I doubt that Dr Sanders would be against Neurontin or Lyrica as some patients may be able to avoid surgery with one of these. I would check with his office staff to be sure. As far as pain medications go, I have heard that a lower level of these pre-surgery in one's body is better as there is more room for pain meds to be effective when you really need them after surgery.

Noname-are you saying that you can cause damage by not having the surgery in a timely fashion? is it simply atrophy or how is one damaging the muscles and nerves beyond reapair?? my understanding is that nerves grow back. like when you have botox and the nerves grow back.