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Is there any particular reason why ibuprofen works well for me when I have a headache, but doesn't help my lower back pain at all?
Your lower back pain is probably due to tense and/or weak muscles of the lower back. The former can be treated by muscle relaxants and the later by exercise of the back. However, if the pain is severe, there could be a problem in your backbone or discs connecting them and you would require a stronger pain reliever than ibuprofen or, in the worse case, surgery.
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Teaching and training of undergraduate medical, dental and pharmacy students, supervision of Pharmacology residents and research in the fields of Herbal drugs, Pharmacovigilance and Drug Utilization studies.
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JN Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh India and Era's Lucknow Medical College, Lucknow, India
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