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Postcesarean Pain Relief Better on Nonopioid Regimen

Publish date:: March 20, 2019

Key clinical point: Women reported less pain after cesarean delivery with a nonopioid outpatient analgesia regimen.

Major finding: The median pain score for those in the nonopioid arm was 0 on a 100-mm visual analog scale, compared with 6 for those in the opioid arm.

Study details: Single-site parallel-group equivalence trial enrolling 170 women with cesarean delivery.

Disclosures: Dr. Dinis reported no outside sources of funding and no conflicts of interest.

Citation:

Dinis J et al. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2019 Jan;220(1):S34, Abstract 42.

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