What is the medication of choice for the client with acute cholecystitis who is complaining of severe pain?
A. Morphine sulfate
B. Pentazocine (Talwin)
C. Meperidine hydrochloride (Demerol)
D. Trimethobenzamide hydrochloride (Tigan)
C
Meperidine is the usual drug of choice for pain associated with cholecystitis. Although meperi-dine can cause spasms of the sphincter of Oddi, it does so to a lesser extent than morphine.
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