Bulging Disc

Have 3 bulging discs in neck and the others are moderate bulging. Can't get appointment to see Neuroligist until next week. MRI was from 10 days ago. Narcotics do not help with my pain. Tried Ben Gay, bio freeze and capsaicin cream. No relief. Tried ice and heat. Does not help. I can't stand the pain anymore. Should I go to the Emergency room? Someone give me help or advice.

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Hi Mark,

Sorry to hear about your situation. You mentioned that narcotics don't help with your pain, and I have to wonder if you were to go to the emergency room, that narcotics would probably be one of the first things they'd offer you there? One thought though would be to ask them for something along the lines of Gabapentin/Lyrica which are generally prescribed for nerve pain. However medications like this only "mask pain" and are not intended to treat the underlying cause of it, so you would have to be given enough to hold you over until your appointment it sounds like. I'm not saying this is the best approach (as I am not a doctor), but until you're able to do things that treat the underlying condition/cause of the pain (e.g. surgical intervention/etc), temporarily masking it seems like the only option from my point of view.

Does anyone else have advice to share from personal experience?

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