Research Article

A Prospective Six-Month Study of Chronic Pain Sufferers: A Novel OTC Neuromodulation Therapy

Table 3

Analgesic medications used by the study sample.

AnalgesicsFraction of users (%)

NSAIDS (e.g., ibuprofen)43
Paracetamol61
Weak opioids (e.g., codeine)25
Strong opioids (e.g., hydrocodone)11
Tramadol or equivalent8
Pregabalin (e.g., Lyrica)8
Amitriptyline17
Topical opioid (e.g., morphine)8
Topical NSAIDS (e.g., Voltarol)21
Gabapentin2
Other4
No analgesics5

Note: medication use data were available for only 172 out of the 240 subjects.