A clinical study of pain and numbness relief in the patients with lumbar disc herniation treated with neurotropin

Objective To verify the effects ofneurotropin on the relief of pain and numbness in the patients with lumbar disc herniation.Methods A total of 56 patients who were diagnosed as lumbar disc herniation based on the imaging data and clinical manifestations in the clinic and whose VAS scores were more than 5 points were divided into 2 groups.The patients in one group were treated with methylcobalamin,and the patients in the other group was treated with neurotropin+methylcobalamin.No other therapies such as medicine,massage or acupuncture were performed.All the patients were suggested to stay in bed.The relief of pain and numbness was observed in both groups.Results The differences of the VAS pain scores between the 2 groups were statistically significant at the 1st and 2nd week after the medicines were taken.The excellent rates of pain relief in the neurtropin+methylcobalamin group and the neurtropin group were 62.5% and 8.3% respectively at the 2nd week,and the effective rates were 75.0% and 41.6% respectively.The differences of the numbness relief between the 2 groups were not statistically significant.Conclutions The joint application of neurtropin and methylcobalamin is superior to the single application of methylcobalamin for the relief of the pain in the patients with lumbar disc herniation.There are no statistically significant differences between the 2 groups for the relief of numbness.