CO-ADMINISTRATION OF INTRAVENOUS IBUPROFEN AND ACETAMINOPHEN FOR TREATMENT OF PAIN

摘要

An effective dose of intravenous ibuprofen administered co-adminstered with intravenous acetaminophen in surgery patients is a safe and effective way to reduce both pain and the need for opioid analgesics. In preferred embodiments, the administration of intravenous ibuprofen and intravenous acetaminophen starts no later than at approximately the completion of wound closure.