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Ouch! The drugs don't work for back pain, but here's what does

  • Written by Gustavo Machado, Research fellow, George Institute for Global Health
imageCommon over-the-counter drugs such as paracetamol and ibuprofen offer little proven relief for back pain. from shutterstock.com

How’s your back? About a quarter of Australia’s population experience a back pain episode at any point in time, and nearly all of us (around 85%) will have at least one lifetime experience with back pain.

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