Effects of Pretreatment With Different Doses of Lidocaine on Injection Pain

Summary

One of the medications administered to patients in general anesthesia practice is rocuronium, which causes pain during intravenous administration. It is known that a drug containing lidocaine as the active ingredient can reduce the pain caused by rocuronium in different doses. The effective dose of lidocaine remains a topic of debate. In our study, we aimed to investigate the efficacy of two different doses of lidocaine. No adverse effects are expected from this medication.

Timeline

Start

2023-07-01

Primary completion

2023-10-31

Completion

2023-12-31

Outcome

Met primary endpoint

paper Both lidocaine 10 mg and 30 mg i.v. given before administration of rocuronium significantly reduced the incidence and severity of pain PMID 10740559 ↗

Publications

• Results Singh M, Chauhan H, Rath GP, Prabhakar H, Bithal PK, Dash HH. Effect of narcotic pretreatment on pain after rocuronium injection: a randomized, double-blind controlled comparison with lidocaine. J Anesth. 2007;21(4):510-2. doi: 10.1007/s00540-007-0560-8. Epub 2007 Nov 1.
• Results Chiarella AB, Jolly DT, Huston CM, Clanachan AS. Comparison of four strategies to reduce the pain associated with intravenous administration of rocuronium. Br J Anaesth. 2003 Mar;90(3):377-9. doi: 10.1093/bja/aeg054.
• Results Ergil J, Kavak Akelma F, Ozkan D, Bumin Aydin G, Gurel A, Akinci M. Effects of pretreatment with esmolol and lidocaine on injection pain and rocuronium-induced withdrawal response. Turk J Med Sci. 2015;45(4):959-63. doi: 10.3906/sag-1311-79.
• Results Ahmad N, Choy CY, Aris EA, Balan S. Preventing the withdrawal response associated with rocuronium injection: a comparison of fentanyl with lidocaine. Anesth Analg. 2005 Apr;100(4):987-990. doi: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000147790.76114.3A.
• Results Cheong KF, Wong WH. Pain on injection of rocuronium: influence of two doses of lidocaine pretreatment. Br J Anaesth. 2000 Jan;84(1):106-7. doi: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.bja.a013364.

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