A COMPARISON OF MORPHINE AND PHENAZOCINE IN POSTOPERATIVE PAIN

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Abstract
Phenazocine, in doses of 1.4 mg/70 kg and 2.1 mg/70 kg, was compared with 10.5 mg/70 kg morphine under “double blind” conditions for the relief of postoperative pain. All the patients had undergone abdominal surgery and all the interviews were carried out by one assessor. No significant difference was found between the degree or duration of pain relief produced by the three preparations. In over one third of the patients the pain did not return to the pre-injection level. It was found that after upper abdominal surgery there is more likely to be a need for an analgesic and the injection will be required earlier than after lower abdominal operations. The results are discussed in relation to those of other studies.

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