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Abstract This study was conducted to investigate the effect of Lidocaine and dexamethasone Iontophoresis on labour pain. Forty pregnant women participated in this study. They were selected randomly from Bab EL Shariah Hospital, Al Azhar University. Their ages were ranged from 20 to 40 years old. All pregnant women were delivered normally. They were divided into two groups equal in number, group A (Control group) 20 pregnant women were delivered in a traditional method without analgesic, while group B (Study group) 20 pregnant women received Lidocaine and dexamethasone Iontophoresis in the 1st & 2nd stage of labour. Degree of pain was evaluated by Visual Analogue Scale for both groups (A&B) during 1st & 2nd stage of labour. The results of this study found that there was statistically significant decrease in pain in group (B) which treated by Lidocaine and dexamethasone iontophoresis and on the other hand there is significantly increasing in pain in group (A). So it can be concluded that Lidocaine and dexamethasone iontophoresis is effective in relieving labour pain and it provides a simple, realistic, inexpensive and successful treatment |