Etoricoxib Provides Analgesic Efficacy to Patients After Knee or Hip Replacement Surgery: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study

Abstract

In a postsurgery setting (knee and hip replacements), etoricoxib 120 mg provided analgesia superior to placebo and similar to controlled-release naproxen sodium 1100 mg. Patients receiving etoricoxib suffered less pain and took less opioid rescue medication compared with patients on placebo.