• DOI:10.1136/bmj.j4248
Corpus ID: 11229746

Which pain medications are effective for sciatica (radicular leg pain)?

@article{Pinto2017WhichPM,
  title={Which pain medications are effective for sciatica (radicular leg pain)?},
  author={R. Pinto and A. Verwoerd and B. Koes},
  journal={British Medical Journal},
  year={2017},
  volume={359}
}

R. Pinto, A. Verwoerd, B. Koes

Published 2017

Medicine

British Medical Journal

#### What you need to know Sciatica is commonly seen in primary care. Its prevalence in the general population varies between 3% and 14%, depending on the definition used.1 The prognosis of acute sciatica is generally favourable: data from a prospective study of 183 patients with a median disease duration of 16 days show that in approximately one third of patients, symptoms improve greatly (ie, measured on a 4 point scale, 1=worsened, 2=remained unchanged, 3=improved, and 4=improved greatly… CONTINUE READING

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