Abstracts tagged "Back pain and nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs)"

Abstract Number: 2122 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Mechanical Back Pain Demonstrates Better Response To Celecoxib Than Acetaminophen Despite Lack Of MRI-Defined Inflammatory Changes In The Spine
Dinny Wallis¹, Finbar (Barry) D. O'Shea², David Salonen³, Nigil Haroon¹, Ammepa Anton⁴, Laura A. Passalent⁵, Rebecca Morton⁶, Christopher Hawke⁷, Joan Blair⁷ and Robert D. Inman⁷, ¹Rheumatology, Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Rheumatology Dept, St James's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, ³Department of Medical Imaging, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Rheumatology, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵Allied Health, Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁶Allied Health/Rheumatology, University Health Network- Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁷Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Chronic back pain affects a significant proportion of the population. MRI-defined inflammatory lesions have been used to differentiate between axial spondyloarthritis and mechanical back…