Dr. Mark Galperin
Pain Management
Brooklyn, NY
34 years experience male
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Mark galperin
Brooklyn, NY
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Graduted in 1989 for 1st Leningrad medical institute in Leningrad, Russia. Did my surgical and anesthesiology residency in Buffalo, NY and Nassau county, NY
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Pain Management
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English
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A 39-year-old female asked:
Dr. Mark Galperinanswered
Pain Management 34 years experience
Neck pain: It still could be muscular, coming from on of upper back muscles most likely rhomboid muscle or from inside your neck, see physical therapist in your ... Read More
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A 36-year-old male asked:
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Pain Management 34 years experience
Ignore: Is not about pain killers, it is about treating pain.
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A 50-year-old female asked:
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Pain Management 34 years experience
Raynauds disease: It could be a lot different things, the worst is raynauds disease, the best thing is to keep your hands warm, always wear gloves, be careful when warm... Read More
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A 34-year-old member asked:
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Pain Management 34 years experience
Tmj sm: If it related to chewing, it is most likely TMJ syndrome then you need to see your dentist, if it goes from the ear - it could be a lot of other thin... Read More
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A 35-year-old member asked:
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Pain Management 34 years experience
Anesthesia units: Any anesthesia cost is calculated in 15 min units, as an average the cost is between $200-300.00 per unit, plus an addition of a couple units for pre... Read More
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A 33-year-old member asked:
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Pain Management 34 years experience
Vomiting: Sure if you vomit on the empty stomach, what is coming out is bile stained stomach secretions.
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A 52-year-old male asked:
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Pain Management 34 years experience
Back pain: It could be coming from the neck, but also can be caused by a large breasts, what your x-rays showed?
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A 46-year-old female asked:
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Facet sm: Your we're probably sitting on uncomfortable chair without stretching all that time, your got stiff. You might have underline facet joint arthropathy ... Read More
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A 44-year-old member asked:
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Pain Management 34 years experience
Pain: You have to be more specific about distribution of your pain, also the type of hysterectomy you had - trans vaginal or trans abdominal, than i can ... Read More
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A 51-year-old male asked:
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Pain Management 34 years experience
Radiculopathy: Most likely this pain represent lumbar radiculopathy, depending on the length of the system, you either can start physical therapy or see a pain speci... Read More
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A 24-year-old female asked:
Dr. Mark Galperinanswered
Pain Management 34 years experience
Muscle spasm: Most likely this pain related to a muscle spasm, caused by straining when you were coughing, put some heat on the area, take motrin, if no help, see p... Read More
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A 45-year-old female asked:
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Pain Management 34 years experience
Intercostal neuralgi: It all depends on a lot of factors : duration, character of pain, location, preceding factors, relation to the underlying organs.
Could be pleuritis... Read More
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A 21-year-old female asked:
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Opioid dependence : Most likely you are not addicted to it yet, otherwise you would take it more often. Just stop it, and forget about it existence
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A 38-year-old female asked:
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Pain Management 34 years experience
Lumbar radiculopathy: sounds that you have a pinched nerve in the back, you need to see a pain doctor and most likely an injection
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A 23-year-old female asked:
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Pain Management 34 years experience
Neck pain: most likely muscle spasm, take some motrins or Tylenol, if no help - see a doctor
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A 37-year-old male asked:
Dr. Mark Galperinanswered
Pain Management 34 years experience
bull sheet, or get retested
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A 26-year-old female asked:
Dr. Mark Galperinanswered
Pain Management 34 years experience
Diclofenac: Yes but not for a long time.
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A 35-year-old member asked:
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Pain Management 34 years experience
Tramadol: Technically you can, but alcohol will potentiate it's sedative effect, since trams doll is an opioid, in can cause you fall a sleep, do not drive or ... Read More
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A 46-year-old female asked:
Dr. Mark Galperinanswered
Pain Management 34 years experience
Rsd-crps: usually pain and other symptoms are localized to the area affected, but who knows, this pathology is still a grey area. see a good pain doctor in your... Read More
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A 37-year-old female asked:
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Pain Management 34 years experience
Muscle tear: Most likely not, torn muscle should be healed already, if it torn achill tendon, that i'd not healed properly in could b seen.
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A 39-year-old member asked:
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Pain Management 34 years experience
Muscle spasm: Probably had our am in he uncomfortable position, take Motrin an try to stretch.
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A 34-year-old female asked:
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Pain Management 34 years experience
Cervical via: Ddd usually causes pain in the same distribution, does not affect facial region, .
