New drug for lower back pain could be ‘a gamechanger’
by Denis Campbell Health policy editor from Science | The Guardian on (#6W8AD)
Exclusive: early stage trials of drug that uses antibiotics finds benefits for people whose pain is caused by infection
Millions of people worldwide with severe back pain may be able to get relief from a new drug that uses antibiotics rather than painkillers to tackle the condition.
Doctors who have tested the drug said it could be a gamechanger" for the one in four people whose lower back pain is caused by an infection rather than a muscular or spinal problem.
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