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Hi nice to meet you doctor . i was wondering. if i could have your help. i recently seen a doctor for my lower back who gave me medrol and some type of muscle relaxers and told me to also take ibprofine and its not helping . what happen to me was when i w
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Dr. William Lizarragaanswered
Internal Medicine 18 years experience
Your text got cut,: But if this first round of treatment didn't work, would be worth calling your doctor back and let them know this! Physical therapy may be a reasonable next step if they didnt' think there were any "alarm symptoms" and if that's still not effective then you may need some imaging or other testing.
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