<human>: I need to know what my options are for pain management for severe lower back pain all my doctor has tried me on is vicoprofen i told him it wasnt working so he put me on norcos after almost 6 months on the vicoprofens. The norcos were working for the pain and helping me to sleep great at night but i was also very sleepy during the day and I cannot be like that as I have a 16 month old to take care of. I am now on a hydrocodone 5/500 and back to square one still in a lot of pain and not sleeping at all basically at night. I was born without a disc between l4 and l5 and a bulging disc above l5, I also have severe muscle spasms in my back. I would like to know what other options I have to relieve my pain and be able to chase my son all day but sleep at night as well
<bot>: You have not mentioned your age which is very important factor in case of back pain. For treatment, you can take some painkiller like attract or biozobid-plus only when your back pain is worse enough or disturbing your routine work. Apart from this you can take some calcium supplements like shall or toscal-gem once daily preferably in afternoon. You can do some physiotherapy exercises after an expert opinion of physiotherapist. I will also advise you to sleep on a plain surface as it is very helpful in case of back pain.