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If you have a 1cm lesion in thecal sac of lumbar area with urinary ret and bowel dysmotility that improves with large doses (1200mg) of ibuprofen, could ibuprofen be reducing inflammation in spine?
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Possibly: It depends upon the cause of the 1cm lesion.
Answered 9/15/2013
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Yes but: It is not a solution 4 the long term . C a spine surgeon, these r significant symptoms. If due 2 a disk, surgery. If due 2 a growth, removal & get a firm DX as 2 malignant or benign.
Answered 9/28/2016
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