Friday, July 25, 2014

Acetaminophen No Better Than Placebo for Back Pain

Hard to believe that this is the first ever randomized placebo controlled trial of acetaminophen (Tylenol) for acute low back pain. Unfortunately many common procedures in medicine and especially spine care have not been subjected to rigorous research. So you may want to save your liver and not take this drug the next time you have a back injury
Does this finding surprise anyone?
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/07/23/acetaminophen-no-better-than-placebo-for-back-pain/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0

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