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Paracetamol relieves sore throat pain in adults.

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CONTESTED PARTIAL
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Is it true that Paracetamol relieves sore throat pain in adults?

Partly. Guidelines and NHS advice list paracetamol as a recommended first-line option for relieving acute sore throat pain, while one reference source reports low-quality data that paracetamol does not relieve sore throat in the common cold. None of the items reports a measured effect size for sore throat pain relief in adults.

Verdict: CONTESTED PARTIAL · 3 sources for, 1 against · Last checked

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Evidence for · 3
Sore throat - NHSNHS
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Sore throat - NHSNHS. (n.d.). nhs.uk. https://www.nhs.uk/symptoms/sore-throat/

Evidence against · 1
Paracetamol
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Paracetamol. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paracetamol

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The use of paracetamol for first-line treatment of acute sore throat. A descriptive generic qualitative study of GPs and patients -
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The use of paracetamol for first-line treatment of acute sore throat. A descriptive generic qualitative study of GPs and patients - PMC Lock. (n.d.). pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. https://doi.org/10.1080/13814788.2021.1912730

Guideline for the management of acute sore throat.
2012
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Pelucchi, C., Grigoryan, L., Galeone, C., Esposito, S., Huovinen, P., Little, P., & Verheij, T. (2012). Guideline for the management of acute sore throat.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-0691.2012.03766.x

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