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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Denis Campbell Health policy editor

New drug for lower back pain could be ‘a gamechanger’

A man in a home office standing with his hands to his lower back
The trial found six in 10 testers experienced benefits including a significant decline in pain and disability. Photograph: humonia/Getty Images/iStockphoto

Millions of people worldwide with severe back pain may be able to get relief from a new drug that uses antibiotics rather than painkillers to tackle the condition.

Doctors who have tested the drug said it could be “a gamechanger” for the one in four people whose lower back pain is caused by an infection rather than a muscular or spinal problem.

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