Figure 4.
Oxford league table of commonly used analgesics in acute pain. Numbers needed to treat for 50% pain relief over 4 to 6 hours are shown. Note that no comparable data exist for analgesia for chronic musculoskeletal pain. (Adapted from [50].)
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