Conditions: Pain
Keywords: Sciatica Diabetic Neuropathies Complex Regional Pain Syndromes Low Back Pain Neck Pain Headache Back Pain Arthritis Brachial Plexus Injury (stinger/burner) Chronic Pain Contractures Diabetes Fibromyalgia Foot Pain Fracture Hip Herpes Zoster (shingles) Migraine Neuropathic Pain Osteoarthritis Osteoporosis Rheumatoid Arthritis Scoliosis Nerve pain Opana Opioid Opioid Rotation Oxymorphone Morphine neuropathic oxycodone
Allocation: NA | Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Enrollment: 12
Healthy volunteers: no

Brief summary:
The purpose of this study is to see if changing from one pain medication like morphine or oxycodone to another pain medication, oxymorphone (OPANA®), will be helpful to patients. This study will examine if the switching from one pain medication to another can be done over a 24 hour period. Oxymorphone, the drug being studied, is an FDA approved drug for treatment of severe pain.

Detailed description:

Arms:
arm 1: participants switched to oxymorphone extended release (ER) via both oral and intravenous patient-controlled analgesia (IV-PCA) oxymorphone. After 24 hours, participants were discharged with oral oxymorphone ER and oxymorphone immediate release (IR) as needed

Interventions: intervention 1: Oxymorphone
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: IV PO

Protocol document: