The investigators will conduct a randomized double blind study, to determine whether patient analgesic delivery mode preference affects pain reduction quality in non-surgical spine patients. The patients will receive both intra-muscular and oral non-narcotic analgesics and placebo. During the study period, pain reduction parameters will be collected. At the end of the study period, the investigators will attempt to find a correlation between pre-study patient preferences and the quality of the pain reduction achieved.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE
pain scores on visual analog scale
up to 7 days for each patient per hospitalization
Time frame: visual analog scale will be mesuered before and one hour following every pain medication delivery
Patient Questionnaire assessing pain and pain relief
A questionnaire will be filled immediately before and one hour following analgesic administration
Time frame: Before administaration of pain control medication and one hour following analgesic administration
patient preference Questionnaire
every patient will be asked for his prefered analgesic delivery method
Time frame: before first analgesic administration at the current hositalization
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