Conditions: Pain
Keywords: labor pain acetaminophen
Allocation: RANDOMIZED | Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Enrollment: 33
Healthy volunteers: no

Brief summary:
The hypothesis is if administration of acetaminophen during labor will reduce the amount of neuraxial pain medication required for comfort. For the study, Acetaminophen or placebo capsules will be administered at the time of neuraxial analgesia placement and then administered every 6 hours until delivery. Overall consumption of neuraxial pain medication will be determined.

Detailed description:
Acetaminophen 1000 mg or placebo capsules will be administered at the time of neuraxial analgesia placement and continued every 6 hours until delivery. Vital signs, scores for pain, nausea, itching, and sleepiness will be also obtained. Evaluation of consumption of neuraxial analgesic medication will be included in the final analysis for the differences between the 2 groups

Arms:
arm 1: 1000 mg every 6 hours during labor up to maximum 3 doses arm 2: placebo capsule identical to the acetaminophen capsule will be administered every 6 hours to a maximum of 4 doses

Interventions: intervention 1: Acetaminophen intervention 2: Placebo
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: administered every 6 hours by mouth up to 4 doses intervention 2: None

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