Overview
Preemptive Use of the Nicotine Patch for Postoperative Pain Relief After Open Abdominal Surgery
Status:
Unknown status
Unknown status
Trial end date:
2011-09-01
2011-09-01
Target enrollment:
0
0
Participant gender:
All
All
Summary
The efficacy of a low dose nicotine patch of seven milligrams placed before surgery and its effect on decreasing pain after surgery is the main purpose of the study.Phase:
N/AAccepts Healthy Volunteers?
Accepts Healthy VolunteersDetails
Lead Sponsor:
Stony Brook UniversityTreatments:
Nicotine
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:- Study patients include nonsmokers aged 18-75 undergoing open abdominal wall surgery
under general anesthesia.
Exclusion Criteria:
- If the patient smokes, receives a regional anesthetic such as an epidural, or is
pregnant, then he/she is excluded from the study.