Steroids for LBP - from rationale to inconvenient truth
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Steroids for LBP - from rationale to inconvenient truth.
Low back pain (LBP) and sciatica are highly prevalent and their treatment remains a clinical challenge. Systemic or local administration of corticosteroids is frequently prescribed for this indication, partly because its pathogenesis is believed to be a mix between mechanical and inflammatory phenomenon, and because corticosteroids do have some analgesic properties. Although there is some biolo...
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عنوان ژورنال: Swiss Medical Weekly
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1424-7860,1424-3997
DOI: 10.4414/smw.2012.13566