Pain Relief for Birth Control Implants Insertion

Assiut University144 enrolled

Overview

The aim of our study is to compare the analgesic effect of topical application of lidocaine-prilocaine cream and lidocaine infiltration during insertion of birth control implants

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

144

Conditions

Contraception Lidocaine

Interventions

Lidocaine Injectable ProductDRUG

3 cm of Lidocaine- will be injected subcutaneous for 5 minutes before insertion of subcutaneous birth control implant

Lidocaine Topical Cream [LMX]DRUG

3 mg of Lidocaine- will be applied to skin for 5 minutes before insertion of subcutaneous birth control implant

Eligibility

Sex: FEMALEMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 45 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * female want use subcutaneous birth control Exclusion Criteria: * previous scar at side of insertion

Locations (1)

Medicine

Asyut, Egypt

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Mean pain score during insertion of implant

Time frame: 10 minutes

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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