A study published in the September issue of the journal The Cochrane Library finds that aspirin or acetaminophen were only effective 30% of the time
If you’re suffering from acute pain, don’t be surprised if aspirin or acetaminophen doesn’t do the trick for you.
A new study finds that only about one-third of people who take one dose of aspirin (1,000 milligrams) or one dose of acetaminophen (600 mg) reported experiencing good pain relief. Good relief was defined as feeling that the pain was cut by half for four to six hours.
The study reviewed 350 previous trials of pain medications that included 45,000 people in total. Close to 50 drugs or drug combinations were evaluated for their ability to relieve pain at specific doses.
- Only 14% of patients who took codeine (60 mg) said they experienced good relief
- With the best drugs, 70% or more said they experienced good pain relief. Examples of these drugs include etoricoxib at 120 mg and acetaminophen (500 mg) plus ibuprofen (200 mg)
No drug hit a home run — that is, no medication worked well for all patients. And in many cases, more than half of patients did not experience good pain relief, the researchers said.
The researchers emphasized that the effect of any drug at a particular dose will depend on the individual and the type of pain. Still, the new study may help inform doctors and patients to make decisions about which pain medications to use.
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Cynthia Mittelsteadt
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