Pain medicine : the official journal of the American Academy of Pain Medicine
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Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
Effects of acetylsalicylic acid on sore throat pain and other pain symptoms associated with acute upper respiratory tract infection.
Acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) has been widely used for over a century to treat pain and fever associated with acute upper respiratory tract infection (URTI), but there is a lack of clinical data to support the efficacy of ASA in this disease state. The objective of this study was to investigate the efficacy and safety of ASA for the treatment of sore throat pain associated with URTI. ⋯ Treatment with ASA was shown to provide relief from sore throat pain, headache, and muscle aches and pains associated with URTI.