Ultra Low-Dose Naloxone and Tramadol/Acetaminophen in Elderly Patients Undergoing Joint Replacement Surgery: A Pilot Study

Ngozi N Imasogie; Sudha Singh; James T Watson; Debbie Hurley; Patricia Morley-Forster

doi:10.1155/2009/497217

Pain Research and Management (Jan 2009)

Ultra Low-Dose Naloxone and Tramadol/Acetaminophen in Elderly Patients Undergoing Joint Replacement Surgery: A Pilot Study

Ngozi N Imasogie,
Sudha Singh,
James T Watson,
Debbie Hurley,
Patricia Morley-Forster

Affiliations

Ngozi N Imasogie: University of Western Ontario, St Joseph’s Health Care, London, Ontario, Canada
Sudha Singh: University of Western Ontario, St Joseph’s Health Care, London, Ontario, Canada
James T Watson: University of Western Ontario, St Joseph’s Health Care, London, Ontario, Canada
Debbie Hurley: University of Western Ontario, St Joseph’s Health Care, London, Ontario, Canada
Patricia Morley-Forster: University of Western Ontario, St Joseph’s Health Care, London, Ontario, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2009/497217
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 14, no. 2
pp. 103 – 108

Abstract

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OBJECTIVE: A pilot study was conducted to assess whether both the rationale and feasibility exist for future randomized clinical trials to evaluate the combined use of naloxone infusion and tramadol/acetaminophen as opioid-sparing drugs in elderly patients undergoing lower extremity joint replacement surgery.

Published in Pain Research and Management

ISSN: 1203-6765 (Print); 1918-1523 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General)
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/7040

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