Cymbalta May Cut Chronic Low Back Pain

kavin submitted, created time 3 months 1 day (www.webmd.com)

Cymbalta, a prescription drug used to treat depression, generalized anxiety disorder, diabetic nerve pain, and fibromyalgia, may ease chronic low back pain.

That's according to a study presented in Madrid at the twelfth congress of the European Federation of the Neurological Sciences.

The study included 236 adults with chronic low back pain who weren't depressed. They took Cymbalta or a placebo drug daily for thirteen weeks.

Average weekly pain scores, measured before taking Cymbalta or the placebo and again at the end of the study, showed greater improvement in the Cymbalta group

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Getting the Red Out: Drug improves kids' psoriasis symptoms

Sue Wu submitted, created time 10 months 1 week (www.sciencenews.org)

A rheumatoid arthritis drug can clear up psoriasis in most children, a new study finds. The report might be enough to cinch regulatory approval for the drug, etanercept, as the first systemic medication for psoriasis in youngsters.

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Off-label drugs changes 'a big mistake'

Eric wu submitted, created time 11 months 2 weeks (www.newscientist.com)

Is it right for drug companies to tout their wares for "off-label" uses? The US Food and Drug Administration seems to think so.

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