Childbirth Medications Research
This is the package insert for Cervidil. It lists the risks and contraindications.
This is the package insert for Cytotec. It lists the risks and contraindications.
Sublimaze is a pain medication for labor.
Bupivacain is a pain medication for labor.
Nubain is a pain medication for labor.
Hughes D, Simmons SW, Brown J, Cyna AM. Combined spinal-epidural versus epidural analgesia in labour (Cochrane Review)
This review begins with the following background information:
Traditional epidural techniques have been associated with prolonged labour, use of oxytocin augmentation, and increased incidence of instrumental vaginal delivery. The combined spinal-epidural (CSE) technique has been introduced in an attempt to reduce these adverse effects. CSE is believed to improve maternal mobility during labour and provide more rapid onset of analgesia than epidural analgesia.After a review of the literature, the researchers have found that "There is no difference between CSE and epidural techniques with respect to: the incidence of forceps delivery, maternal mobility, PDPH, cesarean section rates or admission of babies to the neonatal unit."
The differences they did find were:
- CSE provides faster onset of effective pain relief from the time of injection
- CSE women experience more itch than women with a traditional epidural
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Women who received epidurals were less satisfied with thier childbirth experience.
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