It worked for a while for me too - for SM nerve pain.

I'm not saying you should or should not try it. Just sying you won't know if it helps unless you do. Sometimes you have to try every thing out there to know what's going to be just the ticket, you know? I've tried over 40 meds now...



(I only take topamax every day. I only have RX's for that, 2 muscle relaxers and Flector patches. But it took me almost a decade to get here.)


I did gain about 6 lbs - but it was my own fault. I ate like crazy while on Lyrica.

I did not like that I felt stoned for 12 hrs with each dose - 75mgs to start, then 150mgs as many as 3 a day.

I didn't feel safe to drive. Can't live like that. And my ankles started to swell - that's when I got off it. Plus, the 150's seemed to help less than the 75's.



Then no relief at all.

I think the question here is, what did you want from this doc or any doc?

More cortisone, if I got you right.

And this guy didn't even reply, so you have no idea why he didn't go ahead with that. Probably no reason not to.

When you say spine doc, that can mean a lot of things though. Neuro surgeon, osteo surgeon, chiro, anesthetist, etc.

Regardless, another may have something else to say. Your PCP may go ahead with the cortisone - or tell you who can offer that for you. And you may have to be very direct in asking

"I came to ask about cortison - can you set me up with that for my pain? Or can you send me to somebody who will? My other doctor is not doing it, and it worked well last time."


Good luck with this, and everything...