NSAIDs for Chronic Low Back Pain
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Updated: Feb 28, 2026

Manual Therapy for a Chronic Non-Specific Low Back Pain Rat Model
Published on: August 11, 2023
Wendy T M Enthoven1, Pepijn D Roelofs2, Bart W Koes1
1Department of General Practice, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Clinical Question:
Are nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) associated with greater pain relief than placebo, other drugs, and nondrug treatments for patients with chronic low back pain?
Bottom Line:
Compared with placebo, NSAIDs are associated with a small but significant improvement in pain and disability in patients with chronic low back pain, although this difference became nonsignificant when studies with high risk for bias were excluded. The associated benefits were smaller than the minimal clinically important difference.
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