A DOUBLE-BLIND, PLACEBO CONTROLLED COMPARISON OF THE MORPHINE SPARING EFFECT OF ORAL ROFECOXIB AND DICLOFENAC FOR ACUTE RENAL COLIC

No clinically relevant morphine sparing effect was seen in patients with renal colic treated with 50 mg oral diclofenac every 8 hours or a single dose of 50 mg rofecoxib as a representative of the specific inhibitors of cyclooxygenase-2.