Nonsurgical lumbar radiculopathies treated with ultramicronized palmitoylethanolamide (umPEA): A series of 100 cases.

In this clinical/observational study we have reported the administration of Palmitoylethanolamide (PEA) in patients suffering from radicular lumbar spinal pathology, who had no indication for surgical treatment. We analyzed a series of 100 cases retrospectively, all undergoing clinical and diagnostic investigations, which had shown the presence of abnormalities of the vertebral body and intervertebral discs, mainly degenerative, such as spondyloarthrosis, spondylo-discarthrosis, disc protrusion, excluding disc herniation, which fell within surgical cases. We then administered ultramicronized PEA (umPEA) to these patients, in combination with paracetamol and codeine, obtaining interesting results regarding the improvement of pain symptoms of the spine pathology, in the various checks carried out, through the administration of pain assessment scales. We also noted its safety due to the total absence of adverse effects. The obtained results encourage the use of PEA in degenerative spine pathologies.