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Relief of pain after surgery
Author(s) -
FRY E.N.S.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1979.tb06339.x
Subject(s) - medicine , buprenorphine , pain relief , pethidine , pentazocine , narcotic , citation , heroin , general surgery , anesthesia , psychiatry , opioid , library science , morphine , drug , analgesic , receptor , computer science
Sublingual buprenorphine (0.4 mg) and intramuscular papaveretum (20 mg) were compared in sixty patients after abdominal hysterectomy. Though slower in onset of effect the sublingual tablets proved effective for pain relief and appeared to have a longer duration of action. The only side-effects of note were nausea and vomiting which occurred after both treatments. Haloperidol was tried as a long acting antiemetic and appeared successful.