A member asked:

I live with osteoarthritis in my hip. tylenol (acetaminophen) and ibuprophen barely take the edge off my daily pain. anything more powerful you'd recommend?

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Dr. Qamar Khan answered

Specializes in Pain Management

Consider Ortho Eval: Have you seen orthopedic surgeon for options regarding your hip degeneration? At such a young age, it may not be in the best interest to have a hip surgery done yet. If this is not an option, you may want to consider stem cell therapies (bone marrow aspirate injections) that may be able to reduce the wear and tear and even replace lost cartilage or repair tears in your hip.

Answered 3/25/2014

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Dr. Lynn Lindaman answered

Specializes in Orthopedic Surgery

Accurate Diagnosis: There are a lot of causes of "hip" pain. Not all of them come from the hip joint itself. You need an accurate diagnosis of where the pain is originating from, i.e. Lumbar spine, trochanteric bursitis or true osteoarthritis of the hip joint. If the joint is worn out or wearing out sometimes an x-ray guided or ultrasound guided injection of a cortisone like drug into the hip joint may help.

Answered 12/15/2014

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