The drugs for cervical spondylosis mainly include anti-inflammatory and pain-relieving drugs, muscle relaxing drugs, nerve-nourishing drugs, and proprietary Chinese medicines for sparing the muscles and opening the ligaments. How to use drugs for the treatment of cervical spondylosis? Drug treatment is based on the classical drug triple therapy, muscle relaxing drugs, anti-inflammatory and pain-relieving drugs and nerve-nourishing drugs. Anti-inflammatory and analgesic drugs are mainly non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, such as Fotarine and Fenbendazole, which have the effect of eliminating local inflammation and mild pain relief. Many times patients with cervical spondylosis will have the feeling of local muscle tension, taking muscle relaxants can alleviate these symptoms, and clinically used Myona, Keleton, etc. are oral muscle relaxants. The third category is nerve-nourishing drugs, commonly used are vitamin B1, B12, etc., which can be taken orally or injected. However, the utilization of the drugs through intramuscular injection will be higher and the effect is better than that of oral administration. Therefore, in the early or acute stage of cervical spondylosis, doctors will choose intramuscular injections of nerve-nourishing drugs, and then slowly switch to oral tablets when the patient’s condition improves. The principle of drug treatment is – the drug should be used in sufficient quantity and in sufficient course. It should be emphasized to the patients that they must take the medication on time rather than on demand, for example, this medication should be taken three times a day. Do not reduce the dosage because the symptoms are relieved today, or increase the dosage because it is aggravated today, but take the medication on a regular basis so that the treatment effect can be judged after a period of time. When should I do closure therapy? Closed treatment of the neck and shoulder is only chosen when the symptoms are very severe – for example, the soreness and swelling of the neck and shoulder is not relieved continuously, oral medication or plasters are not effective, and when the doctor finds that the patient has very clear local pain points in the neck and shoulder during physical examination. Is plastering effective for cervical spondylosis? Most neck and shoulder discomfort occurs after exertion or after catching a cold, so it is effective to use ointment that warms the meridians and disperses cold or relaxes the tendons and channels, but it can only relieve the patient’s local pain and soreness, and if there is serious nerve root irritation or compression, the ointment will not relieve it.