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Why won't my doctor give me pills for a protruding disk that lays against a nerve & causes me severe pain?

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Ask your doctor: There may be real medical reasons for not doing so based on underlying medical problems, use of other medication or a history of medication abuse or substance abuse.

Dr Rosenfeld agreed

Answered 8/20/2012

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