Table 1 Number of papers that could be retrieved based on the reporting of adverse effects.
Drug (total number of papers) | Aspirin (37) | Antihypertensive drugs (13) | Ibuprofen (29) | Paracetamol (28) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Adverse effects textwords present | 18 (49%) | 8 (62%) | 20 (69%) | 16 (57%) |
Indexed in either Medline or EMBASE | 28 (76%) | 8 (62%) | 18 (62%) | 15 (54%) |
Retrievable by a combined search | 29 (78%) | 9 (69%) | 24 (83%) | 20 (71%) |