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A 35-year-old male asked:
Dr. Mark Galperinanswered
Pain Management 34 years experience
Tramadol: Yes, it depends on a lot of factors including pain intensity and your mood state
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A 53-year-old female asked:
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Pain Management 34 years experience
Tnr: Pain in the back is from si joint irritation, you favoring an affected side and shift weight while walking on the other side, if you won't resolve the... Read More
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A 30-year-old member asked:
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Pain Management 34 years experience
Vicodin: Don't take, 30 years old in general should not have problems requiring chronic need for pain killers.
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A 26-year-old female asked:
Dr. Mark Galperinanswered
Pain Management 34 years experience
Muscle spasm: There could be a lot of causes of pain around the shoulder, see if the the one you have is there all the time, especially at night, than it could be ... Read More
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A 46-year-old female asked:
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Pain Management 34 years experience
Rsd: Your orthopedic surgeon is probably very happy, see pain specialist, stop doing nonsense surgeries
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A 36-year-old male asked:
Dr. Mark Galperinanswered
Pain Management 34 years experience
Ignore: It is a very complex area of medical expertise when we deal with patients suffering from chronic pai.
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A 38-year-old female asked:
Dr. Mark Galperinanswered
Pain Management 34 years experience
Severity: Severe pain and mild case are very subjective, what determine a severity of your disease is a level of debilitation.
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A 38-year-old male asked:
Dr. Mark Galperinanswered
Pain Management 34 years experience
Abdominal pain: It a very complicated issue, but a quick answer is either from mets in the abdomen or mets in the spine. You have to have your spine checked.
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A 42-year-old member asked:
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Pain Management 34 years experience
Radiculopathy: Could be a pinched nerve in between top lumbar vertebrae, see neurologist in your area.
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A 43-year-old member asked:
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Pain Management 34 years experience
Trigger point: Trigger point is node, that happens on the muscle due to strain of it, there very litte muscles in the axils, that people called arm pit, i dout you ... Read More
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A 30-year-old member asked:
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Pain Management 34 years experience
Shot acting opioids: Depends on your metabolism, but on average 4-6 hours.
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A 64-year-old female asked:
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Pain Management 34 years experience
Neck pain: Knowing your age you definitely developed some arthritis in your cervical facet joints, when your fell you likely triggered it, so it became evident, ... Read More
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A 26-year-old male asked:
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Pain Management 34 years experience
Disc herniation: Could be herniated disc, most likely l5-s1, very unusual, you to young, unless your had an injury, your need to get an MRI , also could be a lumbar sp... Read More
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A 42-year-old member asked:
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Pain Management 34 years experience
Rash: Heat rash is more diffuse and red, shingles come in clusters and consist of vesicles, filled with clear fluid.
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A female asked:
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Pain Management 34 years experience
Broken foot: Most likely not, unless that piece interferes with the joint movement, but you need you ankle to be immobilized.
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A male asked:
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Pain Management 34 years experience
Tramodol: Tramadol does not increase weight, but you can have a seizures if you take opioids and subaxon
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A 24-year-old male asked:
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Pain Management 34 years experience
Injections: There is no difference between po and im, but you can develop an infection at the injection site
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A 43-year-old member asked:
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Pain Management 34 years experience
Pain killers: Different chemical structure, different strength , but you should ask this question to the specialist, unless you have something else in mind, that co... Read More
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A 37-year-old female asked:
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Pain Management 34 years experience
Shingles: Could be shingles , depends on onset, duration, and rash , not enough information.
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A 52-year-old male asked:
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Pain Management 34 years experience
Migrane: yes, there is a well known connection between red vine and migrane headaches, a lot of people, like a pavlov's dog , could not even look at the bottle... Read More
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A 57-year-old male asked:
Dr. Mark Galperinanswered
Pain Management 34 years experience
Knee pain: pain in general is the sign of the problem, it could be both, let it rest for a couple weeks, take motrin 600 mg twice /day. if the pain goes away thi... Read More
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Mar 31, 2015
Thank you doctor for giving up your time to help us. #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower2
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Dr. Galperin is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Dr. Galperin is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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This was very helpful. Thanks! Thank you Dr.Galperin for your professional advice,although my question is more about returning to drinking within the daily limits may stop them?Sorry if i phrased it w...Read More
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Thank you for your input Dr. Mark Galperin. Although just taking Advil didn't help , I appreciate you taking time out of your busy schedule to send a reply.
Sincerely, Tricia Timke
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Thanks for your quick reply! Do not have large breasts. Was injured 20 years ago in truck accident.
Education & Training
Medical/Graduate school
First Leningrad Medical Institute of I. P. Pavlova, Russia
Graduated 1989MD
Residency
nassau university medicak center
Completed 2000
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