Health
Paracetamol may be no better than a placebo in many cases – Sydney Morning Herald
A review of paracetamol for 44 common pain conditions found no strong evidence to support its use in many instances.
Paracetamol medication such as Panadol may be no better than a placebo in most common pain conditions, according to the largest review of the evidence to support its use.
Researchers from the University of Sydney looked at systemic reviews which evaluated the trial data for paracetamol for pain relief in 44 conditions and found that it was only proved to be effective in knee and hip osteoarthritis, craniotomy, tension headache and perineal pain after childbirth.
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