[Caffetin in the treatment of neck pain and lumbago-sciatica].

The effectiveness of caffetin, combined analgetic drug, was estimated in treatment of acute cervicalgia and lumbar ischialgia (1 tablet 3 times daily during 10 days). Both clinical and psychological parameters were analysed. Caffetin had pronounced analgetic effect which was observed on the 2-3d day of drug application. Meanwhile there was improvement of clinical and psychological parameters, namely: relaxation of the muscles, decrease of either tension symptoms or of the levels of anxiety and depression as well as improvement of quality of life. The patients well tolerated caffetin administration without any side effects. There were no negative consequences of interaction of caffetin with other drugs (vascular, psychotropic). The conclusion was drawn about safety and effectiveness of caffetin for alleviation of acute pains in patients with myofascial, myotonic and radicular syndromes of different origin.