® Technic has shown that back pain relief happens in 29 days and 12 visits. Of course, more severe disc herniations and spinal stenosis may take longer than these averages, but relief happens. (5) For many back pain sufferers, 50% relief would be most welcome. What about you?
RESEARCH SUPPORTED: CHONDROITIN SULFATE, TURMERIC AND CURCUMIN
To enhance the relief and assist our La Grande back pain patients, Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC integrates supplements into the La Grande chiropractic treatment plan. Natural substances like spinal disc-supporting chondroitin sulfate – shown to have “genuine anti-inflammatory properties (6) - and back pain-relieving turmeric and curcumin come in handy in the short-term as well as long term. Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC is ready to help you find the right combination of treatment ways to decrease your back pain.
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Dan Shuman on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes his pain relieving treatment using Cox® Technic for a patient who had sciatic leg pain.
Schedule your La Grande chiropractic appointment at Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC soon. Together, we will find the right combination to most fully attain your La Grande back pain relief. It is not a pill combination, but it’s gentle and effective chiropractic care.
