title: [Drug management of low back pain].
abstract: NSAIDs and muscle relaxants effectively reduce acute nonspecific low back pain (LBP), different types of both drugs being equally effective. In general, there is no strong evidence for the effectiveness of medication for chronic nonspecific LBP. However, there is a possibility that administration of antidepressants is an intervention worthy of consideration in cases of LBP with no identifiable organic cause and resistant to other treatments.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo.
authors.forename: Ko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matsudaira
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kawaguchi
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000188:drug therapy*