introduction: optimum pain management immediately after surgeries can lower the possibility of pain syndrome and its following consequences. opioids are amongst the analgesics used for postoperative pain control; however, their application can bring about several adverse effects. in this study, all the published articles regarding efficacy of paracetamol   in post-cardiac surgery pain managemen...

introduction: the selective medication for pain control in many clinical situations is morphine but its complications prevent its widespread use. ketamine has been introduced as an alternative for morphine in some studies. however, the efficacy of its solitary use has not yet been evaluated. therefore, the present study was undertaken to evaluate the effect of ketamine alone in relieving pain i...

objective: one of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (nsaids) named as ketorolac is frequently used to relieve acute pain. current study was conducted with the aim of ketorolac efficacy measurement as a pain killer agent for controlling the primary headache in emergency departments. methods: in this study, we enrolled 50 patients with primary headache who received 60 mg ketorolac intravenousl...