Muscle relaxants as alternative analgesics in the treatment of nonspecific back pain

Only 50% of patients treated for back pain achieve effective relief. This is to some extent due to physicians' insufficient knowledge about the therapeutic strategies recommended in most expert guidelines. The widespread administration of muscle relaxants is traditional in clinical practice bec...

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Main Author: G. R. Tabeeva
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Language:Russian
Published: IMA-PRESS LLC 2017-07-01
Series:Неврология, нейропсихиатрия, психосоматика
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Online Access:https://nnp.ima-press.net/nnp/article/view/753
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description Only 50% of patients treated for back pain achieve effective relief. This is to some extent due to physicians' insufficient knowledge about the therapeutic strategies recommended in most expert guidelines. The widespread administration of muscle relaxants is traditional in clinical practice because of their high efficacy and long-term experience with their use in different categories of patients. Muscle relaxants are presented in the majority of the current clinical guidelines; their use is indicated when simple analgesics (paracetamol), nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, or combined and opioid analgesics do not provide sufficient analgesia. Muscle relaxants are characterized by a considerable analgesic effect in the short-term treatment of acute low back pain. It is noted that there is a need for a more thorough analysis of the therapeutic effects of muscle relaxants in patients with common pain syndromes.
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spelling doaj-art-ed90995537064041beb3de20fd8cf1c82025-08-20T02:16:17ZrusIMA-PRESS LLCНеврология, нейропсихиатрия, психосоматика2074-27112310-13422017-07-0192899410.14412/2074-2711-2017-2-89-94664Muscle relaxants as alternative analgesics in the treatment of nonspecific back painG. R. Tabeeva0I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Ministry of Health of Russia, MoscowOnly 50% of patients treated for back pain achieve effective relief. This is to some extent due to physicians' insufficient knowledge about the therapeutic strategies recommended in most expert guidelines. The widespread administration of muscle relaxants is traditional in clinical practice because of their high efficacy and long-term experience with their use in different categories of patients. Muscle relaxants are presented in the majority of the current clinical guidelines; their use is indicated when simple analgesics (paracetamol), nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, or combined and opioid analgesics do not provide sufficient analgesia. Muscle relaxants are characterized by a considerable analgesic effect in the short-term treatment of acute low back pain. It is noted that there is a need for a more thorough analysis of the therapeutic effects of muscle relaxants in patients with common pain syndromes.https://nnp.ima-press.net/nnp/article/view/753low back painmuscle relaxantstolperisone hydrochloride
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Muscle relaxants as alternative analgesics in the treatment of nonspecific back pain
Неврология, нейропсихиатрия, психосоматика
low back pain
muscle relaxants
tolperisone hydrochloride
title Muscle relaxants as alternative analgesics in the treatment of nonspecific back pain
title_full Muscle relaxants as alternative analgesics in the treatment of nonspecific back pain
title_fullStr Muscle relaxants as alternative analgesics in the treatment of nonspecific back pain
title_full_unstemmed Muscle relaxants as alternative analgesics in the treatment of nonspecific back pain
title_short Muscle relaxants as alternative analgesics in the treatment of nonspecific back pain
title_sort muscle relaxants as alternative analgesics in the treatment of nonspecific back pain
topic low back pain
muscle relaxants
tolperisone hydrochloride
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