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- Published on: 18 October 2023
- Published on: 18 October 2023
- Published on: 18 October 2023Author's response
Dear Editor
We fully agree with the remarks made as to the use of morphine rather than pethidine in patients with renal colic. During our investigations primary pethidine was used in our institution and excursions about the use of morphine were limited by the format of our publication. Therefore this eletter is an extremely welcome contribution.
Thank you very much.
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Dear Editor
Kastner and Tagg have produced a useful guideline for the emergency management of renal colic.[1] I would disagree however with their recommendation that Pethidine 50 to 100mg should be administered if pain is not relieved by combinations of NSAID and co-codamol or Tramadol. There is no evidence that Pethidine has any specific advantages over other opioids and the belief that it provides better analgesi...
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