Seems like the new fad is to prescribe gabapentinoids such as Lyrica and Neurontin for low back pain. These drugs were approved by the FDA for epilepsy and nerve pain and not approved for low back pain. A new study in PLOS Medicine that reviewed 8 previous trials showed no benefit of these drugs for back pain.
Would it be more rational to use treatments like exercise therapy and/or spinal manipulation which are evidence-based and much less dangerous?
Commonly prescribed drugs for back pain often ineffective, review says
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