Transdermal Nicotine for Analgesia After Radical Retropubic Prostatectomy | Zendy

Ashraf S. Habib | Zendy; William D. White | Zendy; Magdi A. El Gasim | Zendy; Gamal Saleh | Zendy; Thomas J. Polascik | Zendy; Judd W. Moul | Zendy; Tong J. Gan | Zendy

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Transdermal 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

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.

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