There is a back pain drug that does not reduce pain in your back, but it does cause side effects. Sciatica is cause by irritation of the sciatic nerve. That is the longest nerve in the body and it runs from the back of the pelvis to the buttocks and also down each leg to the feet. 12 percent of the world suffers from back pain and a lot of them have sciatica as well.

Key Takeaways:

• At any one time around 12 per cent of the world’s population has lower back pain and it is estimated up to one in every ten of these will have sciatica.
• Experts have revealed millions of back pain sufferers are being prescribed a drug to ease their suffering.
• “We have seen a huge rise in the amount of prescriptions being written each year for patients suffering from sciatica,”

“At any one time around 12 per cent of the world’s population has lower back pain and it is estimated up to one in every ten of these will have sciatica.”

http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/782897/lower-back-pain-cause-symptoms-sciatica-treatment