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Severe lower back pain

Just wondering if anyone else has experienced severe lower back pain during treatment, and if so, any dx?

I have been suffering from horrible pain in my back, almost feels like it's in my left hip - lower down my butt.  It's really unbearable.  I've been taking tylenol 1mg twice a day, and that takes the edge off, but the pain NEVER goes away.  

I wake up during the night in pain, and it's starting to wear me down.

I hate having to take Tylenol every day.  It cannot be good for my body to do this for another six months, on top of regular tx...

Any suggestions on alternatives, and insight into why this severe pain?

Thanks!

Daylyn
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There were several weeks that I got the severe backpain for a few days after the shots - it difficult to sit in meetings etc. Laying down did help some not much.. Knock on wood I haven't had the pain for a few weeks. My heating pad helped alot. I even took it to work and use it at my desk if needed.  

Hope you are feeeling better!
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Thanks guys!  It does feel like a nerve to me, not muscular.  And it just never goes away.  I've had this pain for over two months now.

Odd, I did experience this before treatment once or twice, but it always went away quickly.  I do feel that it has something to do with lack of exercise.  I used to jog daily, and now can't seem to make it up a flight of stairs without wanting to die!

I will talk to DR about Motrin or Advil type meds, cause your right - the Tylenol is just not doing anything.  I have never taken anything for pain previously, always just waited it out, and that always worked before.  Nothing seems to work now.  I have been waiting and hoping this would go away on it's own, but no such luck.

I will go to a massage therapist first, and perhaps a chiro next.  Great words of wisdom all of you!

Sometimes when you're right in the middle of things you can't even think straight.

Thanks again!
Daylyn
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My son had scoliosis, since he was 9 he had chiropractic adjustments. Then he injured his back at work and flipped a car 4 or 5 times (landed upright). He also had very bad sciatic. In 6 years Western medicine couldn't help him at all - he didn't want drugs or surgery.  He went to China and found an orothpedic doctor who cured him completely in 2 hours. She said you never found a doctor who knew how get rid of the knot in your back. In China the doctors are very "hands on". Everyone does massage of some kind.
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Gazebo: And your symptoms demonstrate sciatica - a pinched or compressed sciatic nerve (the one the size of your little finger that causes the majority of severe back pain). Tylenol is not a NSAID or non steroid anti-inflamatory medication, like iibuprofen (Advil, Motrin). Tylenol (acetaminophen) does not do much to help calm muscle and nerve inflamation. IMPORTANT...in the event you have not been warned, both are toxic to the liver and your doctor should be consulted as to the daily dose.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sciatica
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Good "supported information", but might sound like "direct advice" to some :)

All the best,

-- Jim
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And your symptoms demonstrate sciatica - a pinched or compressed sciatic nerve (the one the size of your little finger that causes the majority of severe back pain).  Tylenol is not a NSAID or non steroid anti-inflamatory medication, like iibuprofen (Advil, Motrin). Tylenol (acetaminophen) does not do much to help calm muscle and nerve inflamation.  IMPORTANT...in the event you have not been warned, both are toxic to the liver and your doctor should be consulted as to the daily dose.  
Try this page on Wikipedia for more general info.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sciatica

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Gotcha Jim.  It "might".



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I am one who has experienced significant amplification of my pre tx spine pain - not muscular, I assure you.  So every back condition is different, but I will attest, as Jim mentions, that the interferon does definately increase many symptoms of pre-existing conditions.  Some you may have had, but never really noticed to any degree before the drugs.  Worth talking out with your doc and do avoid opioids if you can.  I have to use them and can tollerate, but many have serious problems.  And exercise can really help, so even if you are "dead", use willpower and move around. But try to determine if muscular or a more serious spine or nerve problem.
Best of luck,  G
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I developed lower back pain shortly after treatment. I attribute it to being inactive during treatment, combined with perhaps a too agressive exercise program post treatment.

Most back pain is muscular and the back muscles like to be moved or they become weak and dysfunctional. Standard back rehab exercies performed daily would be a reasonable approach combined with RICE (rest, ice, compression, elevation).

I'm not a big fan of pain killers but anti-inflammatory drugs may help if OK'd by your doctor. Lastly, lower back problems are often related to tight hamstrings so a stretching program of both hamstrings and calf muscles are a good idea.

If you're lucky, back pain will come and go quickly, but often it takes a long time and globs of patience. It took me over a year to get rid of lower back pain time before last, but I think I'm close to licking it this time around in under six months.

As to the treatment drugs precipitating the pain, I don't think it matters much what caused the problem, since the treatment will probably end up being the same.

Of course consult with a back specialist to rule out anything serious, but frankly, I've found back doctors often do more harm than good with their cortisone injections, etc. If any back doctor wants to operate on you, I highly recommend a second or third opinion before undergoing the knife. For this reason, I'd start with a physiatrist (doctor of physical and rehab medicine) before seeing an orthopedic surgeon.

Good luck with your back, and if you really make a committment, it should end up stronger than even before you had a problem.

-- Jim
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I've had sciatica - pre-TX - a pain from the hip all the way down the leg.

But I don't know if it has anything to do with hep-c.

I was diagnosed with that a year ago and have been on fosomax ever since.  I no longer get that pain.

wyntre
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