EXTRADURAL METHADONE AND BUPIVACAINE IN LABOUR

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1 September 1990

journal article
research article
Published by Elsevier in British Journal of Anaesthesia

Vol. 65 (3) , 330-332
https://doi.org/10.1093/bja/65.3.330

Abstract

We performed a double-blind placebocontrolled study of the effects of extradural administration of methadone 5 mg or saline, followed by bupivacaine, in 42 women in early labour. Motor block and pain scores were significantly less in the methadone group. The requirement for bupivacaine also was reduced by methadone, but this was not statistically significant. There were no troublesome side effects attributable to methadone.

Keywords

ANAESTHESIA
OBSTETRIC: EXTRADURAL
METHADONE
BUPIVACAINE

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A CONTROLLED TRIAL OF EXTRADURAL FENTANYL IN LABOUR
British Journal of Anaesthesia, 1982