What medicine is effective for leg pain?

Many middle-aged and elderly people will experience leg pain. When this phenomenon is serious, it will cause the patient to be unable to walk normally. The main cause of leg pain is osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis. This disease is generally treated with traditional Chinese medicine, because traditional Chinese medicine has the effects of dispelling wind and cold, relieving meridians and dredging collaterals, and can also play the role of strengthening the spleen and warming the kidneys. So what medicine is effective for leg pain?

First, what medicine is effective for leg pain? Pain-relieving capsules: Pain-relieving capsules can help us quickly improve leg stiffness and soreness, relieve joint pain and swelling, and help patients increase the range of joint movement. So what medicine can the elderly take to relieve leg pain? Pain-relieving capsules are the preferred pain-relieving medicine.

Second, slow-acting drugs: After a large number of clinical investigations, we found that some drugs used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, such as azathioprine, penicillamine, antimalarial drugs, etc. These slow-acting anti-rheumatic drugs, are basically ineffective for leg pain caused by ankylosing spondylitis. Sulfasalazine drugs are more effective for some spondylitis with peripheral arthritis.

Third, the causes of leg pain in the elderly. Long-term excessive lumbar activity and load, and incorrect posture: The above reasons can cause a decrease in the moisture and nutrients of the nucleus pulposus, a rapid reduction in the volume of the intervertebral disc, and a significant decrease in elasticity. As a result, the intervertebral space gradually narrows, stimulating and compressing the surrounding tissues, especially the nerve tissue, thereby causing symptoms of low back and leg pain. Endocrine disorders: It is well known that endocrine function has a direct relationship with bone metabolism. For example, when the secretion of sex hormones decreases or the secretion of adrenal cortex hormones increases, it can cause osteoporosis of the lumbar spine and relaxation of ligaments and joint capsules. On this basis, a sudden increase in the lumbar spine load may cause low back pain symptoms.

What medicine is effective for leg pain? Glucocorticoids: Since glucocorticoids cannot directly affect the leg pain caused by ankylosing spondylitis, and long-term use of such drugs will cause some side effects, such drugs are generally not used as a routine treatment for leg pain. Patients can try to use non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for treatment.