Analgesic effect of oral ibuprofen 400, 600, and 800 mg; paracetamol 500 and 1000 mg; and paracetamol 1000 mg plus 60 mg codeine in acute postoperative pain : a single-dose, randomized, placebo-controlled, and double-blind study

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PURPOSE: Effect size estimates of analgesic drugs can be misleading. Ibuprofen (400 mg, 600 mg, 800 mg), paracetamol (1000 mg, 500 mg), paracetamol 1000 mg/codeine 60 mg, and placebo were investigated to establish the multidimensional pharmacodynamic profiles of each drug on acute pain with calculated effect size estimates.

METHODS: A randomized, double-blind, single-dose, placebo-controlled, parallel-group, single-centre, outpatient, and single-dose study used 350 patients (mean age 25 year, range 18 to 30 years) of homogenous ethnicity after third molar surgery. Primary outcome was sum pain intensity over 6 h. Secondary outcomes were time to analgesic onset, duration of analgesia, time to rescue drug intake, number of patients taking rescue drug, sum pain intensity difference, maximum pain intensity difference, time to maximum pain intensity difference, number needed to treat values, adverse effects, overall drug assessment as patient-reported outcome measure (PROM), and the effect size estimates NNT and NNTp.

RESULTS: Ibuprofen doses above 400 mg do not significantly increase analgesic effect. Paracetamol has a very flat analgesic dose-response profile. Paracetamol 1000/codeine 60 mg gives similar analgesia as ibuprofen from 400 mg, but has a shorter time to analgesic onset. Active drugs show no significant difference in maximal analgesic effect. Other secondary outcomes support these findings. The frequencies of adverse effects were low, mild to moderate in all active groups. NNT and NTTp values did not coincide well with PROMs.

CONCLUSION: Ibuprofen doses above 400 mg for acute pain offer limited analgesic gain. Paracetamol 1000 mg/codeine 60 mg is comparable to ibuprofen doses from 400 mg. Calculated effect size estimates and PROM in our study seem not to relate well as clinical analgesic efficacy estimators.

TRIAL REGISTRATION: NCT00699114.

Errataetall:

CommentIn: Br Dent J. 2021 Dec;231(12):748. - PMID 34921269

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:77

Enthalten in:

European journal of clinical pharmacology - 77(2021), 12 vom: 05. Dez., Seite 1843-1852

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lyngstad, Gaute [VerfasserIn]
Skjelbred, Per [VerfasserIn]
Swanson, David M [VerfasserIn]
Skoglund, Lasse A [VerfasserIn]

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Acetaminophen
Acetaminophen, codeine drug combination
Analgesics
Codeine
Drug Combinations
Ibuprofen
Journal Article
Paracetamol
Postoperative pain
Randomized Controlled Trial
Third molar
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Date Completed 03.02.2022

Date Revised 20.02.2022

published: Print-Electronic

ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT00699114

CommentIn: Br Dent J. 2021 Dec;231(12):748. - PMID 34921269

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s00228-021-03231-9

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM331957671