Drug management of low back pain
Matsudaira, K.; Kawaguchi, H.
Clinical Calcium 15(3): 109-116
2005
ISSN/ISBN: 0917-5857 PMID: 15741688 Document Number: 587652
NSAIDs and muscle relaxants effectively reduce acute nonspecific low back pain (LBP), different types of both drugs being equally effective. In general, there is no strong evidence for the effectiveness of medication for chronic nonspecific LBP. However, there is a possibility that administration of antidepressants is an intervention worthy of consideration in cases of LBP with no identifiable organic cause and resistant to other treatments.