At least three component, body-implantable, absorbable, biocompatible,
putty, and non-
putty pain-relieving compositions for use in
surgery comprising in intimate admixture: an
analgesic having
local pain-relieving activity for internal relief of pain, a finely powdered bulking material, preferably less than 50 microns, e.g. the
metal salts of
fatty acid, hydroxyapatite,
DBM,
polyglycolide, polylactide, polycaprolactones, absorbable glasses,
gelatin, collagens, mono, and polysaccharides starches.An organic liquid capable of solubilizing, dispensing or suspending the
analgesic, such as esters of monohydric alcohols with aliphatic monocarboxylic acids; C2-C18 monohydric alcohols with polycarboxylic acids; C8-C30 monohydric alcohols;
tocopherol and esters thereof with mono or polycarboxylic acids; free carboxylic acids such as oleic, capric, and lauric; dialkyl ethers and ketones; polyhydroxy compounds and esters and ethers thereof; random or block copolymers of
ethylene oxide and
propylene oxide.