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Originally Posted by mspennyloafer
i am not on any meds, on the w/e i sometimes take flexiril but that's it.
does medrol actually help heal your nerves or is it more of a bandaid?
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Medrol is a tapered steroid/anti-inflammatory (taken for 5 days). It will reduce inflammation (including your nerves). Toradol (taken 3-5 days) works better than medrol for me. It is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory (NSAID). One of these two drugs would take away my flares for a couple months. That is no longer the case for me as my flares come right back shortly after the 5 days (which is why I've decided to move forward with surgery). I'm keeping things under control using Ibuprofen and Valium (before bed) right now...and keeping my elbows at my side at all times. The muscle relaxers (Valium or Zanaflex as Flexeril doesn't work for me anymore) don't really help my symptoms anymore...they just help me sleep through the night.
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after taking too much magnesium, my muscle pain went down to like a 1 and all of my sx resolved except for the numb hands. so i think something is just not circulating right. doctors take this circulating stuff too literally. ive had a duplex ultrasound and passed it fine but i KNOW i have circulation problems
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Magnesium helps reduce inflammation (not even close to the level of Toradol or Medrol though). Numb hands do not always equal a circulation problem. Numb hands/fingers are more likely a neurogenic symptom. Sounds like neurogenic TOS to me.
What specialists have you consulted so far?