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In reply to the discussion: Having an MRI tomorrow [View all]

LiberalArkie

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9. I found out how to fight my ruptured discs.
Thu May 21, 2020, 03:47 PM
May 2020

I never knew about valium but I had to go to the emergency room from extreme pain that would also paralyze me in different places below my waist and keep me there for 5 - 15 minutes.

Doctor prescribed Valium and Hydrocodone. Naturally not possible at work, but I found a solution.

Every Saturday I would take a valium and (Now) tramadol when I was NOT having pain as nothing helped when I would pinch a nerve and a back muscle would pull on my spine. But by taking the meds before the muscle tightened up I prevented it from happening.

I still get a back pain, but not a spasm that would make me collapse in the cross walk at work.

I mentioned it to on the my MD's when I was in the hospital (operation during a pandemic). And he smiled and said, I am going to try that this weekend. Nothing ever worked for him either.

Good luck.

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