On 2016 Apr 29, Geriatric Medicine Journal Club commented:

This article was critically appraised at the April 2016 Geriatric Medicine Journal Club (follow #GeriMedJC on Twitter). While there were concerns about the level of commercial influence in the included studies, the overall young age of the patients, the lack of inclusion of other treatment modalities (exercise, narcotics), and the absence of analysis of harm; this paper brought forth important doubts about effectiveness of acetaminophen. How to reconcile the known harms of NSAIDs and the clinical effectiveness on pain and function is the essence of ongoing discussion.

Did you miss the #GeriMedJC tweetchat? Check out the transcript in our Archives section: http://gerimedjc.utorontoeit.com/index.php/2015/12/01/missed-gerimedjc-all-archived-here/

On 2016 Apr 29, Geriatric Medicine Journal Club commented:

This article was critically appraised at the April 2016 Geriatric Medicine Journal Club (follow #GeriMedJC on Twitter). While there were concerns about the level of commercial influence in the included studies, the overall young age of the patients, the lack of inclusion of other treatment modalities (exercise, narcotics), and the absence of analysis of harm; this paper brought forth important doubts about effectiveness of acetaminophen. How to reconcile the known harms of NSAIDs and the clinical effectiveness on pain and function is the essence of ongoing discussion.

Did you miss the #GeriMedJC tweetchat? Check out the transcript in our Archives section: http://gerimedjc.utorontoeit.com/index.php/2015/12/01/missed-gerimedjc-all-archived-here/