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White Willow (Salix alba)
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Herbal Medicine May Be Effective for Low Back Pain - Medscape, 1/16/07 -
"Short-term treatments with certain
herbal medicines (including Devil's claw and willow bark) are effective for
relief of acute low back pain"
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3 Herbal Medicines
May Ease Back Pain - WebMD, 4/18/06 -
"A 60-milligram daily dose of
devil's claw also appeared to cut back pain as much as a 12.5-milligram
daily dose of Vioxx, a painkiller no longer on the market due to a rise in
the risk of cardiovascular events -- such as heart attackheart attack and
strokestroke -- in some patients"
- “Herbal
Aspirin” Effective for Low Back Pain - New Hope
Natural Media, 9/19/02 - "randomly
assigned to daily treatment with four capsules of a standardized extract of
willow bark (containing 240 mg of salicin per day) or one 12.5-mg tablet of
the anti-inflammatory drug
rofecoxib (Vioxx®)
for four weeks. In all measures of pain relief, willow bark treatment was
found to be as effective as rofecoxib"
- Willow Bark Cheap Alternative To Pain Killers For Low Back Pain
- Intelihealth, 1/31/02 - "Noting that willow bark is roughly 40% less expensive than
rofecoxib [Vioxx], the researchers conclude that willow bark and
rofecoxib are equally safe and effective in the treatment of low back pain,
but that willow bark extract "has the current advantage of being cheaper
than rofecoxib.""
- Willow Bark: The Aspirin Raw Material - Nutrition
Science News, 6/01
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