Category Archives: radiculitis

Sciatica Pain Is Different and Does NOT Respond Much to Pregabalin (Lyrica)

Posted on May 24, 2010 by admin

Tweet Recent guidelines for treating Neuropathic pain have drawn extensively from results with Diabetic and Post Herpetic Neuropathy. I have written about how those results cannot be generalized to treatment of Radiculopathy (sciatica either of back or neck).  see here:  … Continue reading →

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? Sciatica Option – Drug For Pulmonary Hypertension Gives Relief

Posted on March 4, 2010 by admin

Tweet Case study of patient on Sitaxsentan, a selective endothelin-A antagonist used in pulmonary hypertension, found his sciatica got better while on the drug and worse when off.

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Upper body “Fibromyaglia” Misdiagnosis

Posted on April 3, 2009 by admin

Tweet Cervical (neck) disc disease can mimic or cause Fibromyalgic symptoms. Certain porportion of post whiplash “Fibromylagia” will fit here.

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Etanercept (Enbrel) for Radiculitis (Sciatica)

Posted on March 30, 2008 by admin

Tweet The common and disabiling pain condition is chronic lumbar radiculopathy (chronic back pain/Sciatica). Despite the widespread promotion of treatments of neuropathic pain a recent analysis of neuropathic pain treatments has concluded the following: “To date, no medications have demonstrated … Continue reading →

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