Know Your Low Back Pain Score

Ron Fudala

September 13, 2022

I’m writing this post to give you a “heads up” on an upcoming blog topic that is critically important to how you choose to solve your low back pain.

Over the next few posts, I will be discussing how “Success” is defined, or measured, when it comes to the varioius types of low back pain care you could receive. If you are not already a subscriber, sign up using the form below to be notified.

The goal of this site is to always provide you with information about low back pain to help you make treatment choices that will fit your situation.

In other words, to help you solve low back pain…the right way…FOR YOU!

Ron Fudala

May 4, 2021

Lyrica, Neurontin, and Topamax for Low Back and Sciatic Pain-Do They Work?

Ron Fudala

May 4, 2021

Lyrica, Neurontin, and Topamax for Low Back and Sciatic Pain-Do They Work?

Introduction:

Over the last 5-10 years the use of anticonvulsants (Neurontin) (Lyrica) to treat low back pain and/or sciatica has increased dramatically. This has occurred despite clinical guidelines that recommend non-pharmacologic interventions rather than the use of stronger analgesics such as opioids and anticonvulsants. (1, 2)

Physicians are increasingly prescribing both gabapentin (Neurontin) and pregabalin (Lyrica) for almost any type of pain, according to a perspective published in the New England Journal of Medicine. (3) This is occurring despite the FDA only approving both drugs for postherpetic neuralgia, fibromyalgia and neuropathic pain due to diabetes or spinal cord injury.