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Diazepam (Valium) as an AdjuNC.t in Obstetric Analgesia

* Present address: University of Alabama, 1919 Seventh Ave, Birmingham, Ala. 35233
From the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and of Pediatrics, Baylor University College of Medicine, and Jefferson Davis Hospital, Houston, Tex.

Abstract

A group of 200 primigravida and secundigravida parturients were given either diazepam or placebo during early labor less than 5 cm. cervical dilatation) according to a sealed code of random design. There was significant relief of discomfort, as well as reduction in dosage of meperidine in those given diazepam. This tranquilizing agent was shown to be a safe, useful analgesic, either alone or in combination, for parturients and their neonates.

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