Table 6.

Mean consumption of analgesics (in days, with 95% confidence intervals) in the three randomised groups

		Duration of penicillin treatment per group
Culture	No of patients	Seven days	Three days	Placebo group
All	156	1.1 (0.7 to 1.6)	1.4 (1.0 to 1.9)	1.4 (1.0 to 1.8)
Positive for group A streptococci	96	0.8 (0.3 to 1.3)	1.3 (0.7 to 1.9)	1.2 (0.8 to 1.6)
Other or negative	60	1.6 (0.7 to 2.5)	1.6 (0.9 to 2.3)	2.0 (1.1 to 2.9)