Leading Low Back Pain Treatments – Painkillers, anti-depressants, and sedation

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Scott R. Greenberg, MD In the medical journal Pain Practice, researchers noted that in their study of over 100,000 patients with chronic low back pain or osteoarthritis, these were the leading low back pain treatments: Opioids (to produce sedation and pain relief) were the most frequently prescribed pain medications (more than 70%). Next nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs  (NSAIDs) […]