The investigators were trying to determine if the transition from acute to chronic low back pain is associated with risk strata and/or with early exposure to guideline nonconcordant care.
Investigators assessed the effectiveness of lumbar transforaminal steroid injection to treat radicular pain in patients with disk herniation.
The addition of skeletal muscle relaxants to an ibuprofen regimen may not further alleviate acute low back pain or improve functioning.
The combination of naproxen with skeletal muscle relaxants, such as orphenadrine or methocarbamol, is not superior to naproxen alone or placebo in patients with low back pain.
Meta-analysis indicates short-term NSAID use is generally safe and can relieve pain, but lacks clinically important benefits.
Meta-analysis shows muscle relaxants are effective in reducing acute but not chronic low back pain.
