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Efficacy and safety of repeated postoperative administration of intramuscular diclofenac sodium in the treatment of post-cesarean section pain: a double-blind study.
Analgesic drugs, either opioids or non-opioids, are required and useful for controlling postoperative pain after cesarean section. ⋯ It might be concluded that repeated i.m. injections of 75 mg diclofenac sodium (maximum two injections per day) could relieve postoperative pain after cesarean section and significantly reduce opioid analgesic requirements without significant effects on uterine relaxation or bleeding during the first postoperative 48 h.