Efficacy of Intravenous (IV) Paracetamol for Treatment of Acute Pain

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2012-12-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether Iv paracetamol is as effective as Iv Morphine sulfate on control of the acute pain in Patient with limb trauma.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Tehran University of Medical Sciences
• Treatments: Acetaminophen; Morphine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Clinical diagnosis of acute limb trauma

• Age>=18 years

• Acute pain of score 3 or greater on visual analogue scale

Exclusion Criteria:

• Unstable hemodynamic (Systolic blood pressure under 90 mmHg)

• Known sensitivity to opioids or paracetamol

• Any other known contraindication to Morphine Sulfate or Iv Paracetamol (including severe allergy to these drugs, acute bronchial asthma, upper respiratory tract obstruction)

• Previous administration of analgesic during 6 hours ago

• Pregnant women

• previous inclusion to the study

• diagnosed heart failure

• renal failure

• pulmonary failure or hepatic failure