What painkillers to take for sciatica

Non-steroidal drugs (NSAIDs), anesthesia drugs and Chinese medicines can relieve sciatica, please choose the appropriate medication under the guidance of your doctor. 1. Non-steroidal drugs: commonly used are ibuprofen, ketorolac tromethamine and celecoxib, etc. For most sciatica patients, especially those with mild symptoms, non-steroidal drugs can relieve pain. 2. Narcotic drugs: patients with severe pain can take opioid painkillers such as tramadol hydrochloride under the guidance of a doctor, or inject lidocaine, procaine and other narcotic drugs into the pain. 3. Traditional Chinese medicine: Some pain relieving and relaxing traditional Chinese medicines can also relieve sciatica, such as Paeonia lactiflora and Glycyrrhiza glabra soup, DuoYu parasitic soup and so on. Sciatica patients should go to the hospital in time when the attack, symptomatic treatment, do not blindly use their own medicine.