Comparative Study of Post Operative Pain Relief with Intravenous Paracetamol and Intramuscular Diclofenac

Adequate management of post operative pain has been a goal of all surgeons since the advent of surgery. Over the decades the endeavour has been to find an ideal analgesic with minimal or no side effects. This ideal analgesic is still elusive. The most terrible period postoperatively is the first 24 hours when severity of pain and vital signs are fluctuating. If patients are kept pain free during this period, they can cope with the circumstances well, leading to early recovery. In this study we compared the analgesic effects of paracetamol intravenous injection(1000mg) and diclofenac intramuscular injection (75mg) in the management of post operative pain, to observe the efficacy, duration, quality of analgesic effect on visual analogue scale.