Percussion pain at 7 days · Adults with a symptomatic necrotic tooth or localised acute apical abscess (no signs of spreading infection or systemic involvement)
Postoperative systemic antibiotics… showed no clear difference in percussion pain at 7 days compared with matched placebo, partial or total chemo-mechanical debridement and…; GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
Pain at 7 days · Adults with a symptomatic necrotic tooth or localised acute apical abscess (no signs of spreading infection or systemic involvement)
It is very uncertain whether postoperative systemic antibiotics… changes pain at 7 days compared with matched placebo, partial or total chemo-mechanical debridement and… (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Pain, number of ulcers, ulcer-free days and ulcer size · Participants with a previous or current history of recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS), diagnosed on history and clinical examination;…
1 finding from 1 review
A single trial at high risk of bias compared pentoxifylline 400 mg three times daily (n=14) with placebo (n=12). No statistically significant differences were reported for pain, number of ulcers and ulcer-free days at…
1 study · 26 participants
GRADE not reported
Pain at 7 days · Adults with symptomatic apical periodontitis (no signs of spreading infection or systemic involvement)
1 finding from 1 review
The median pain at 7 days in the control group was 0 (range 0 to 3); the median pain at 7 days in the intervention group was the same (median 0, range 0 to 1). P = 0.673 (Mann-Whitney U).
1 study · 72 participants
Low
Pain ‐ pain at 2 to 3 days · children with acute otitis media
Antibiotics leads to lower pain ‐ pain at 2 to 3 days compared with placebo (high certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Pain ‐ pain at 4 to 7 days · children with acute otitis media
Antibiotics showed no clear difference in pain ‐ pain at 4 to 7 days compared with placebo (high certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Pain ‐ pain at 2 to 3 days · children with acute otitis media
Immediate antibiotics may leads to lower pain ‐ Pain at 2 to 3 days compared with expectant observation (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Pain ‐ Pain at 3 to 7 days · children with acute otitis media
Immediate antibiotics showed no clear difference in pain ‐ Pain at 3 to 7 days compared with expectant observation (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Number of painful days · People with Behcet's disease with a history of recurrent oral aphthous-type (RAS-type) ulcers diagnosed clinically; primary care
Sucralfate suspension (topical) showed no clear difference in number of painful days compared with placebo suspension; GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
Pain ‐ Pain at 11 to 14 days · children with acute otitis media
Immediate antibiotics showed no clear difference in pain ‐ Pain at 11 to 14 days compared with expectant observation (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Pain ‐ pain at 10 to 12 days · children with acute otitis media
Antibiotics probably leads to lower pain ‐ pain at 10 to 12 days compared with placebo (moderate certainty).
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Little or no pain at 1 to 3 days · people with acute soft tissue injury, such as ankle sprain
It is very uncertain whether NSAID changes little or no pain at 1 to 3 days compared with combination (paracetamol and opioid) analgesic (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Postoperative pain (VAS 0-100) - 3 days · People requiring retreatment of periapical lesions (failed root canal therapy)
Papilla base incision (PBI) led to lower postoperative pain (VAS 0-100) - 3 days compared with complete papilla mobilisation (sulcular incision); GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
Postoperative pain (VAS 0-100) - 2 days · People requiring retreatment of periapical lesions (failed root canal therapy)
Papilla base incision (PBI) showed no clear difference in postoperative pain (VAS 0-100) - 2 days compared with complete papilla mobilisation (sulcular incision); GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
Duration of pain control therapy (days) · People with cancer receiving chemotherapy or radiotherapy (or both) who have oral mucositis
Morphine via patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) led to lower duration of pain control therapy (days) compared with morphine via continuous infusion (CI); GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
Pain during the first 7 days (VAS means) · adolescent and adult male circumcisions
1 finding from 1 review
Number of days of pain (monthly average) · Participants with a previous or current history of recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS), diagnosed on history and clinical examination;…
LongoVital (herbal component alone) showed no clear difference in number of days of pain (monthly average) compared with placebo; GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
Frequency of crisis (number of pain days) · sickle cell disease
N‐acetylcysteine (1200 mg) showed no clear difference in frequency of crisis (number of pain days) compared with placebo (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Mean time to resolution of pain · Adults (>18 years) with established dry socket following permanent tooth extraction
Neocone led to lower time to complete resolution of pain (days) compared with alvogyl; GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
Mean time to resolution of pain · Adults (>18 years) with established dry socket following permanent tooth extraction
Alvogyl led to lower time to complete resolution of pain (days) compared with zinc oxide eugenol; GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review