[Gus Berges]

First and foremost, go see a doctor. Seems from your post that you are on your way there soon.

As someone who had a motorcycle accident 15 years ago and broke 6 vertebrae and compressing 2 to 50%, take my word for it, "I feel your pain". Each back pain is different, so take my free advice for what it's worth...

Lay down on the floor with a small pillow behind your neck. Have someone take your legs and lift them onto a dining room chair so your thighs bend at 90º near the waist, and your knees another 90º to rest the calves on the chair bottom. Stay there for as long as you can. This will remove all weight from your back.

You can try a heating pad with a humid towel, that way it becomes "humid heat" and better penetrate your lower muscles and release the tension. When done, have someone help you put your legs down and help you roll over to the fetal position while maintaining proper neck/head/spinal column aligned.

As for pain medications, I rather not comment on what you should be taking. Do know that if your get Percocet (Oxycodone/Paracetamol) or Robaxim (Methocarbamol) it can make you "loopy". During my multi-month stay at the hospital, I had an IV just for morphine, and that was not enough at times to completely stop the spasms and convulsions.

Hope you heal sooner than later!