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ArticlePharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland)2026

Pain Management in Italian Elite Athletes: Trends in the Use of Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs), Glucocorticoids, and Narcotics in Anti-Doping Reports (2013-2023).

Mario Ruggiero, Stefania Santamaria, Pietro Montesano, Leopoldo Ferrante, Yuri Russo, Filomena Mazzeo

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Article in Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Mario RuggieroDepartment of Medical, Human Movement and Well-Being Sciences, University of Naples Parthenope, Via Medina 40, 80133 Napoli, Italy.ORCID 0009-0000-5359-6301
Stefania SantamariaDepartment of Medical, Human Movement and Well-Being Sciences, University of Naples Parthenope, Via Medina 40, 80133 Napoli, Italy.
Pietro MontesanoDepartment of Medical, Human Movement and Well-Being Sciences, University of Naples Parthenope, Via Medina 40, 80133 Napoli, Italy.
Leopoldo FerranteDepartment of Economics, Law, Cybersecurity and Sports Sciences, University of Naples Parthenope, 80035 Nola, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2860-7907
Yuri RussoDepartment of Public Health and Sport Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter EX1 2LU, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-1025-6734
Filomena MazzeoDepartment of Economics, Law, Cybersecurity and Sports Sciences, University of Naples Parthenope, 80035 Nola, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5217-4710

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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dopingglucocorticoidsItalian athletesnarcoticsnon-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs)pain therapypharmaceuticalsport

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PMID41754838
PMCPMC12943455

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