Dietary supplements vs placebo: Relief of pain
Dietary supplements may leads to higher zataria versus placebo Pain relief compared with placebo (low certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Dietary supplements vs placebo Zataria versus placebo Pain relief · women with moderate or severe primary dysmenorrhoea Dietary supplements may leads to higher zataria versus placebo Pain relief compared with placebo (low certainty). Dietary supplements for dysmenorrhoea (2016) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | OR 6.66 [2.66, 16.72] | 1 study · 99 participants | Low |
Dietary supplements vs placebo Dill seed versus placebo Pain relief · women with moderate or severe primary dysmenorrhoea It is very uncertain whether dietary supplements changes dill seed versus placebo Pain relief compared with placebo (very low certainty). Dietary supplements for dysmenorrhoea (2016) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | OR 0.68 [0.2, 2.31] | 1 study · 46 participants | Very low |
Dietary supplements vs placebo Ginger versus placebo Pain relief · women with moderate or severe primary dysmenorrhoea Dietary supplements may leads to higher ginger versus placebo Pain relief compared with placebo (low certainty). Dietary supplements for dysmenorrhoea (2016) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | OR 5.44 [1.8, 16.46] | 1 study · 69 participants | Low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dietary supplements for dysmenorrhoea 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | list not extracted yet | Not assessed |
Studies behind the findings
None of these reviews ties its included studies to this outcome in the data here. Cochrane reviews and reviews with headline outcomes only do not list their studies yet.
How reviews are matched to this question
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