Comparison of Side Effects of Morphine and Hydromorphone Patient-Controlled Analgesia (PCA)
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2007-10-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Both morphine and hydromorphone are pain medications commonly used after surgery. It is
thought at the institution that hydromorphone causes less side effects but this has not been
studied. The study proposes to treat the patients with either morphine or hydromorphone and
determine how much nausea, vomiting, and itching they have with each drug