For people with sciatica, doctors often recommend painkillers, such as over-the-counter drugs like acetaminophen (Tylenol), ...

Another rare but serious risk is an epidural abscess ... of patients with their first episode of lower-back pain or sciatica will be better within four to six weeks with conservative treatment ...

When sciatica pain is severe, it can be difficult to walk properly and without pain. Even so, walking is low impact and ...

While surgical treatment has been shown to be effective, many clinicians begin with more conservative measures including epidural corticosteroid injections. These epidural injections have ...

Objective To assess the costs and cost-effectiveness of percutaneous transforaminal endoscopic discectomy (PTED) compared with open microdiscectomy among patients with sciatica. Methods This economic ...