Aidan G Cashin, Benedict M Wand, Neil E O'Connell, Hopin Lee, Rodrigo Rn Rizzo, Matthew K Bagg, Edel O'Hagan, Christopher G Maher, Andrea D Furlan, Maurits W van Tulder, James H McAuley
BACKGROUND: Pharmacological interventions are the most used treatment for low back pain (LBP). Use of evidence from systematic reviews of the effects of pharmacological interventions for LBP published in the Cochrane Library, is limited by lack of a comprehensive overview. OBJECTIVES: To summarise the evidence from Cochrane Reviews of the efficacy, effectiveness, and safety of systemic pharmacological interventions for adults with non-specific LBP. METHODS: The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews was searched from inception to 3 June 2021, to identify reviews of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) that investigated systemic pharmacological interventions for adults with non-specific LBP...
April 4, 2023: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews