Sucrose with or without non-nutritive sucking appears to reduce pain intensity during and 30 seconds after venipuncture. HealthDay News — For preterm and term neonates, sucrose appears to reduce pain ...

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Orally administered sucrose reduced pain scores during and shortly after venipuncture among neonates compared with standard care.