IV Paracetamol vs IV Morphine vs Placebo in Sciatalgia

• Status: Unknown status
• Trial end date: 2016-03-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Siatalgia is one of the main symptoms related to emergency department presentations. Patients with sciatalgia are seeking for immediate pain relief and little known regarding the pain management of these patients in emergency department. This study aim to trial the effect of intravenous paracetamol and morphine in patients presented with sciatalgia to emergency department.

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

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Akdeniz University
• Collaborators: Antalya Training and Research Hospital; Ataturk University; Pamukkale University; University of Gaziantep
• Treatments: Acetaminophen; Morphine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients with pain radiating to the sciatic nerve path

• Pain within the last one week

• Patients with positive straight leg raise

• Patients over 21 and lower than 65 years old

Exclusion Criteria:

• Pain score lower than 40 mm in visual analogue scale score

• Neurological deficit

• Allergy to the study drugs

• Unstable vital signs

• History of malignancy or rheumatological diseases or arthritis

• History of chronic pain syndrome

• Receiving pain killer, steroid, anti-depressant, anti-convulsant and musculorelaxant within the last six hours.

• Drug or alcohol addiction

• Pregnancy or breast feeding

• Fewer more than 37.9 Celsius degrees.