i am 47 andd have medicare as prim and medicaid as 2nd. i am gettin on suboxene by a surgeoun mon and taking self off of opitates for back been on for over 10 yrs. have had non evasive back surgerys did not help and on july 8th took a bad fall and its worse. want to get surgery which i was against after detoxed on the opiates. but, concerned after surgery how will be treated with pain as wouldnt want any opiates. maybe temp only iv of it then off. ALOT OF BAD SURGEONS MY COUSIN HAD A HORRIBLE BACK SURGERY OVER 2 YRS AGO AND NEEDS AGAIN. AND SHE WAS IN THE HOPITAL 3 WEEKS OF BAD BAD PAIN MISERABLE. ANYONE HAVE ANY SUGGESTIIONS? THANK YOU MUCH I VERY MUCH APPREICATE IT. YYYY@YYYY
Hello, Did you write this while having high!! All spinal surgeries do not have equally beneficial outcomes. It depends on a lot of parameters. As for conservative therapy, physio plus baclofen and some neuroprotective agents might help, There is also option of steroid injection.