Open AccessTransdermal Nicotine for Analgesia After Radical Retropubic Prostatectomy
Author(s) -
Ashraf S. Habib,
William D. White,
Magdi A. El Gasim,
Gamal Saleh,
Thomas J. Polascik,
Judd W. Moul,
Tong J. Gan
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
anesthesia and analgesia/anesthesia and analgesia
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.404
H-Index - 201
eISSN - 1526-7598
pISSN - 0003-2999
DOI - 10.1213/ane.0b013e31816f2616
Subject(s) - medicine , nicotine , radical retropubic prostatectomy , transdermal , prostatectomy , urology , anesthesia , prostate , pharmacology , cancer
Previous animal and human studies suggested that nicotine might have an antinociceptive effect. We hypothesized that the preoperative application of a 7 mg nicotine patch would result in reduced postoperative analgesic requirements in patients undergoing radical retropubic prostatectomy (RRP) under general anesthesia.