Steroids not effective against back pain

This article shows a previous treatment being disproved. For a while it was thought that injecting steroids into the back was an effective treatment against the pain, as opposed to pills. However after testing this method it w showed statistically that there is no difference from taking pills. Steroids can be used for a lot of medical issues, but this is apparently not one of them.



http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/27/for-back-pain-steroid-shots-no-more-effective-than-placebo/?ref=health