| Pain was treated with oral paracetamol, intravenous pethidine, or tramadol. |
| By contrast, morphine and other painkillers such as pethidine and dihydrocodeine are hard to find in state systems in poor countries. |
| The nine-inch wide dark grey box has a combination lock and contained five doses each of adrenaline, pethidine and diamorphine. |
| Those who were allocated an epidural had no more back pain in the year after delivery than controls who received intramuscular pethidine. |
| Midazolam and pethidine were used for conscious sedation as needed. |
| The young doctor suffered blackouts and colleagues discovered he was addicted to the painkiller pethidine. |
