Ref (type)	Population	Outcome, Interventions	Results and statistical analysis	Effect size	Favours
Symptom severity
Systematic review	1189 people 12 RCTs in this analysis	Throat pain <24 hours with NSAIDs with placebo Absolute results not reported	All the RCTs found that NSAIDs significantly reduced throat pain compared with placebo The range of significant improvements in throat pain compared with placebo ranged from 25% to 75% P <0.05 in all RCTs	Effect size not calculated	NSAIDs
Systematic review	697 people 6 RCTs in this analysis	Symptom severity, primarily throat pain 2 to 5 days with NSAIDs with placebo Absolute results not reported	All the RCTs found that NSAIDs significantly reduced symptoms (primarily throat pain) compared with placebo The range of significant improvements in symptoms compared with placebo ranged from 33% to 93% P <0.05 in all RCTs	Effect size not calculated	NSAIDs