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Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Topical or Oral Ibuprofen for Chronic Knee Pain in Older People.

This study examines whether GPs should advise their older patients with chronic knee pain to use topical or oral non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs).

Authored by Professor Martin Underwood et al, and published in July 2008, this 176 page report and executive summary is number 12(22) in the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Health Technology Assessment (HTA) programme monograph series from the National Coordinating Centre for Health Technology Assessment (NCCHTA), part of the Wessex Institute at the University of Southampton.

http://www.hta.ac.uk/fullmono/mon1222.pdf

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