Obstetrics

Nalbuphine Has Fewer Side Effects, But Shorter Duration than Morphine After Cesarean Delivery

Published in Women's Health Weekly, November 2nd, 2000

Although nalbuphine has a more favorable side effect profile than morphine does, it cannot provide the same duration of pain relief after delivery by cesarean section, anesthesiologists report.

X. Culebras and colleagues at the University Hospital of Geneva in Switzerland "performed a prospective, randomized, double-blinded, multicenter study to compare the analgesic efficacy and adverse effects of intrathecal [spinally administered] nalbuphine, at three different doses, and intrathecal morphine for postoperative pain relief after cesarean deliveries."

The researchers studied 90 patients undergoing elective cesarean sections, all of whom were healthy...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (2000-11-02)

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