What to take for back pain in the elderly

The elderly back pain is mainly caused by muscle strain, ankylosing spondylitis, myofasciitis, gastritis and angina and other diseases, the choice of drugs for treatment needs to be based on the condition of the selection of anti-inflammatory and analgesic drugs, hormones, acid suppression, to improve myocardial ischemia and other drug therapy.
1. Muscle strain: If long-term repeated stooping for manual labor or keep the posture unchanged, it will lead to continuous muscle tension, and then ischemia and hypoxia, resulting in aseptic inflammation, at this time you can take aspirin, diclofenac sodium and other drugs.
2. Ankylosing spondylitis: if there is a history of such disease, you need to take oral non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, such as: celecoxib, acetaminophen, etc., and sometimes need to take oral glucocorticosteroids, such as prednisolone, etc., as well as the targeted application of salicylsulphon pyridine and methotrexate.
3 myofasciitis: for myofasciitis inflammation caused by back muscle pain, you can take oral adenosylcobalamin, Yuanhu pain relieving tablets, ibuprofen granules for treatment.
4. Gastritis or peptic ulcer: need to pay attention to the digestive system disease pain will also radiate to the back, if this kind of disease, you can take omeprazole, clarithromycin and other drugs can also improve the symptoms.
5. angina: the elderly often combined with cardiac system diseases, if angina may also radiate to the back of the shoulder, can follow the doctor’s instructions to improve myocardial ischemia and other drugs, such as isosorbide nitrate.
The elderly back pain is recommended to go to the regular hospital in a timely manner, for professional treatment.