Anti-seizure Meds Won't Ease Low Back Pain
By Dennis Thompson
HealthDay Reporter
FRIDAY, July 6, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- Doctors and pain specialists have been turning to anticonvulsive drugs for treatment of lower back pain more often over the past decade.
There's just one problem -- these drugs don't really help.
A series of clinical trials have shown that anticonvulsants are no good at easing either lower back pain or nerve pain shooting down a leg due to back problems, a new evidence review has concluded.
https://www.webmd.com/back-pain/news/20180706/anti-seizure-meds-wont-ease-low-back-pain#1
