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Table 6 Non-opioid analgesic medication

From: Combatting pain after orthopedic/trauma surgery- perioperative oral extended-release tapentadol vs. extended-release oxycodone/naloxone

 

Tapentadol

Oxycodone/Naloxone

  

N

Mean

N

Mean

p-value (Chi2)

p-value (t-test)

Acetaminophen (mg)

 Day 1

7

2214

4

1875

  

 Day 2

8

3313

6

3333

  

 Day 3

11

2727

6

3166

  

 Day 4

10

2750

6

3667

  

 Day 5

7

3286

7

3429

  

 Total over 5 days

16

7656

9

10278

0.14

0.32

Dipyrone (mg)

 Day 1

127

3484

124

3598

  

 Day 2

118

3353

114

3338

  

 Day 3

107

3339

105

3300

  

 Day 4

99

3247

95

3276

  

 Day 5

75

3127

80

3163

  

 Total over 5 days

130

13473

127

13605

0.31

0.85

Ibuprofen (mg)

 Day 1

44

873

38

953

  

 Day 2

68

1515

66

1424

  

 Day 3

68

1526

64

1469

  

 Day 4

70

1526

60

1440

  

 Day 5

67

1460

59

1403

  

 Total over 5 days

76

5918

67

5872

0.27

0.89

Etoricoxib (mg)

 Day 1

3

100

5

84

  

 Day 2

3

90

5

84

  

 Day 3

2

90

5

84

  

 Day 4

3

90

4

83

  

 Day 5

3

90

4

83

  

 Total over 5 days

6

215

6

320

1.00

0.24

Celecoxib (mg)

 Day 1

0

0

1

200

  

 Day 2

0

0

0

0

  

 Day 3

0

0

1

200

  

 Day 4

0

0

1

200

  

 Day 5

0

0

1

200

  

 Total over 5 days

0

0

2

400

0.16

-

Parecoxib (mg)

 Day 1

13

40

13

40

  

 Day 2

0

0

0

0

  

 Day 3

0

0

0

0

  

 Day 4

0

0

0

0

  

 Day 5

0

0

0

0

  

 Total over 5 days

13

40

13

40

1.00

1.00

  1. Number of patients with the respective cumulative non-opioid pain medication in mg at day x and/ or more than 1 day “Total over 5 days”