“…Thirty studies ( Berry and Hutchinson, 1988 ; Stein et al, 1996 ; Birbara et al, 2003 ; Ruoff et al, 2003 ; Coats et al, 2004 ; Pallay et al, 2004 ; Peloso et al, 2004 ; Kanayama et al, 2005 ; Perrot et al, 2006 ; Pareek et al, 2009 ; Skljarevski et al, 2009 ; Skljarevski et al, 2010a ; Skljarevski et al, 2010b ; Buynak et al, 2010 ; Hale et al, 2010 ; Katz et al, 2011 ; Biondi et al, 2013 ; Kivitz et al, 2013 ; Rauck et al, 2014 ; Tiseo et al, 2014 ; Friedman et al, 2015 ; Rauck et al, 2015 ; Baron et al, 2016 ; Bedaiwi et al, 2016 ; Gottlieb and Njie, 2016 ; Konno et al, 2016 ; Sanga et al, 2016 ; Miki et al, 2018 ; Dakin et al, 2020 ; Markman et al, 2020 ) were included in this NMA ( Supplementary Figure S1 ). Nine groups were included in the main network analysis: placebo (Pla), antidepressant (ADP), anti-NGF (ANGF), acetanilide antipyretic analgesics (AP), nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), weak opioids (WO), strong opioids (SO), a combination of AP and WO (cAPWO), and a combination of NSAIDs and skeletal muscle relaxants (cNSMRs).…”