The pharmaceutical almirall presents the new website www.hydroxyl.comwith tips on how to prevent and relieve back paina disease that in Spain affects almost half of the adult populationbeing the women the most affected by 55.6% and frequent among workers in nursing homes and day centers.
This website aims to become a support tool for people suffering from back pain and aims to improve their quality of life, providing advice to prevent and treat this ailment.
Among its contents, the page has a blog with interesting information about back pain to help the patient take care of it on a daily basis. In addition, it also offers advice, prevention exercises and useful recommendations to maintain a correct posture at work or to avoid sports injuries.
On the other hand, the website includes a specific section that highlights the importance of vitamin B and explains in detail how Hidroxil (vitamin complex B1-B6-B12) prevents and treats vitamin B deficiencywhich can manifest as back pain, and can be useful as a boost to anti-inflammatory treatment for back pain.
Users can also find at a section called “pain test» in which they can discover, through a few simple steps, what type of back pain affects them. At the end of the test, they receive a free series of tips adapted to your type of pain, to prevent or cure it.
Vitamin B Benefits
When it comes to back pain, 6 out of 10 people take products to relieve symptoms and in those patients who have not seen a doctor, 7 out of 10 seek advice from their pharmacist. Likewise, when evaluating the pharmacological treatment by the medical/pharmacist professional, there are different alternatives. The most commonly used treatments are anti-inflammatory and the analgesics.
The combination of anti-inflammatories with vitamin B1, B6 and B12 complexes has been shown to accelerate recovery
The treatments with NSAIDs Oral non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are the most valued by the pharmacist, along with adjuvant treatments based on vitamin B complexes at therapeutic doses. In fact, the combination of anti-inflammatories with vitamin B1, B6 and B12 complexes it has been shown to speed recovery and provide greater pain relief, which can shorten anti-inflammatory treatment.
He Back pain has become a major public health problem worldwide, constituting the second cause of consultation in Primary Care and one of the most frequent reasons for consultation in the pharmacy.
This ailment is the cause of a high number of work and social disabilities, since it is estimated that 84% of the world population has suffered from it at some time and that 12% of them have caused sick leave. Of this high number of people affected, 36.5% suffer from it chronically.
Refering to cause of pain, this can vary according to the age and habits of the patients. Among the young population, the most common pain is the consequence of postural alterations, overexertion or stressful situations. As age increases, consultations increase for other reasons, such as herniated discs or the bone degenerative changes.