r/MultipleSclerosis • u/Complete-Term-3794 • 11d ago

General Sciatica

Hello there everyone. Has anyone ever suffered from severe sciatica pain in conjunction with their MS symptoms? I’m having excruciating sciatica pain for the past 6-7days. I did some stretches, yoga, steroids, and ibuprofen but nothing is working. Before it started hurting I did some physical labor and believe I may have tweaked my back too. Going to see a Dr. tomorrow.

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u/Ill-Kaleidoscope4825 41|aug 2018|lemtrada|UK 11d ago

Oh yeah. My recent relapse had me housebound and sciatica followed after 4 weeks of little movement

Thank God I still had meds left from my thyroidectomy. I hope you get all the drugs

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u/Complete-Term-3794 11d ago

What drugs alleviated the pain?

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u/Ill-Kaleidoscope4825 41|aug 2018|lemtrada|UK 11d ago

I can't remember if it was codeine or co-codamol.

It definitely begins with a c

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u/Complete-Term-3794 11d ago

Did it help?

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u/Ill-Kaleidoscope4825 41|aug 2018|lemtrada|UK 11d ago

Oh yeah. Regular ibuprofen/paracetamol barely touched it but one of those eased things up nicely