Back and back pain occurs very often. This may be due to: uneven( insufficient or excessive) physical stresses,
All these factors predispose to the formation of various diseases of the spine, which are accompanied by a violation of muscle tone, trophism of joints and elasticity of ligaments and tendons of the musculoskeletal system in osteochondrosis, lumbago, herniated disc, due to trauma and scoliosis( curvature of the spine), leading to 50- 60% of cases to the formation of degenerative changes in the spine and loss of ability to work.
Causes of back pain may also be myalgia and / or muscle spasms.
Among the drugs used to treat and alleviate back pain, one of the main places is taken by topical preparations - ointments, gels, balms and creams. They are used in complex therapy or independently.
Modern chondroprotectors for osteochondrosis and spondyloarthrosis. How to choose the best ointment?
In this case, the trophism of the parotid ligaments and muscles deteriorates sharply, as a result of which the intervertebral discs lose their elasticity, decrease in size and can not effectively cope with the load on the spine. Therefore, drugs are needed that effectively stimulate the recovery processes and slow the degeneration of the cartilaginous tissue of the intervertebral discs and affect the normalization of their tissue metabolism - chondroprotectors.
The main group of chondroprotectors include preparations that contain chondroitin sulfate( chondroitinsulfuric acid), which participates in the formation of basic connective tissue substances. These drugs are used topically in the form of ointments( ointment and liniment "Chondroxide" and ointment "Chondroitinovaya").
The second group of chondroprotectors includes complex preparations, which contain chondroitin sulfate and glucosamine. They include the cream "Teraflex M", which contains not only glucosamine hydrochloride and chondroitin sulfate, but also peppermint and camphor oil, and possesses both regenerative and chondroprotective properties, as well as anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects.
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory ointments of myalgia, after hypothermia and trauma, for treatment of sciatica and other back pain.
Preparations for external use that effectively reduce inflammation and reduce pain are ointments and gels containing non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and / or analgesics.
Fastum Gel( manufactured by Berlin-Chemie) and Bystrum Gel( its domestic counterpart) contain ketoprofen and ancillary ingredients( lavender oil, menthol and neroli oil), which enhance the effect of the main active ingredient.
Currently, these gels are one of the most popular drugs for alleviating back pain associated with myalgia, inflammatory processes of the spine in hypothermia, to relieve post-traumatic pains and in the complex treatment of lumbago, osteochondrosis with radicular syndrome and lumbosacral radiculitis. To this group of topical medicines can also be attributed "Ketonal", "Fibrofid" and "Finalgel".Also widely used drugs containing diclofenac( "Diklovit" and "Voltaren"), nimesulid( "Naiz" gel) and ibuprofen( ointment "Nurofen").
Combined topical preparations include gel "Dolobien"( from the company "Ratiofarm"), which not only provides effective analgesic and anti-inflammatory effects, but also improves tissue regeneration and has a thrombolytic and absorbable effect."Dolobien" gel contains three main active ingredients: dimethylsulfoxide, heparin and dexpanthenol.
The active anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects of this drug are based on the combination of the action of dexpanthenol and dimethylsulfoxide( dimexide), which facilitates the deep and rapid penetration into the tissues of other constituents of the preparation.
Read more about the options for choosing analogues Fastum Gel . And also learn more about anesthetic for osteochondrosis in the article movalis indications for use. Carefully read the contraindications.
Ointments of local irritant action to eliminate pain after trauma, hypothermia and physical exertion.
Also for the relief of pain in the back apply drugs that have a local-irritant and as a result of this analgesic effect. The most effective preparation of this group is the ointment "Finalgon"( from the company "Boehringer Ingelheim").This drug contains - nikoboxil and nonivamide , which have an analgesic effect and cause vasodilation, increasing blood flow to the localization site of the inflamed process, and as a result improve tissue nutrition and metabolism.
" Finalgun " is used for back pain, due to injuries, excessive physical exertion, as well as for myalgia and lumbago caused by hypothermia.
The effective preparations of this group also include ointments " Capsicum ", " Nikoflex ", " Apizarthron " and cream " Analgos ".
Homeopathic ointments for osteochondrosis and inflammatory processes.
Homoeopathic remedies from Heel - " Objective T " and " Traumeel C " are widely used and have a pronounced anti-inflammatory effect. These drugs improve the metabolism, stimulating the restoration of cartilaginous tissue, and have an excellent analgesic effect.
The main indications for the use of these drugs are back pain with osteochondrosis( "Objective T") and pain syndrome caused by traumas and inflammatory processes - lumbago, myalgia and radiculitis( Traumeel C).
To date, there are many effective treatment methods that allow in a short time to significantly reduce the inflammatory process and pain, which are aimed at the complex treatment of the musculoskeletal system.
But it must be remembered that back pain also appears in inflammatory diseases of the kidneys, prostatitis, urolithiasis, intestinal diseases, inflammatory processes of the uterus and ovaries.
