TY - JOUR T1 - SOCRATES 7 (synopsis of Cochrane Reviews applicable to emergency services) JF - Emergency Medicine Journal JO - Emerg Med J SP - 368 LP - 369 DO - 10.1136/emj.2004.019935 VL - 22 IS - 5 AU - P Gilligan AU - G Kitching AU - A Taylor AU - H Law AU - J Brenchley AU - J Jones AU - D Hegarty AU - A Khan AU - M Shepherd AU - G Lumsden Y1 - 2005/05/01 UR - http://emj.bmj.com/content/22/5/368.abstract N2 - In this the seventh article of the SOCRATES series we present our synopses of reviews from the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews relating to analgesia that the working party felt were of particular relevance to Emergency Medicine practitioners. The methods of our review and the rationale for the forming the SOCRATES working party are as have previously been published. Despite low back pain being a common problem and a major cause of employee sickness, the effectiveness of the many available treatment modalities is uncertain. There are a variety of national guidelines available on the management of low back pain that recommend the prescription of NSAIDs as a therapeutic option. However, there is disagreement as to the exact role they play in relation to other therapies. Results Fifty one studies of 6057 patients. 16 studies were RCTs that were … ER -