I really don't recommend painkillers as a way of controlling back pain - for the simple reason that they don't work. I know this from experience...
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When I first started getting back pain, the pain would wake me at about 4am every morning. My initial response was to take some ibuprofen - and arrange an appointment with my doctor. Unfortunately, my doctor didn't tell me anything I didn't know - he basically said that the spine was very complex and nobody really knew how it worked, and prescribed me some stronger, slow-release ibuprofen.
(To be fair to him he did later send me for testing in case I had ankylosing spondylitis, but the tests were negative, thankfully.)
And so I remained on painkillers for a couple of years, getting repeat prescriptions as needed. But it never solved the problem. And worse, it didn't encourage me to solve my back pain problem permanently. Instead I just started on the slippery slope towards dependency.
Eventually I decided enough was enough. There were enough scares in the media about long-term use of painkillers that I decided to wean myself off the drugs and sort my back out once and for all. I've tried all sorts of things (as I describe on this site), but I'm happy to report that I don't now routinely need painkillers. (I do occasionally take ibuprofen if needed, but only as a last resort.)
I really don't recommend painkillers as a way of controlling back pain - for the simple reason that they don't work. I know this from experience...
When I first started getting back pain, the pain would wake me at about 4am every morning. My initial response was to take some ibuprofen - and arrange an appointment with my doctor. Unfortunately, my doctor didn't tell me anything I didn't know - he basically said that the spine was very complex and nobody really knew how it worked, and prescribed me some stronger, slow-release ibuprofen.
(To be fair to him he did later send me for testing in case I had ankylosing spondylitis, but the tests were negative, thankfully.)
And so I remained on painkillers for a couple of years, getting repeat prescriptions as needed. But it never solved the problem. And worse, it didn't encourage me to solve my back pain problem permanently. Instead I just started on the slippery slope towards dependency.
Eventually I decided enough was enough. There were enough scares in the media about long-term use of painkillers that I decided to wean myself off the drugs and sort my back out once and for all. I've tried all sorts of things (as I describe on this site), but I'm happy to report that I don't now routinely need painkillers. (I do occasionally take ibuprofen if needed, but only as a last resort.)