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Janet, if your pain is radiating from your neck, across the shoulder and down your arm, it is nerve pain. Flexoril is a muscle relaxer and although I'm sure your muscles are tensed up and sore, if the pain is radiating down to your arm, that is not muscle pain, it is nerve pain. You need Lyrica, which is for nerve pain, or at the very least, some regular pain meds, rather than a muscle relaxer. The prednisone will help reduce the inflammation but it takes a few days for the inflammation to recede. I think you may need an MRI to see if you have a bulging disk in your neck that is pressing on a nerve. I'd ask for Lyrica or a pain med tomorrow, and that should help, but if it is not a lot better by next week, an MRI is definitely in order.
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 Gayle
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