Practice of Pain Management by Indian Healthcare Practitioners: Results of a Paper Based Questionnaire Survey

Table 3

Choice of analgesics for pain management by CPs.

Mild pain		Moderate pain		Severe pain
Paracetamol	78.57%	Nonspecific NSAIDs	37.50%	Nonspecific NSAIDs	57.14%
Paracetamol/NSAIDs with supportive therapy	66.07%	Cox2 selective NSAIDs	44.64%	Cox2 selective NSAIDs	42.86%
Nonspecific NSAIDs	53.57%	NSAIDs + paracetamol	71.43%	Strong opioids inj. followed by oral opioid	50%
NSAIDs − paracetamol combination	53.57%	Topical NSAID with oral NSAIDs	46.43%	Strong opioids inj. followed by oral NSAIDs	53.57%
Topical NSAID	58.93%	Tramadol + paracetamol	87.50%	Strong opioids inj. followed by NSAIDs − paracetamol	39.29%
Cox-2 selective NSAIDs	58.93%	Paracetamol + diclofenac	35.71%	Inj. followed by oral mild opioid paracetamol combination	48.21%
Skeletal muscle relaxant	75%	Mild opioid + paracetamol	35.71%	Mild opioid + diclofenac	32.14%
Smooth muscle relaxant	41.07%	Mild opioid + diclofenac	25%	NSAID − muscle relaxant	30.36%
Pain modulators	76.79%	NSAID − muscle relaxant	48.21%
		Paracetamol + muscle relaxant	28.57%