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Trial reportArquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia

Codeine plus acetaminophen improve sleep quality, daily activity level, and food intake in the early postoperative period after photorefractive keratectomy: a secondary analysis.

Vinicius B P Pereira, André A M Torriceli, Renato Garcia, Samir J Bechara, Milton R Alves

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Trial report in Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Bromfenac versus nepafenac for pain management following transepithelial photorefractive keratectomy.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Vinicius B P PereiraDepartamento de Oftalmologia, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0003-3976-7818
André A M TorriceliDepartamento de Oftalmologia, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Renato GarciaDepartamento de Oftalmologia, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Samir J BecharaDepartamento de Oftalmologia, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Milton R AlvesDepartamento de Oftalmologia, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-6759-5289
Universidade de São Paulo · BR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo determine whether codeine plus acetaminophen after photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) have beneficial effects on sleep quality, activity levels, and food intake, beyond their effect of pain relief.

methodsWe enrolled 40 patients (80 eyes) in this randomized, double-blind, paired-eye, placebo-controlled, add-on trial. Each eye was treated 2 weeks apart, and the patients were randomly allocated to receive either the placebo or the intervention (30 mg codeine and 500 mg acetaminophen) (4 times a day for 4 days). Outcomes were sleep quality, daily activity level, and food intake within 24-72 h post-photorefractive keratectomy, as measured by the McGill Pain Questionnaire.

resultsSleep quality and daily activity level were inversely associated with pain scores within the first 48 h post-photorefractive keratectomy. During the intervention, patients were significantly more likely to score their sleep quality as good at 24 h (relative risk=2.5; 95% confidence interval 1.48-4.21, p<0.001) and 48 h compared to during placebo (relative risk=1.37; 95% confidence interval: 1.03-1.84, p=0.023). The probability of reporting good daily activity level at 24 and 72 hours post-photorefractive keratectomy was three times higher when patients received the intervention compared to the placebo (relative risk=3.0; 95% confidence interval: 1.49-6.15, p=0.006 and relative risk=1.31; 95% confidence interval: 1.02-1.67, p=0.021, respectively). No difference was observed in food intake.

conclusionThe oral combination of codeine and acetaminophen significantly improves sleep quality and daily activity level within the first 24-72 h post-photorefractive keratectomy compared to a placebo.

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Photorefractive KeratectomyAcetaminophenCodeineDouble-Blind MethodEatingHumansPostoperative PainPostoperative PeriodSleepAcetaminophenCodeine

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PMID33470341
PMCPMC12289146
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