COMPARATIVE STUDY OF EFFICACY AND SAFETY PROFILE OF DROTAVARINE AND EPIDOSIN IN ACTIVE PHASE OF LABOUR.

Dr. Divya Sinha, Dr. Sunita Lamba, Dr. Aditi Choubey

Abstract


Labour is a process leading to chilbirth in which.Cervical dialation,is an important factor ,which can sometimes be improper despite of having
good uterine contractions leading to prolonged labour 1.Hence considering various complications arising from prolonged labor,the use and efficacy
of Drotaverine 2 and Epidosin is being studied. A comparative study of 100 pregnant women with singleton pregnancy without complications ,with
intact memberanes and cervical dialation of 3 cms and effacement of 50 % was done at Mata Chanan Devi hospital ,New Delhi in the year 2015-
2016 ,which were divided into two groups of 50 pateints each.One group of pateints wer given Inj Drotavarine 40 mg I.M. with repeat dosage at 2hr
interval and the other group were administered Inj Epidosin 8 mg I.M. with repeat dosage in 30 minutes.Maximum of 3 doses were administered in
both the groups. The study shows that Drotavarine was more effective and safer in accelerating labour 3 with fewer side effects.


Keywords


Labour

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