Drug treatment of cervical degenerative disc disease: pills, injections

Drug treatment of cervical degenerative disc disease is a good subject to regularity, consistency of medication. Osteochondrosis of the cervical spine occurs due to "sedentary work" in people whose work involves the computer. But they are not too worried about that pain in the neck. Don't want to treat degenerative disc disease of the neck, leading to complications.

If you are constantly aching neck, head or shoulders immediately visit the physician!

To treat osteochondrosis of the cervical, drug should undergo medical examination, to carry out x-ray, CT and magnetic resonance imaging, Doppler sonography. Defining the localization and stage of the disease developed tactics of treatment of degenerative disc disease of the cervical.

Treatments

First clean pain. For that using painkillers reduces the sensitivity of the nerves, reduce inflammation of soft tissue using anti-inflammatory drugs, eliminate muscle spasms application of muscle relaxants.

For the treatment of degenerative disc disease used tablets. Advanced forms of the disease are treated with injections. And apply various types of ointments and gels.

To improve the function of nerve cells in the prescribed reception of complex vitamins. Vitamin B 1 and vitamin B 6 prolong the effect of anesthesia and eliminate the workload of the spinal cord. Rational is also considered the use of vitamins A and C, both powerful antioxidants.

Medical treatment of degenerative disc disease of the cervical spine consists of several stages:

1. First, reduce pain and stop the inflammatory process;
2. The next step is to restore blood flow and metabolism on the patient's cervical area.

Drugs used in osteochondrosis of the cervical belong to the group of analgesics, muscle relaxants and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. Metabolism is reduced by chondroprotectors and vitamins B. Provides external, internal, intramuscular and intravenous application.

What to take

The main type of drugs are the pills for degenerative disc disease of the cervical that must be taken orally. Medications that contain acetylsalicylic acid, aspirin. Properties of aspirin is to relieve pain, reduce temperature and relieve inflammation. You can use the pill with cervical osteochondrosis, which act like aspirin but have a more powerful impact. An effective remedy is phenylbutazone. The drug is used by prescription because he has a lot of side effects.

As for the question, what pills do relieve pain syndrome, the doctor writes obezbolivaushee each patient individually. Usually in the treatment of cervical degenerative disc disease includes drugs analgin, indomethacin, Ketanov, cetanol, nimesil. Through the use of these drugs should be careful to correctly follow the doses which describes manual. Apply and antidepressants, like amitriptyline and afobazole.

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In prescribed medications for the treatment of cervical degenerative disc disease includes medicines, giving a sedative effect. Very good use of Valerian, motherwort, corvaldin.

Improves blood circulation and the vestibular apparatus such cure for degenerative disc disease of the cervical, as Betaserc, vestibo etc.

To anti inflammatory drugs concerns of arcoxia. In addition, it also and relieve. But sold only in the presence of a medical prescription and used under supervision of a doctor.

If the degenerative disc disease neck causes pain in other parts of the body, prescribe medications, helping to remove pain caused by degenerative disc disease. Headaches, for example, helps treatment with Cavinton. As a side effect in osteochondrosis sometimes numb the tips of the fingers. Spinning and makes a noise head, flashed before his eyes, gnats. The removal of the discomfort occurs when the use of Vinpocetine, trental, Cinnarizine.

Applying a cure for cervical degenerative disc disease, you need to replenish the body with vitamins, minerals and a bracing means. Is removed edema diuretics of the type of furosemide or diacarb.

Treatment injections

Choosing what to treat degenerative disc disease and how to treat cervical degenerative disc disease, the doctor may use a number of drugs incervical osteochondrosis, of which it is necessary to prepare solutions for injection. These tools from cervical degenerative disc disease are used in cases when need to resolve an acute condition of the patient. This state of muscle spasm and acute pain.

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Provided the use of:

• Ortofena. This asteroid reduces inflammation and relieves pain;
• Dipyrone. It also reduces the pain.
• Have ketonala. This strong medication is rarely used.
• Vitamins of group B. They are neuroprotectors.
• Of the drug milgamma.

How to do injections in the cervical osteochondrosis? The use of anesthetic drugs and lidocaine novocaine is carried out directly in the affected area. Eliminated spasms and pinched nerves. The use of such injections is called a blockade. The blockade is carried out personally by the doctor. It is prohibited to conduct such actions nurses or in the home. Due to the blockade of an inflammatory process quickly docked, and pain goes away. Through the blockade, doctors usually combine an analgesic with a corticosteroid hormone. The first removes the pain, and the second reduces inflammation.

The blockade is the most effective method of removing the pain syndrome in osteochondrosis.

Treatment ointments

Wonder what kind of drugs is the treatment of cervical degenerative disc disease, just remember the widely publicized television set. Gels and ointments are good to use in the early period of the disease. This treatment method has certain advantages:

• Treatment is cheaper than other methods. If you put in comparison physiotherapy treatment ointments more readily available. The ointment is always at hand, it can be used at any desired time;
• Contraindications to the use of ointments and gels is absolutely absent. Only need to the skin were damaged and open wounds. The course of treatment is not limited by time. The main thing is not to test from the ointment allergies.

Types of therapeutic ointments

In this disease there are 6 types of ointments that are used to treat:

• Anti-inflammatory creams. Contain steroids elements and relieves pain. The popularity of all known Fastum® gel is due to the brilliant producers of television advertising. It consists of Ketoprofen (main active ingredient), lavender oil and menthol. Ketoprofen is composed of other ointments of this kind – Ketonal and Finales. In this kind of includes ointment called Nurofen, Nazleen and Woltarena.
• Drugs acting comprehensively with other tools. An example would be a drug called Dolobene gel.
• Medication possessing analgesic and stimulating action. They improve the blood flow in the damaged area and accelerate the processes that feed the fabric. The main active substance of this kind is a substance called riboxinum. Patients are Mycoflucan, Capsicum and Finalgon, ointments belonging to the group.
• Ointment, called chondroprotectors. Their task – slowing down the negative processes and the regeneration of cartilage tissue. Ground substance called chondroitin sulfate, the primary ointment, the Symptoms.
• Preparations in the form of ointments, called hemopathies. Ointments of this type perform the same function as the first. They differ only in the composition. They are produced from natural extracts of plants. They have allergic properties. So before you apply them, you need a doctor's advice. As example, Traumeel C and the Target T.
• Preparations in the form of ointments for massage. Are made on the basis of Shilajit, bee venom and plant components. Have analgesic effects. Regenerate and stop the inflammatory process. As example, the cream "Sophia", created on the basis of bee venom and gel "Badyaga Forte".

Apply the ointment only with the permission of your doctor. In the treatment a comprehensive approach is needed. Self-medicate, you may start the disease and to complications. Advice on what medicines you should take when osteochondrosis amazed cervical vertebra – can give only a specialist with higher medical education.