Could there be a miracle jab for back pain agony? Wow, how amazing would that be!!
According to an article in The Mail onSunday (June 20th 2021) by Jonathan Neal and Ethan Ennals there is a pain relieving jab available to back pain sufferers.
They explain that people with severe back pain are set to be given a new drug that can halt the disease in its tracks and protect us from permanent spine damage.
The drug, secukinumab, is designed to treat spondyloarthritis, an umbrella term for a number of conditions in which the immune system, for unknown reasons, turns inwards and attacks health spinal joints.
Pain in the buttoks area is often initially misdiagnosed as sciatica, a condition caused by compressed nerves in the lower back. In about half of cases, non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis progresses to ankylosing spondylitis.
The drug, known as a biologic therapy, works by interfering…
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