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. 2010 Apr 14;2010(4):CD008099. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD008099.pub2

Yonkeura 1987.

Methods Randomised, double blind, 4 parallel groups. Single and multiple oral dose phases
Medication administered when baseline pain reached a moderate to severe intensity
Pain assessed at 0, 30, 60 mins, then hourly to 6 hours
Participants Episiotomy
N = 218
All F
Mean age 24 years
Interventions Codeine 60 mg, n = 53
Meclofenamate 100 mg, n = 55
Meclofenamate 200 mg, n = 55
Placebo, n = 52
Outcomes PI: standard 4 point scale
PR: standard 5 point scale
Use of rescue medication
Adverse events
Withdrawals
Notes Oxford Qualtiy Score: R1, DB2, W1. Total = 4
Rescue medication allowed after 1 hour
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Adequate sequence generation? Unclear risk Not described
Allocation concealment? Unclear risk Not described
Blinding? 
 All outcomes Unclear risk "identically appearing capsules"

DB ‐ double blind, N ‐ number of participants in study, n ‐ number of participants in treatment arm, PGE ‐ patient global evaluation, PI ‐ pain intensity, PR ‐ pain relief, R ‐ randomised, W ‐ withdrawals h ‐ hours, pts ‐ participants, mins ‐ minutes