Criterios diagnósticos y fármaco-terapéuticos para el manejo integral del dolor en pacientes con lumbociatalgia crónica

Abstract

ABSTRACT Lumbociatalgia is a very frequent pathology in different age groups but with a greater prevalence in patients of productive and post-reproductive age; The symptoms manifested in this pathology are due to the alterations or lesions previously eradicated on the sciatic nerve, this being the largest of the nerves, therefore the symptoms it presents are more intense due to its extension, its anatomical conformation and nervous relationships with bone and muscular structures. The incidence of presentation varies widely due to the characteristics of pain, this being the main and most affected symptom that limits the functional anatomical capacities of the patient who suffers from it. This pathology is related to various risk factors that can trigger it, even when they are of acute origins or chronic stages, specific causes, times and events of origin are not evidenced. OBJECTIVE analyze the therapeutic methods of pain management in patients with chronic low back pain. MATERIALS AND METHOD: based on a Bibliographic review of the different databases PUBMED, MESH, medical journals, indexed pages, LANCET, JAMA, PLUS ONE, THE NEW ENGLAND, selection quartile ranking 1, in addition to books and online documents. CONCLUSIONS: the management of chronic low back pain is a comprehensive management, where drugs, general and supportive measures promote a life with less suffering for patients with this pathology by making the pain manageable.