Etoricoxib pre‐medication for post‐operative pain after laparoscopic cholecystectomy

Abstract

Etoricoxib is suitable for pre-medication before laparoscopic cholecystectomy as it reduces the need for post-operative opioids. Opioid-related side-effects, however, were not reduced in the present study, despite the observed opioid-sparing effect of etoricoxib and combined etoricoxib and paracetamol.