Inclusion criteria:
- Diagnosed (or suspected to have) meniscus trauma of the knee requiring ambulatory
arthroscopic knee surgery
- Willing to participate in study for 36 hours and come to follow-up visit 7 days post
surgery
Exclusion criteria:
- Osteoarthritis, inflammatory arthritis, or previous fracture of index joint
- Received acetaminophen or low dose narcotic (vicodin/tylox) within 8 hours of surgery
- Have received oral (4 weeks), intramuscular (2 months), intra-articular (3 months) or
soft-tissue (2 months) injections of corticosteroids of the first dose of study
medication or intra-artcular injections of hyaluronic acid in the index joint within 9
months of the first dose of study medication