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Published in final edited form as: Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2018 Mar 2;218(6):616.e1–616.e8. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2018.02.016

TABLE 3.

Pain control and opioid use

Any opioid use	Ibuprofen n = 50	Acetaminophen n = 50	P value
Postpartum d 0, n (%)	22 (44)	20 (40)	.2^a
Postpartum d 1, n (%)	27 (54)	25 (50)
Postpartum d 2, n (%)	26 (52)	18 (36)

Opioid requirement (in MEQ), among those requiring opioids	Ibuprofen		Acetaminophen
Opioid requirement (in MEQ), among those requiring opioids	Mean (SD)	Median	Mean (SD)	Median
Postpartum d 0, mg	22.1 (25.1)	15.0	22.6 (13.9)	18.8	.9^b
Postpartum d 1, mg	27.5 (18.7)	30.0	32.3 (17.5)	30.0
Postpartum d 2, mg	28.9 (18.9)	22.5	45.4 (32.3)	41.3
Total MEQ dose	77.4 (64.8)	60.0	88.4 (108.1)	30.0	.6^c

MEQ, morphine equivalent.

χ² Test for interaction effect of group and postpartum day on any opioid use from repeated measures logistic regression;

F test for interaction effect of group and postpartum day on log-transformed opioid MEQs from repeated measures linear regression;

t Test for 2 independent samples on log-transformed total MEQ dose.