{"id":210718,"date":"2025-04-06T14:11:50","date_gmt":"2025-04-06T19:11:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/new-antibiotic-drug-is-a-massive-game-changer-for-people-with-chronic-lower-back-pain"},"modified":"2025-04-06T14:11:50","modified_gmt":"2025-04-06T19:11:50","slug":"new-antibiotic-drug-is-a-massive-game-changer-for-people-with-chronic-lower-back-pain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/new-antibiotic-drug-is-a-massive-game-changer-for-people-with-chronic-lower-back-pain","title":{"rendered":"New antibiotic drug is a \u2018massive game changer\u2019 for people with chronic lower back pain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/new-antibiotic-drug-is-a-massive-game-changer-for-people-with-chronic-lower-back-pain.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Chronic lower back pain is one of the top complaints that sends Americans to their doctors \u2014 and it\u2019s a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nccih.nih.gov\/research\/research-results\/us-national-survey-identifies-associations-between-chronic-severe-back-pain-and-disability\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">leading cause of missed workdays<\/a> and disability claims.<\/p>\n<p>While slipped discs, arthritis and spinal problems are often blamed, for some, the real culprit is an infection. Now, there\u2019s hope on the horizon for these patients.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/persicapharmaceuticals.com\/2025\/03\/05\/persica-pharmaceuticals-announces-positive-phase-1b-clinical-data-for-pp353-a-novel-non-opioid-intradiscal-injection-for-the-treatment-of-chronic-low-back-pain\/0\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Early clinical trial results<\/a> indicate a new antibiotic drug could treat \u2014 or even cure \u2014 the infection. Experts are hailing it as a \u201cmassive gamechanger\u201d with the potential to drastically improve the quality of life for those suffering from chronic lower back pain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chronic lower back pain is one of the top complaints that sends Americans to their doctors \u2014 and it\u2019s a leading cause of missed workdays and disability claims. While slipped discs, arthritis and spinal problems are often blamed, for some, the real culprit is an infection. Now, there\u2019s hope on the horizon for these patients. [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-210718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=210718"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210718\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}