Effect of Urticaria Spray on the Pain Severity in Chronic Low Back Pain Patients Referring to an Orthopedic Clinic

Introduction:regarding the serious effect of chronic back pain on the quality of life of people, the patients seek treatments to relieve back pain. this study aimed to investigate the antiinflammatory properties of the nettle plant (urtica dioica) as a spray in reducing the pain severity of the low back.materials and methods:this controlled clinical trial included 40 patients with chronic back pain who were referred to an orthopedic clinic affiliated with shahid beheshti hospital, sabzevar, iran. the patients were selected using a convenient sampling method, and they were then divided randomly into group a (receiving routine medical care) and group b (receiving urticaria spray and routine medical care). the pain severity was measured using the visual analog scale (vas) after an intervention. the data were analyzed in spss software.results:both groups obtained similar vas scores before the study (p=0.15). the results of vas scores showed a significant decrease in the mean pain severity after intervention in both groups (p=0.01). however, both groups were similar regarding the reduction level in vas scores (p=0.06). furthermore, multiple linear regression analysis determined that urticaria spray could decrease pain severity up to 79%, on average.conclusion:the results revealed that the addition of urticaria spray to the routine treatment care had no effects on reducing chronic low back pain.