Intramuscular tenoxicam to treat acute renal colic.

OBJECTIVE

To study the possible therapeutic effects on acute renal colic of a single 20 mg intramuscular dose of tenoxicam.

PATIENTS AND METHODS

The study comprised 30 patients (22 men and eight women, mean age 32 years, range 17-60) who presented with acute renal colic and were diagnosed by intravenous urography, a general urine examination and ultrasonography. Each patient was treated with 20 mg of tenoxicam given intramuscularly. The severity of pain was assessed on a verbal six-point scale.

RESULTS

Twenty-four patients markedly improved within 1 h of receiving tenoxicam (P < 0.001). No side-effects were reported and the drug was tolerated well by all the patients.

CONCLUSION

Tenoxicam can be used successfully to treat acute renal colic.