Category: Treatment options

For some conditions, including certain types of cancer, adjuvant therapies have been shown to significantly improve patient outcomes and survival rates. But what does adjunctive therapy mean in a broader medical context? It refers to any treatment added to a primary, or main, therapy to enhance its effectiveness or manage its side effects.

An estimated 80% of people will experience back pain at some point, with some cases resulting from herniated discs. For a time, the drug chymopapain was used for a procedure called chemonucleolysis to address this issue, but its use was ultimately discontinued due to significant risks.