What do systematic reviews say?

Epidural vs opioid

Epidural may leads to higher satisfaction with pain relief ‐ proportion rating excellent or very… compared with opioids (low certainty).

• Epidural versus non‐epidural or no analgesia for pain management in labour 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  RR 1.47 [1.03, 2.08]
  7 studies · 1911 participants
  Low