Intravenous Versus Oral Acetaminophen for Postoperative Pain Control After Cesarean Delivery
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2017-07-27
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
This study will compare IV (intravenous) versus oral (PO) acetaminophen for postoperative
pain after scheduled, elective Cesarean delivery. All patients will receive a standardized
spinal anesthetic for operative anesthesia and will be randomized into one of three groups:
(group 1) 1 gram IV acetaminophen every 8 hours for three doses, (group 2) 1 gram oral
acetaminophen every 8 hours for three doses, or (group 3) no acetaminophen. This will be a
randomized, open label study.