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34 HEALTHCARE
34 NUROMOL QUIZ

ARE YOU RECOMMENDING

THE MOST EFFECTIVE

PAIN RELIEF FOR YOUR

PATIENTS?

57% of people with body pains have difficulty finding an analgesic that works
for them. 1
2
UK pharmacists provide OTC pain management advice to an average of 40 patients a week. *
Your recommendation could help ensure many get the relief they struggle to find.

ONE TABLET OF 5
NUROMOL PROVIDES 4
MORE EFFECTIVE 3

PAIN RELIEF THAN Sum of pain intensity difference and the pain relief score 1 x Ibuprofen 200 mg/paracetamol 500 mg tablet (n=173)
A PRESCRIPTION 2 2 x Paracetamol 500 mg/codeine 15 mg tablets (n=113)
Placebo (n=55)
5 4 COMBINATION OF 1
Sum of pain intensity difference and the pain relief score 3 2 AND CODEINE 3 † 1 x Ibuprofen 200 mg/paracetamol 500 mg tablet (n=173) 7 8 9 10 11 12
PARACETAMOL
5
4
1
0
3
2
6
Time (hours)
2 x Paracetamol 500 mg/codeine 15 mg tablets (n=113)
Placebo (n=55)
1
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Graph adapted from Daniels, et al. 2011 3
THE MOST COMMON TYPES OF PAIN EXPERIENCED BY PATIENTS ARE HEADACHES
Time (hours)
11
10
12
AND BACK PAIN. 1
50% of UK adults 49% of UK adults
experience back pain. 1 experience headaches. 1
NICE guidelines do not support NICE guidelines do not support
the use of paracetamol alone in the use of opioids in the acute
back pain and suggest using an oral treatment of tension-type
NSAID first line. 4 headaches. 5
IN BOTH BACK PAIN AND HEADACHES, PARACETAMOL AND CODEINE
COMBINATIONS ARE COMMON HCP RECOMMENDATIONS BUT IS THIS THE BEST
6
CHOICE FOR YOUR PATIENTS?

Many patients cannot tolerate, A recent placebo-controlled study
or prefer not to take, fixed-dose has reported that opioids are no
codeine products and addiction more effective than placebo at
3,8
concerns have been raised relieving lower back pain. 7
about them. 8

9
Nuromol is not known to cause addiction and could help patients
achieve superior pain relief to paracetamol and codeine combinations. 3