The Effect of Adding Magnesium Sulfate to Standard Epidural and Interscalene Block in Treatment of Patients With Chronic Pain

• Status: No longer available
• Trial end date: 1969-12-31
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Regional anesthesia is a safe, inexpensive technique, with the advantage of prolonged pain relief.

In the pain clinic the investigators perform different injections as the standard treatment for chronic pain based on the diagnosis and indications. Local anesthetic like Bupivacaine with or without Steroids (Depo-medrol) is used for these injections.

The investigators' goal is comparing pain control in different groups adding the magnesium sulfate 100mg to our compounds as an inexpensive, effective, and safe adjuvant to prolong the duration of analgesia and reduce the amount of narcotic dose.

Details

• Lead Sponsor: State University of New York - Upstate Medical University
• Treatments: Magnesium Sulfate

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients must be 18 yrs of age and older

• Minimal level of pain of equal or higher than 4 out of 10 on Numerical Rating Scale(NRS=>4)

• The rest of inclusion criteria are based on pain clinic protocols for regular injections

Exclusion Criteria:

• Pregnant patients

• Children

• The rest of exclusion criteria are based on pain clinic protocols for regular injections