Penny L Miller1, Amy A Ernst. 1. Patient Care Services, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: We sought to evaluate whether there is a sex difference in the analgesic response to mu versus kappa opioids in the management of acute moderate to severe pain of injury in the emergency department. METHODS: The study was a randomized, double-blind, clinical trial comparing the prototypical mu-receptor agonist, morphine sulfate, to the prototypical kappa agonist, butorphanol. The primary endpoints were degree of relief by visual analog scores at 30 and 60 minutes. Statistical analysis was performed using Mann-Whitney Utest for nonparametric analysis and repeated-measures analysis of variance. RESULTS:Ninety-four patients were entered in the study, with 49 (52%) males and 45 (48%) females. Forty-six received morphine sulfate and 48 received butorphanol. There was no difference in demographics in the two groups. At 60 minutes, females had significantly lower visual analog scores with butorphanol compared with morphine (P = 0.046). At 60 minutes, there was a trend for a difference in response of males versus females to morphine, with males responding better than females (P = 0.06). CONCLUSION: Females had better pain scores with butorphanol than morphine at 60 minutes.
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OBJECTIVES: We sought to evaluate whether there is a sex difference in the analgesic response to mu versus kappa opioids in the management of acute moderate to severe pain of injury in the emergency department. METHODS: The study was a randomized, double-blind, clinical trial comparing the prototypical mu-receptor agonist, morphine sulfate, to the prototypical kappa agonist, butorphanol. The primary endpoints were degree of relief by visual analog scores at 30 and 60 minutes. Statistical analysis was performed using Mann-Whitney Utest for nonparametric analysis and repeated-measures analysis of variance. RESULTS: Ninety-four patients were entered in the study, with 49 (52%) males and 45 (48%) females. Forty-six received morphine sulfate and 48 received butorphanol. There was no difference in demographics in the two groups. At 60 minutes, females had significantly lower visual analog scores with butorphanol compared with morphine (P = 0.046). At 60 minutes, there was a trend for a difference in response of males versus females to morphine, with males responding better than females (P = 0.06). CONCLUSION: Females had better pain scores with butorphanol than morphine at 60 minutes.
Authors: Roger B Fillingim; Christopher D King; Margarete C Ribeiro-Dasilva; Bridgett Rahim-Williams; Joseph L Riley Journal: J Pain Date: 2009-05 Impact factor: 5.820