Pre Emptive Analgesics for Pain Relief in Impacted Lower Third Molar Surgery

Melaka Manipal Medical College60 enrolled

Overview

The purpose of the study is to evaluate the efficacy of pre-emptive paracetamol in reducing intra operative pressure and post operative pain after surgical removal of impacted mandibular third molar using visual analogue scale

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

DOUBLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Impacted Third Molar Tooth

Interventions

paracetamolDRUG

tablet paracetamol 500 mg

PlaceboDRUG

placebo

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 21 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients aged 21 years and above * Healthy patients (ASA I) * Patients who are not allergic to the drugs and local anesthetic agents used Exclusion Criteria: * Patients who are on concurrent treatment with NSAIDs or corticosteroids * Patients with pericoronitis or periapical infection

Locations (1)

Melaka manipal medical college

Malacca, Malaysia

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

intraoperative pain

A 10 mm Visual Analogue Scale with higher score depicting severe pain

Time frame: during luxation of tooth

postoperative pain

A 10 mm Visual analogue scale with higher score depicting severe pain

Time frame: 1 day

Secondary Outcomes

Time to rescue medication

minutes

Time frame: upto 360 minutes

number of patients taking rescue medications

Total number of patients taking rescue medications

Time frame: Upto 360 minutes

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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