Vitamins & Nutritional Supplements for Backache
Three double-blind trials have investigated the effects of supplementing a combination of the enzymes trypsin and chymotrypsin for seven to ten days on severe low back pain with or without accompanying leg pain. Eight tablets per day were given initially in all trials, but in two trials the number of pills was reduced to four per day after two to three days. One of these trials reported small, though statistically significant improvements, for some measures in people with degenerative arthritis of the lower spine. People with sciatica-type leg pain had significant improvement in several measures in one trial, while another found the enzymes were not much more effective than a placebo. These trials included chronic low back conditions, so their relevance to acute LBP alone may be limited...
Dr Balch's Vitamin Formula for Backache
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- Amount Per Serving
- % DV
Calcium - 200
- mg
- 20%
Magnesium - 100
- mg
- 25%
Potassium - 100
- mg
- 3%
Feverfew Extract - 50
- mg
- *
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- Amount Per Serving
- % DV
DL-Phenylalanine - 250
- mg
- *
White Willow Extract - 60
- mg
- *
- * Daily Value (DV) not established
