Paracetamol no better than placebo for low back pain, study finds

Thursday, July 24, 2014 - 03:30 in Health & Medicine

LONDON (Reuters) - Paracetamol, a painkiller universally recommended to treat people with acute low back pain, does not speed recovery or reduce pain from the condition, according to the results of a large trial published on Thursday.

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