Norspan Versus Oxycontin as Postoperative Painkiller to Proximal Extracapsular Fractures of the Femur
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2013-08-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Effective treatment of pain after hip fractures is very important but difficult. It is often
an old patient who has many adverse effects with the use of morphine.
This is a randomized pilot study where the investigators want to compare Norspan plaster to
Oxycontin tablets to patients with particular kind of hip fractures. The investigators will
evaluate mobilization, pain, use of rescue medicine, adverse effects and length of stay. No
clinical study about the effect of Norspan as acute painkiller has never been done before.
Can the investigators get the patients mobilized earlier with less adverse effects?