TY - JOUR T1 - Effect of non-sucrose sweet tasting solution on neonatal heel prick responses. JF - Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition JO - Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed SP - F129 LP - F131 DO - 10.1136/fn.74.2.F129 VL - 74 IS - 2 AU - L. A. Ramenghi AU - G. C. Griffith AU - C. M. Wood AU - M. I. Levene Y1 - 1996/03/01 UR - http://fn.bmj.com/content/74/2/F129.abstract N2 - A substance commercially described as 'sugar free,' used as a sweetener for paracetamol suspension, was evaluated on measures of neonatal pain. Sixty infants were randomly allocated to receive one of four solutions before heel stab blood sampling: sterile water (placebo); 25 or 50% sucrose (weight/volume); and the commercial sweet-tasting solution. There was a significant reduction in crying time and pain score 3 minutes after the painful stimulus in all groups compared with the controls. It is concluded that this sweet-tasting solution has analgesic effects as potent as those of concentrated sucrose solutions. ER -