Sumaira Fatima Sabir, Asifa Shoukat.
Comparison of analgesic efficacy of pentazocine and tramadol during labor.
J Allama Iqbal Med Coll Jan ;19(4):932-6.

Objective: To compare efficacy of Pentazocine and Tramadol during labor in terms of analgesia. Methods: The study was conducted in department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Jinnah hospital Lahore with study period of 14-08-2013 to 13-02-2014. Total 210 cases 105 in each group pregnant women between 20-40yrs in active labor with effective painful uterine contractions were included through a non-probability consecutive sampling. Data was entered and analyzed in SPSS ver: 19.0. Quantative variables were presented as mean and SD. Qualitative varaibles as frequency and percentages. Efficacy was measured in term of pain relief and fetal distress. Results: Pentazocine 30 mg was effective in 47 [44.8%] while Tramadol 100 mg effective in 39 [37.1%] subjects, the difference between two groups was statistically non-significant. (p=0.261). Conclusion: Both Pentazocine and tramadol are effective in pain relief. Statistically there was no difference between them however, Pentazocine provide better labor analgesia then tramadol both are useful labor analgesia options where epidural analgesia is not available.

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