A drug increasingly being prescribed for treating sciatica has been revealed to be no better than placebo, in new research from The George Institute for Global Health.
The study in the New England Journal of Medicine also found people taking the drug pregabalin reported nearly twice as many adverse effects than those receiving the placebo.
Associate Professor Christine Lin from The George Institute for Global Health, Sydney, said: "We have seen a huge rise in the amount of prescriptions being written each year for patients suffering from sciatica.
