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Syrup formulations for post-tonsillectomy analgesia:

A double-blind study comparing ibuprofen, aspirin and placebo

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

D. A. Parker
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, University Hospital, Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham NG7 20H.
K. P. Gibbin
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, University Hospital, Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham NG7 20H.
R. M. Noyelle
Affiliation:
The Boots Company PLC, Nootingham NG2 3AA.

Abstract

Summary

Post-tonsillectomy analgesia from ibuprofen, aspirin and placebo is compared in a double-blind study. The results are reported showing ibuprofen to have greater therapeutic benefit than placebo whereas aspirin did not. Methods of providing pain relief after tonsillectomy and the relative clinical merits of ibuprofen and aspirin are discussed.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1986

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