The nerve pain induced by ruptured discs is indescribable. My neurologist told me that unless you have experienced it you can not appreciate just how debilitating the pain alone is. He had experienced it and that made him a better Dr. Great surgeon from Yale and a good man.
I have experienced it. It can make a grown man cry. I’d be careful of those OTC pain killers. Might be time to step up to the opiates to relieve the pain. But be careful.