Hi TN, welcome, but sorry you are here. I hope we can help. Thx for creating a signature. Can you elaborate on what you think is going with your cervical spine? And the causes of your DDD?
As well, how are you headaches related to the DDD? Which came first? Have you done a "deep dive" on your blood tests to screen out any occult infections? There are only a handful of labs in this country that can do this properly...
I can see why you want to minimize taking this drug:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumatriptan