Oral non‐steroidal anti‐inflammatory drugs versus other oral analgesic agents for acute soft tissue injury

Review (20 RCTs; n=3305) found NSAIDs probably make no difference to pain vs paracetamol or opioids but may result in a small increase in gastrointenstinal adverse events vs paracetamol, and cause fewer gastrointestinal and neurological adverse effects vs opioids.

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Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews