Papers/PMID:30636826
Efficacy of melatonin on sleep quality after laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
Indian journal of pharmacology2018The record
1 finding · 1 compound · 1 endpoint
What it reported
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1 finding
melatonin — decreases visual analogue scale pain intensity
ModerateEvidence strength: moderate. Human evidence with one recorded weakness, or capped at moderate by its design or by unread numbers.Finding“Subjective assessment of pain on VAS scale also showed significantly decreased pain score in melatonin group as compared to placebo group on POD 1 [Table 3].”
Quoted verbatim from Efficacy of melatonin on sleep quality after laparoscopic cholecystectomy.. - Study
- RCT
- Duration
- 3 days
- Dose
- 6 mg (two 3 mg tablets) orally 40 to 45 minutes before sleep for 3 nights after surgery
- Population
- 100 adults aged 18 to 80 after elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy; result for postoperative day 1 only; 100 mm VAS anchored no pain to worst possible pain
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