Anti-inflammatory Medications Raise Risk of Chronic Back Pain in Patients

A surprising new research suggest that the inflammation may be necessary to prevent the transformation of acute pain into chronic pain.

Inflammation has often been cast as a villain in medicine — and has long been tied to the sensation of pain and to painful diseases like arthritis. However, a new study of patients with low back pain or facial pain surprisingly shows that the body may need inflammation to prevent acute, short-term pain from turning into chronic pain. "

Anti-inflammatory Medications Raise Risk of Chronic Back Pain in Patients | American Association for the Advancement of Science (aaas.org) May 10 issue, Science Translational Medicine

by: Joseph Cariz