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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: Results obtained were as follows : complete relief of pain in 43 patients (86 percent) of the nifedipine-treated group as opposed to 24 patients (50 percent) of the control group after 7 days of therapy (P < 0. 01) ; oral analgesics were used by 4 patients (8 percent) in the nifedipine-treated group as opposed to 26 patients (54. 1 percent) of the control group after 7 days of therapy (P < 0. 01) ; and resolution of acute thrombosed external hemorrhoids was achieved after 14 days of therapy in 46 patients (92 percent) of the nifedipine-treated group, as opposed to 22 patients (45. 8 percent) of the control group (P < 0. 01).