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Filter by:Thoracotomy for lung tumor or for minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass (MIDCAB) surgery, may be associated with debilitating pain. Ketamine was shown to enhance opioid antinociception and prevent opioid resistance. We hypothesize that ketamine given with morphine would lower morphine consumption and narcotic related side effects after thoracotomy and provide superior analgesia to morphine given alone.
Gabapentin is a medicine that has been used in adults (but not yet in children) to treat pain after surgery. In children it has been used for many years to treat other conditions and has been shown to be very safe. Removal of tonsils is a common operation with each child experiencing a similar pattern of pain; this makes it good for looking at the effect of pain relieving medicines. In our study each child will get the same operation and medicines, as they would have normally. Before the operation and in a random way, half will get gabapentin and half will get the same syrup but with no gabapentin. Afterwards we will record how much pain the children have and how much of our standard medicine is needed to make them comfortable. We expect both of these results to be lower in the half who received gabapentin. We will also record the amount and type of unwanted effects, both from the gabapentin and from any other pain relief medicines.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate three different dosage strengths of sublingual ARX-F01 (Sufentanil NanoTab) versus a sublingual Placebo NanoTab for the treatment of post-operative pain in subjects following total knee replacement surgery. We hypothesize that subjects receiving placebo will have poor pain relief and will drop out of the study sooner and more often than the ARX-F01-treated subjects.
This is a randomized, prospective, double-blind pilot study designed to evaluate the potential effectiveness of pregabalin in post-operative pain management for patients who have sustained a fracture.
This study involves approximately 200 patients designed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of intranasal (IN) morphine 7.5 mg and 15 mg, intravenous morphine (IV) 7.5 mg, immediate release oral (PO) morphine 60 mg or placebo in patients with acute postsurgical pain following third molar extraction.
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
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety, efficacy, hemodynamic and respiratory stability of a low-dose of dexmedetomidine infusion in post-operative surgical in-patients undergoing thoracic surgery after discharge from PACU or ICU.
The perception of pain is a complex process that is not yet fully understood. With outpatient knee arthroscopy becoming standard of care, postoperative pain management has become increasingly important in caring for patients. Traumeel S is a homeopathic complex widely used in German-speaking Europe for orthopedic pain and inflammation. It contains a mixture of medicinal plants and minerals, all highly diluted. In some recent studies, Traumeel has shown anti-inflammatory and analgesic activity. In this study, the efficacy of Traumeel S will be compared with placebo in reducing pain during the first 48 hours after arthroscopy. Also compared will be 6 day pain levels, analgesic consumption, quality of life, post operative knee function, quadriceps atrophy and safety. The study design is double blind RCT. 98 patients, aged 18-40 and undergoing arthroscopic meniscectomy or chondroplasty will be enrolled in the trial. Patients will be randomized to receive either intraoperative join irrigation with Traumeel S and oral treatment with Traumeel S, or placebo irrigation and oral ingestion. Patients will continue to take active or placebo medication for 6 days. Pain will be recorded daily by the patient in the patient diary using an 11-point numerical rating score (NRS-11. Patients will also record daily consumption of primary and "rescue" analgesics. Range of motion (RoM) will be measured on days 6 and 30 post-operatively, and the Lysholm knee scale and circumference of thigh above patella will be measured at 30 days. All these measures will be compared with baseline. Patients will be contacted daily by the research assistant to encourage compliance and to record their daily NRS and analgesic consumption in the CRF.
This clinical trial will determine if postoperative patients who have postoperative pain, which has been refractory to morphine administration, will have improved pain relief following a bolus administration of ketamine as compared with an ongoing morphine dosing regimen