Antibiotics may help ease chronic back pain
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An anti-hype analysis of Albert et al, which showed that back pain might be treatable with antibiotics. It’s good, but it was written prior to the discovery that the authors may have failed to report a serious conflict of interest.
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“Antibiotic treatment in patients with chronic low back pain and vertebral bone edema (Modic type 1 changes): a double-blind randomized clinical controlled trial of efficacy,” Albert et al, European Spine Journal, 2013.
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