Common Medications Can Prolong Back Pain, Study Says - The New York Times

A clinical trial will be needed to verify the research, which offered a warning about taking steroids or nonprescription drugs to soothe aches that many experience.

The researchers also replicated the findings in mice, compressing the animals sciatic nerves to produce back and leg pain or injecting the sciatic nerves with an irritant. When they blocked the anima… [+2253 chars]

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