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What do systematic reviews say?

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Systemic corticosteroids vs placebo

Pain (dichotomous) Pain improved (definitions varied)c · people with radicular low back pain (not due to spinal stenosis)

Systemic corticosteroids showed no clear difference in pain (dichotomous) Pain improved (definitions varied)c compared with placebo (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Systemic corticosteroids for radicular and non‐radicular low back pain 2022 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 1.21 [0.88, 1.66]
2 studies · 345 participants
Moderate