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Non‐parenteral postoperative analgesia
Author(s) -
DERBYSHIRE D. R.,
VATER M.,
MAILE C. I. D.,
LARSSON I. M.,
AITKENHEAD A. R.,
SMITH G.
Publication year - 1984
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.1365-2044.1984.tb07271.x
Subject(s) - medicine , buprenorphine , anesthesia , analgesic , morphine , double blind , abdominal surgery , surgery , opioid , receptor , alternative medicine , pathology , placebo
Summary Sixty‐nine patients undergoing upper and lower abdominal surgery were studied after operation to compare the analgesic effects of sublingual buprenorphine (0.4 mg) and slow release morphine sulphate tablets (MST, 20 mg) given 6 hourly in a double‐blind, double‐dummy trial. Both MST and buprenorphine produced satisfactory postoperative analgesia but the linear analogue pain scores were significantly lower on the second post operative day with MST.