What medicine should I take for leg pain caused by lumbar disc herniation compressing nerves?

What medicine should I take for leg pain caused by lumbar disc herniation compressing the nerves?

1. If these symptoms occur, oral medications can be used for treatment, including anti-inflammatory and analgesic drugs, blood circulation and blood stasis drugs, nerve nourishing drugs, etc. Commonly used anti-inflammatory and analgesic drugs are non-steroidal anti-inflammatory analgesics, such as celecoxib and levofloxacin. Commonly used oral nerve nourishing drugs are methylcobalamin or B vitamins. Commonly used blood circulation and blood stasis drugs are Gentongping Granules, Jinlong Pills, etc., which target the congestion, edema and inflammatory reaction of the nerve roots, play the role of anti-inflammatory and analgesic, blood circulation and blood stasis, and nerve nourishing, and relieve the symptoms.

2. Clinically, patients with lumbar disc herniation compress nerves and cause leg pain. This is a very common phenomenon. The reason is that the nucleus pulposus compresses the dura mater sac and stimulates the nerve roots after protrusion, resulting in pain in the area innervated by the nerves, such as the legs. Some patients also have symptoms of nerve damage such as numbness, muscle and skin tingling, and weakness. You can also drink some Chinese medicine soup that relaxes muscles and tendons, promotes blood circulation and removes blood stasis, and nourishes the liver and kidneys. You can use some angelica, salvia miltiorrhiza, chuanxiong, notopterygium, duhuo, safflower, wolfberry, and jujube.

What is the bed rest posture for lumbar disc herniation?

1. Patients with lumbar disc herniation are generally recommended to rest in bed for about 2 to 3 weeks during the acute stage. Bed rest can help relieve muscle spasms in the lower back and back, tension in the ligaments around the lumbar spine, reduce the squeezing of the intervertebral disc, reduce the intra-disc pressure, and partially retract the intervertebral disc that has not completely ruptured, reduce compression and stimulation of the nerve roots, and help recover the function of damaged nerves.

2. How long should you stay in bed after lumbar disc herniation surgery? This question mainly asks how long you should stay in bed strictly after lumbar disc herniation surgery. In fact, it is related to comprehensive factors such as the type and degree of lumbar disc herniation, the patient's age, and concomitant diseases. When lying on your side, you can flex your knees and hips to reduce the traction on the sciatic nerve and effectively improve the clinical symptoms caused by lumbar disc herniation.