A strong and consistent positive relationship was found between the level of opioid-induced nausea/vomiting and the level of pain after oral surgery, according to a post hoc analysis of existing clinical trial data presented at PAINWeek 2016.
This association was most evident at 10 hours after surgery.
“The objective of the data analyses was to better understand the dynamic relationship between nausea and pain in the acute pain setting,” said co-author Dennis A. Revicki, PhD, senior