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Study Finds Oral Steroids for Herniated Disk Do Not Improve Pain

Among patients with acute radiculopathy (sciatica) due to a herniated lumbar disk, a short course of oral steroids, compared with placebo, resulted in modest improvement in function and no significant improvement in pain, according to a study in the May …

Surgery Better for Herniated Discs According to 8 Year Study

For patients with herniated discs in the lower (lumbar) spine, surgery leads to greater long-term improvement in pain, functioning and disability compared to nonsurgical treatment, an eight year follow-up study in Spine concluded. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams …