Treating Acute Back Pain: NSAIDs, Muscle Relaxants, and New Research Findings

2023-06-26 09:26:17

Almost everyone experiences acute back pain at some point in their life. Both the self-medication by the patients and the medication prescribed by the doctor are mostly with NSAIDs. What regarding the evidence for NSAID therapy? Is this approach still state-of-the-art or are there better alternatives? And how important are muscle relaxants in drug therapy for acute back pain? New data on the muscle relaxant pridinol provide information.

These topics are discussed by the pediatrician and pain specialist PD Dr. Michael Überall and neurologist and psychiatrist Dr. Artur Schikowski in this video podcast. In addition, the causes of pain chronification are discussed.

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PD dr Michael Everywhere

Specialist in paediatrics and pain medicine, Nuremberg; Head of the Institute of Neuroscience, Algesiology and Pediatrics (IFNAP);

Vice President of the German Society for Pain Medicine (DGS)

Dr. A.S. Arthur Schikowski

Specialist in neurology, special pain therapist, specialist in psychiatry and psychotherapy;

Institute Director and Managing Director of the Pain Institute Düsseldorf (MFZD)

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