Purpose: The main purpose of this study is to analyze whether pre-surgery pain medication decreases the number of Oxycodone pills patients take after surgery.
Adequate pain control after surgery is an important issue for both patients and clinicians.
Participants having breast reduction or tummy tuck surgery will be enrolled in this research study for approximately one week.
This research study involves receiving 3 well-known medicines to be taken before and after surgery to see their effects on pain after surgery. Traditionally, patients are prescribed opioid/narcotic pain medications for pain control after surgery. Patients are also encouraged to take over the counter pain medications as needed. Opioids are strong, potentially addictive medications which often lead to drowsiness, constipation, nausea, vomiting, and other unwanted side effects.
In this study, patients will be randomly divided into two groups: the traditional pain regimen group and the multimodal pain regimen group.
Participants will be asked to record their pain level, nausea level and number of pills taken for one week. Participants will be randomized to one of 2 pain medication treatments.
Inclusion Criteria-including but may not be limited to:
To Participate:
Please contact:
Lourdes Matos
Network Office of Research and Innovation
610-402-9543
Accepting New Patients
1243 S Cedar Crest Blvd
Suite 301
Allentown, PA 18103-6268
United States