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Epidural Steroid Injections for Low Back Pain

Epidural steroid injection (ESI) has been used as a treatment for low back pain for over 50 years. In the last 10 to 15 years, there has been a significant increase in the use of ESIs for the treatment of low back pain and radicular pain without clear improvements in outcomes. Recent literature has focused on the use of ESIs as treatment for radicular pain associated with low back pain, with some studies showing benefit over control groups for limb symptoms

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Probiotic Therapy for the Treatment of Spondyloarthritis: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

CONCLUSION: In this randomized controlled trial, the probiotic combination administered did not demonstrate significant benefit over placebo, despite a theoretical rationale for this therapy. PMID: 20716665 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: J Rheumatol)

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