Patient-controlled analgesia with morphine plus lysine acetyl salicylate

• Published in: Anesthesia and analgesia Vol. 89; no. 4; pp. 995 - 998
• Main Authors: PANG, W.-W, MOK, M. S, KU, M.-C, HUANG, M.-H
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hagerstown, MD Lippincott 01-10-1999
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Analgesia, Patient-Controlled; Analgesics; Analgesics - administration & dosage; Analgesics - adverse effects; Analgesics - therapeutic use; Analgesics, Opioid - administration & dosage; Analgesics, Opioid - adverse effects; Analgesics, Opioid - therapeutic use; Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal - administration & dosage; Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal - adverse effects; Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal - therapeutic use; Arthroplasty, Replacement; Aspirin - administration & dosage; Aspirin - adverse effects; Aspirin - analogs & derivatives; Aspirin - therapeutic use; Biological and medical sciences; Blood Pressure - drug effects; Dizziness - chemically induced; Double-Blind Method; Drug Combinations; Female; Heart Rate - drug effects; Humans; Lysine - administration & dosage; Lysine - adverse effects; Lysine - analogs & derivatives; Lysine - therapeutic use; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Morphine - administration & dosage; Morphine - adverse effects; Morphine - therapeutic use; Nausea - chemically induced; Neuropharmacology; Pain Measurement; Pain, Postoperative - drug therapy; Patient Satisfaction; Pharmacology. Drug treatments; Prospective Studies; Respiration - drug effects; Safety; Human; Postoperative; Drug combination; Intravenous administration; Morphine; Opiates; Acetylsalicylic acid; Self administration; Narcotic analgesic; Chemotherapy; Analgesic; Orthopedic surgery; Pain; Treatment; Salicylates
• ISSN: 0003-2999; 1526-7598
• DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199910000-00032

Using a patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) delivery system, we evaluated the clinical advantages and disadvantages of morphine PCA compared with morphine plus lysine acetyl salicylate (LAS), a soluble aspirin. After major orthopedic surgery, 50 adult patients were enrolled in a prospective, randomized, and double-blinded study. When a patient in the recovery room complained of pain, an initial dose of morphine or the morphine/LAS mixture was titrated to achieve analgesia of visual analog score < or = 3 in 30 min. An equivalent volume PCA dose of either morphine 1 mg/mL or morphine 0.5 mg + LAS 90 mg/mL was used with a lockout interval of 10 min. Pain score, patient satisfaction, vital signs, and adverse effects were observed for 48 h. Adequate analgesia (visual analog scale score < or = 3) was achieved with either drug. Morphine consumption in the morphine/LAS group was significantly less than in morphine group (13.9 vs 18.4 mg in 24 h and 24.3 vs 32.4 mg in 48 h). Significantly more sedation was evident with the morphine group (P < 0.05). We conclude that injectable LAS can be used as an effective and safe adjuvant to morphine for PCA. This combination reduces dose requirements of morphine and hence some of its adverse effects.
Injectable aspirin could be used as an effective and safe adjuvant to morphine for patient-controlled analgesia. This combination reduces the dose requirement of morphine and therefore some of the morphine-related untoward effects.