My last post looked into the benefit of some drugs with an anti-depressant effect in the treatment of the chronic pain of fibromyalgia. Well, now it would seem that there is no overwhelming evidence supporting the use of anti-depressants in the treatment of chronic low back pain. However, the authors of a recent review (in the "Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews") of the subject are quick to point out that this does not mean that depressed patients with back pain should not receive...
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