Australia reveals ineffectiveness of paracetamol for low back pain – BSA bureau

The largest review of paracetamol for pain relief, led by University of Sydney, Australia, has found only four conditions where it was shown to relieve pain and confirmed paracetamol was ineffective for low back pain despite its common use.
Key findings:

• Paracetamol only had evidence of effectiveness as a pain reliever for four conditions studied: knee or hip osteoarthritis; (general, not migrane) tension headache; perineal pain after childbirth (between the anus and genital area); and craniotomy…

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