Hi Richie,
Thanks for sharing…this is a newer study, though abx have been studied before in this context. In Britain, they found that biaxin (aka clarithromycin) also relieved sciatica, caused by the bacteria p. acnes. Interesting, huh?
Here is an article about what you have shared, if anyone is interested:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-05-07/antibiotics-may-relieve-chronic-lower-back-pain-cases.html
Bio-clavid is the euro version of augmentin, which is slightly different from amoxicillin:
http://www.differencebetween.net/science/health/drugs-health/difference-between-amoxicillin-and-augmentin/
Kind of ironic that studies such as these are tying spinal inflam to infection, but rheumies still deny any bacterial causation for rheumatic diseases:
Excerpt from article above:
“The findings support previous research that has linked some cases of chronic back pain to bacterial infection.”
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