Back Pain - Genetically Engineered Drug Less Effective
It appears that spinal injections of etanercept, a new type of anti-inflammatory genetically engineered drug, are not as effective in relieving the severe leg and lower back pain of sciatica, as steroid injections into the spine, the current standard of care, according to a new study reported in the 17 April issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine.
Dr Steven P Cohen, an associate professor of anesthesiology and critical care medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland led the study.
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