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. 2022 Nov 22;68(4):464–474. doi: 10.5606/tftrd.2022.10053

Table 4. Medications used by the participants.

Variables FMS group CLBP group Healthy control group p
n % n % n %
Drug using before pandemic             <0.001**
Amitriptyline 12 2.6‡ 1 0.2 0 0.0  
Food supplement 5 1.1† 12 2.7 34 7.7‡  
Duloxetine 206 44.9‡ 33 7.5† 2 0.5†  
Gabapentin 10 2.2 17 3.9‡ 0 0.0†  
Muscle relaxants 42 9.2 81 18.4‡ 4 0.9†  
Muscle relaxants topical 3 0.7 12 2.74 0 0.0  
Not using 34 7.4† 126 28.6† 385 87.5‡  
NSAID oral 34 7.4 96 21.8‡ 2 0.5  
NSAID topical 0 0.0 17 3.9‡ 1 0.2  
Paracetamol 10 2.2 19 4.3 11 2.5  
Pregabalin 63 13.7‡ 20 4.5 0 0.0†  
Pregabalin-Duloxetine 15 3.3‡ 0 0.0 0 0.0  
SSRI 25 5.4‡ 4 0.9 1 0.2†  
Tramadol 0 0.0 3 0.7 0 0.0  
Drug using after pandemic             <0.001**
Amitriptyline 14 3.0 7 1.6 0 0.0  
Food supplement 9 2.0† 20 4.5 35 8.0‡  
Duloxetine 209 45.4‡ 25 5.7† 2 0.5†  
Gabapentin 12 2.6 12 2.7 0 0.0†  
Muscle relaxants 40 8.7 64 14.5‡ 5 1.1†  
Muscle relaxants topical 3 0.7 14 3.2‡ 1 0.2  
Not using 29 6.3† 130 29.5† 380 86.4‡  
NSAID oral 33 7.2 92 20.9‡ 3 0.7†  
NSAID topical 2 0.4 19 4.3‡ 0 0.0  
Paracetamol 13 2.8 24 5.4 11 2.5  
Pregabalin 63 13.7‡ 28 6.3 0 0.0†  
Pregabalin-Duloxetine 11 2.4‡ 0 0.0 0 0.0  
SSRI 22 4.8‡ 3 0.7 2 0.5  
Tramadol 0 0.0 3 0.7 1 0.2  
FMS: Fibromyalgia syndrome; CLBP: Chronic low back pain; NSAID: Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug; SSRI: Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors; * Pearson chi-squared test; ** Fisher Freeman-Halton test; Percentages with ‡ and † indicate higher and lower values than expected values considering the independence, respectively.