Antibiotics fail to relieve chronic low back pain for patients with disc herniation

A 90-day course of amoxicillin-clavulanate was ineffective for pain reduction vs. placebo in patients with chronic low back pain and disc herniation, according to data published in JAMA Network Open.“Antibiotics are currently being recommended for chronic low back pain, particularly when treatments have failed, even though the evidence for their use is conflicting,” Flavia M.