Antibiotics are effective in treating some chronic low back pain

2013/05/08 Galarraga Aiestaran, Ana - Elhuyar Zientzia Iturria: Elhuyar aldizkaria

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Researchers at the University of South Denmark have shown that some back pain is caused by infection and can be cured by antibiotics. To reach this conclusion, researchers have worked for ten years and the results have been published in the scientific journal European Journal Spine.

According to the study, about 6% of the population and 35-40% of patients with lumbalgia have edema in the vertebrae. In this sense, researchers have tested whether antibiotics are beneficial for the treatment of some cases of lumbalgia, specifically when they are chronic (more than six months) and when they have edema in the vertebrae. And they have seen that yes, the antibiotic Bioclavid is ideal to treat such cases.