When a child receives painkillers to relieve the discomfort from surgery, it can determine how much pain they experience. According to researchers at Bnei Zion Medical Center in Haifa, those who received them before the operation rather than after suffered less pain and had to take fewer painkillers.
The research was the first to examine the effect of the type of anesthesia on the levels of stress hormones in children. “It’s possible that lower levels of stress hormones can affect the final results of the surgery’s success,” he said.
Result of the studies
It was clear to him from the other study that children who received painkillers before surgery experienced less pain and consumed fewer painkillers after surgery and that giving pain medications before surgery reduces the amount of pain relievers needed and their side effects, especially medications from the drug families.
