The universal identity of paracetamol as a pain reliever, especially for treating lower back pains, has been questioned and even verified by the latest Australian study as published in Lancet and the Guardian. The study merely shows that people being prescribed and treated with paracetamol in the hope of relieving lower back pain got no positive effects or fast action relief.
The study finds that giving paracetamol to patients is just the same as treating patients with placebo. The study was conducted to the group of Sydney adult citizens with acute lower back pain. They were given paracetamol three times daily for four weeks or when they needed it or a placebo.
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The results showed that paracetamol does not have a fast active relief in treating lower back problems as it took about 17 days for people taking paracetamol and 16 days for people under the placebo effect to be free from the annoying lower back pain. Lower back pain is a main problem in Australia that affects 26 million Britons. This back problem is also a major concern in other countries around the globe.
As paracetamol has been proven to create a greater impact on relieving lower back pains since it just equals a placebo treatment, then the associate professor of the Oxford-based George Institute for Global Health points out practical solutions to lower back pain issues. She strongly suggests that people with this type of back problem should stay active as much as possible, avoid bed rests, and must consider spinal manipulation by using heat packs or wraps. As Dr. Tim Salomons, a Reading University’s pain expert, clearly points out, Paracetamol is better off prescribed than using it without its universally known fast action for better health solutions.