FRIDAY, Feb. 21, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- There is some evidence for epidural steroid injections (ESIs) reducing pain and disability in cervical and lumbar radiculopathies and possibly in lumbar ...

Source Reference: Armon C, et al "Epidural steroids for cervical and lumbar radicular pain and spinal stenosis: Systematic review summary report of the AAN guidelines subcommittee" Neurology 2025 ...

Studies focusing on chronic axial and radicular pain were analyzed separately. The included trials were rarely very large, with median enrollment of 64 patients (interquartile range 45-110).

A steroid injection can help people with pain that starts in the back and spreads to an arm or leg, known as radicular pain. This type of pain often occurs due to a pinched nerve.

Back pain, in particular lower back pain, is a common ailment. In 2020, the World Health Organisation stated that 619 million live with the problem, that’s one in 13 people or 7.6% worldwide. It ...

In a review and meta-analysis, serious spinal pathologies accounted for 3% of cases of LBP, with higher rates in complex care settings.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track designation to BRTX-100 for the treatment of chronic lumbar disc disease, defined as back and/or radicular pain with confirmed ...

Eliem Therapeutics (NASDAQ: ELYM) has completed dosing of the last patient in its Phase 2a trial of ETX-810 in patients with chronic lumbosacral radicular pain (LSRP).