"Antibiotics were touted in headlines this week as a groundbreaking treatment for chronic lower back pain. The Guardian quoted a prominent British spinal surgeon as saying the experimental treatment, based on Danish research, is worthy of a Nobel Prize. ... The Danish findings must be reproduced in a series of studies before antibiotics are proved to be an effective treatment for a subset of patients with lower back pain ... this is probably just a lightning rod for physicians to be more aware that [bacterial infection] may be a cause of chronic low back pain..." I too would urge caution if considering using antibiotics to treat lower back pain. theglobeandmail/life/health-and-fitness/health/caution-urged-on-antibiotic-cure-to-back-pain/article11832658/
Posted on: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 08:54:37 +0000