Buccal oxycodone reduced pain more than placebo in children with acute undifferentiated abdominal pain.

The article discusses whether buccal oxycodone is more effective than placebo for reducing pain without altering clinical signs or outcome in children with acute undifferentiated abdominal pain. Pain was reduced in both the oxycodone and placebo groups. The summed pain intensify difference was higher in children who received oxycodone than in those who received placebo. In children with acute undifferentiated abdominal pain, buccal oxycodone reduced pain more than placebo. Oxycodone did not interfere with clinical signs or surgical diagnoses.