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Researchers from "Sydney Kimmel" Medical University, USA, have found a combination of drugs that reduces the incidence of degenerative disc disease in humans.
According to the journal Nature Communications, the scientists explained that available treatments such as surgery or steroid injections to treat low back pain caused by disc degeneration are ineffective, and that prolonged use of prescribed strong painkillers such as opiates carries a risk of addiction for the patient.
The researchers indicated that the combination they found contains desatinib and quercetin, which are known as anti-aging and target cells in the body that are going through the stage of age-related deterioration, stressing that they are the most effective in preventing disease by removing aging cells from tissues that work on Secretion of destructive enzymes and inflammatory proteins that affect neighboring healthy cells.
"Once the intervertebral discs begin to deteriorate, there is very little regeneration, but our results show that degeneration associated with aging can be mitigated as a better treatment option than currently available," said Makarand Risbaud, a professor in the university's department of orthopedics.
Degenerative disc disease is one of the problems that occur in the discs that line the vertebrae and support them, and it is a common disease in old age and is one of the main contributing factors to lower back pain.