Non-opioids play an ever increasing role in the treatment of postoperative pain; either on
their own for mild to moderate pain or in combination with other analgesic approaches, in …

In contemporary post‐operative pain management, patients are most often treated with
combinations of non‐opioid analgesics, to enhance pain relief and to reduce opioid …

Purpose Nonopioid analgesics are frequently used for the treatment of acute and chronic
pain. Dipyrone is an alternative to NSAID s and paracetamol, however, data on the …

Non-opioid analgesics, paracetamol, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), or
cyclo-oxygenase 2 (COX-2) inhibitors are often given along with morphine as part of …

Methods Patients undergoing minor-to-intermediate surgery under general anaesthesia
were randomly assigned to receive infusions of paracetamol (1 g every 6 h), dipyrone (1 g …

BACKGROUND: There has been a trend over recent years for combining a nonsteroidal
antiinflammatory drug (NSAID) with paracetamol (acetaminophen) for pain management …

Background Patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) is a mainstay in the control of pain after
major surgery. The drug most commonly used with PCA is morphine, but its administration …

Background. Quantitative reviews of postoperative pain management have demonstrated
that the number of patients needed to treat for one patient to achieve at least 50% pain relief …

Paracetamol is the most commonly prescribed analgesic for the treatment of acute pain. The
efficacy and safety of iv formulations of paracetamol is unclear. We performed a systematic …

Opioids play a crucial role in pain management in spite of causing increased hospital
morbidity and related costs. It may also cause significant risks such as postoperative nausea …