North of England evidence based guideline development project: summary guideline for non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs versus basic analgesia in treating the pain of degenerative arthritis. The North of England Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug Guideline Development Group.

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The trial behind it

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Who cites it

36 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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2. Oral or transdermal opioids for osteoarthritis of the knee or hip.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2014
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3. EULAR recommendations for knee and hip osteoarthritis: a critique of the methodology.British journal of sports medicine · 2006
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4. Acetaminophen for osteoarthritis.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2006
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5. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, including cyclo-oxygenase-2 inhibitors, in osteoarthritic knee pain: meta-analysis of randomised placebo controlled trials.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2004
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6. [Analysis of cost-minimization treatment with paracetamol or COX-2 inhibitors (rofecoxib) for pain from arthrosis of the knee or hip].Atencion primaria · 2004
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7. Paracetamol in osteoarthritis of the knee.Annals of the rheumatic diseases · 2004
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8. Switching from NSAIDs to paracetamol: a series of n of 1 trials for individual patients with osteoarthritis.Annals of the rheumatic diseases · 2003
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9. A randomised controlled trial of the effect of educational outreach by community pharmacists on prescribing in UK general practice.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2002
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14. Development of monosodium acetate-induced osteoarthritis and inflammatory pain in ageing mice.Age (Dordrecht, Netherlands) · 2015
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15. Dietary supplements as disease-modifying treatments in osteoarthritis: a critical appraisal.P & T : a peer-reviewed journal for formulary management · 2014
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16. A Review on the Management of Hip and Knee Osteoarthritis.International journal of chronic diseases · 2013
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17. Comorbidity Cohort (2C) study: cardiovascular disease severity and comorbid osteoarthritis in primary care.BMC health services research · 2012
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18. Effect of a glucosamine-based combination supplement containing chondroitin sulfate and antioxidant micronutrients in subjects with symptomatic knee osteoarthritis: A pilot study.Experimental and therapeutic medicine · 2011
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19. [Prescribing non-steroidal antiinflammatory drugs and gastrointestinal protection in primary care].Atencion primaria · 2008
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20. Role of selective cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors in exacerbation of inflammatory bowel disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Current therapeutic research, clinical and experimental · 2008
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