Epidural Catheter [posted 8/6/98] Question: What is the procedure in which a back implant for extreme pain with a tube injects morphine directly into the spinal column?
I think you are thinking about an epidural catheter. This is implanted in the spinal cord and used to treat severe pain. Often used after surgical procedures, but is usually not left for long periods due to the risk of infection. The tube is implanted by an anesthesiologist usually in an operating room. Lower Back Pain [posted 8/5/98] Question: I was having pain in my left side around my hip and the P.A.C. said it was probably bricitus. She put me on naproxen 500 mg 2 times a day. I played basketball, which I haven’t played in a couple months and now I have some lower back pain along with numbness in the back of my legs and foot, also my butt and private area. Is this serious? Answer: Two possibilities – one that it is bursitis in which case stop doing athletic things until the hip heals. Two, it was misdiagnosed and is really involving the lower spinal nerves. The treatment of naproxen would still be the same for this condition, but it might require low back x-rays. The other advice s
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