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The toll low back pain (LBP) exerts on society is enormous. Approximately 40% of cases of chronic LBP are primarily neuropathic in nature,1 which may make them responsive to corticosteroids. A randomised trial performed in 208 patients with acute radiculopathy found that 30% of those who received piroxicam or placebo continued to experience symptoms at 3 months, with few people reporting resolution afterwards.2 These results are consistent with other studies suggesting that radicular pain that persists for longer than 3 months after injury is likely to become chronic. For systemic steroids, most but not all studies have failed to demonstrate significant benefit.3
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The authors performed a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled …
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Competing interests SPC served as a consultant for Semnur Pharmaceuticals, which is trying to develop an FDA-approved steroid for epidural injection.
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