Pain relief after knee surgery with morphine or dexmedetomidine added to numbing medicine
Part of Bones, joints & muscles, Pain clinical trials.
This trial compares two medicines (morphine and dexmedetomidine) added to the standard numbing medicine (bupivacaine) for a nerve block in the thigh. The goal is to see which provides better pain control after knee surgery.
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Who can take part
- You are having knee surgery with spinal anesthesia (numbing medicine in your back).
- You are between 20 and 35 body mass index (a measure of weight relative to height).
- You are generally healthy or have only mild medical conditions (ASA I or II).
- You are not pregnant or breastfeeding.
- You have no allergies to the numbing medicines used in the study.
- You do not have a history of substance abuse or serious heart, lung, liver, or kidney disease.
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