Pretreatment with butorphanol to prevent injection pain of rocuronium bromide

Objective To evaluate the effect of pretreatment with butorphanol to prevent injection pain of rocuronium bromide.Methods One hundred and fifty ASA Ⅰ-Ⅱ grade patients,undergoing elective surgery were divided into 3 groups by random digits table with 50 cases each.Butorphanol group received butorphanol 2 mg,fentanyl group received fentanyl 100 μg,and control group received 0.9％sodium chloride when general anesthesia induced.Anesthesia was induced with propofol 2 mg/kg and the test drug was injected over 30 s,120 s after the test drug injection,1％ rocuronium bromide 0.6 mg/kg was injected.Nausea,vomiting,apnea and bucking were recorded after drugs injection.Results The rates of rocuronium bromide injection pain in fentanyl group[10％(5/50)]and butorphanol group[8％(4/50)]were significant lower than that in control group[82％(41/50)](P ＜ 0.01).None of the patients discovered nausea,vomiting,apnea and bucking in 3 groups.Conclusion Pretreatment with 2 mg butorphanol reduced the incidence of rocuronium bromide injection pain,furthermore,there is no untoward reaction such as nausea,vomiting,apnea and bucking. Key words: Butorphanol;  Fentanyl;  Rocuronium bromide;  Injection pain