Diclofenac patches for postoperative shoulder pain

Postoperative Analgesia With Transdermal Diclofenac Versus Intramuscular Diclofenac – A Comparative Study

“…Anil Agrawal & colleagues (10) found that the signs of erythema, induration & edema are less frequently observed with the transdermal diclofenac patch. Funk L. & Colleagues (9) found that the incidence of side effects is not statistically different in two groups of patients in the early postoperative period following arthroscopic shoulder surgery in between transdermal diclofenac patches and diclofenac tablets. Other findings like auscultation of chest & other adverse effects do not have any significant findings in both groups.…”

“…F. Alessandri & Colleagues (8) found that 35% of patients required rescue analgesia in transdermal diclofenac group where as 71.7% of patients required rescue analgesia in placebo group (p<0.001) in patients undergoing laparoscopic surgery for benign gynaecologic conditions. Funk L. & Colleagues (9) found that the requirement of rescue analgesia is not statistically different in two groups of patients in the early postoperative period following arthroscopic shoulder surgery in between transdermal diclofenac patches and diclofenac tablets. Anil Mehtani et al (18) found that the requirement of rescue analgesia was less in diclofenac & acetaminophen group when compared with placebo for postoperative analgesia.…”

“…F. Alessandri & Colleagues (8) found that transdermal diclofenac administration seems a valid help to standard analgesic treatment in postoperative pain control and could also to reduce the period of hospitalization of patients who undergo laparoscopic benign gynaecologic surgery. Funk L. & Colleagues (9) concluded that diclofenac patches provides significantly better pain relief compared to tablets in the early postoperative period following arthroscopic shoulder surgery. Anil Agrawal & Colleagues (10) compared the efficacy of transdermal diclofenac patch with eutectic mixture of local anaesthetics (EMLA) for venous cannulation pain.…”

Efficacy and safety of transdermal diclofenac patch versus intramuscular diclofenac injections in postoperative patients of inguinal hernia

“…28 Funk L. & Colleagues concluded that diclofenac patches provides significantly better pain relief compared to tablets in the postoperative period following arthroscopic shoulder surgery. 29 Pradel et al used a diclofenac patch for acute traumatic blunt soft tissue injuries, and they found that the diclofenac patch was effective and well tolerated. 13 Transdermal patch is found to be effective and safe for the treatment of sports related blunt impacted injuries.…”

Gastrointestinal Tolerability of Diclofenac Epolamine Topical Patch 1.3%: A Pooled Analysis of 14 Clinical Studies

“…18 Efficacy of DETP has been established in studies evaluating relief of pain, time to pain resolution, and pain on movement in patients treated for minor sports injuries, acute ankle sprains, arthroscopic shoulder surgery, and epicondylitis. [19][20][21][22][23][24] Other studies have established effi cacy of DETP in patients with osteoarthritis and acute periarthritis. 25,26 The effi cacy of DETP, in addition to its superior tolerability compared with oral NSAIDs, make DETP a possible treatment option for acute pain.…”