Efficacy of non narcotic analgesia during first 24 post-operative hours

ABSTRACT

This study was conducted in 100 randomly selected hospitalized patients who underwent major surgical interventions during a period of 10 months. The objective was to evaluate the efficacy of non narcotic analgesia in relieving pain during first 24 hours after a major surgical procedure. The non narcotic analgesic diclofenac sodium was selected for the trial. For the efficacy assessment of the drug, the Pakistan Coin Pain Scale was selected. It was found that, in 87% of all patients included in the study, the pain was adequately relieved with non narcotic analgesia without any noticeable adverse effects