I have been diagnosed with l5 herniated disc. dr has prescribed predisone for inflammation for 3 weeks. is there another med for this diagnosis.

Steroids: Steroids are prescribed in acute recent severe pain associated with herniated disc. However it is usually given as a tapered dose over one week and at most usually 2 weeks. Three weeks of it seems a bit too much to me. Antiinflammatory meds are good and sometimes short course narcotics. If very painful a selective nerve block can be done in addition to epidural steroid injection. Good luck!

Other therapies: Agree with answer. And, often an osteopathic physician (do) who practices omm/ nmm (neuromuscular medicine) or skilled physical therapist may help with misalignment that caused this in the first place. Find a hands-on do at the amer academy of osteopathy (find specialist in nmm/ omm), the osteopathic cranial academy (look for someone with high % of cranial) or biodynamic osteopathy (biodo.Com).

It's optional: A herniated disc in the lumbar spine can cause nerve pain in the leg. An anti-inflammatory medication is usually prescribed to help reduce the inflammation and thus help with the pain. Prednisone is one of may choices, such as Medrol or decadron. These are steroids, which have side effects. Non-steroidals include over the counter Ibuprofen and Naproxen (motrin, advil, aleve, (naproxen) etc.).